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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our collections include a number of works about (or by) the contemporary British artist Yinka Shonibare CBE. According to my colleagues at YCBA, Shonibare has legally changed his last name to include
<i>CBE</i>. Or <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tate.org.uk%2Fvisit%2Ftate-modern%2Fdisplay%2Fartist-and-society%2Fyinka-shonibare-cbe&data=05%7C02%7Cyul-naco%40mailman.yale.edu%7C544391cf6ed04f4fab5b08dbfa648219%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638379081801774405%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9JNhuUVxnTekm2bcQkFk2gri1dNYRMXh1882OCXVpPM%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern/display/artist-and-society/yinka-shonibare-cbe" shash="pfWaC+GObldXzm5FByllKwDiAzjVZ4Qf3OCKSZdgs4J7zeJgl376pf6PBUkrNYbODtEnGifNz5hmkeHS6Ju4nKwhwOzUvH4WNXkpZfC574RKy/fSKcqgWpS8RjT2aEz4OMR49yDz1T4IsHAKDgGej0OJqcI9LT69QX4NB6AeUf8=">
as Tate puts it</a>, the CBE title is part of his “professional name”. Shonibare’s insistence here is a sardonic comment on Britain’s imperial past. That said, none of the most prominent databases of artists include CBE in the preferred name form (e.g.
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AAT</a>, <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faow.degruyter.com%2Fartist%2F_40270283&data=05%7C02%7Cyul-naco%40mailman.yale.edu%7C544391cf6ed04f4fab5b08dbfa648219%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638379081801930666%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=I1inTUWn%2FIQUsdTbSu3WQI0iZzVyehLcCKaYyrY7epM%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://aow.degruyter.com/artist/_40270283" shash="vTBMxxb8BEmwHXezkk9YBvlkbKdt2yB2/KJdJTWRrlW97WvTY5LN6paYeRrh1te6wSbCO/FQEkUbnuTcceOI+5n+2x0j2PWnWnFiucPB44F8do189lhUxTsVVnE80hIsbQQUi5T/0m5VJoKlTUtrf/8Szt46BAvenipIeaghHEc=">
Artists of the World</a>, <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frkd.nl%2Fen%2Fexplore%2Fartists%2Frecord%3Fquery%3Dyinka%2Bshonibare%26start%3D0&data=05%7C02%7Cyul-naco%40mailman.yale.edu%7C544391cf6ed04f4fab5b08dbfa648219%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638379081801930666%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mWFLxj5EzD3yYP57zVRTsY0texggjvoL3CGb%2FIRJGuo%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/record?query=yinka+shonibare&start=0" shash="ozjySxvNNGwMQPCy+KVHXf4Lt8lZhRge3aNuineFK2rth64Fo4EQUS0sFyP+qv4pQZoqvY2YGOeoQD9FRICh5zt6yZkL9Z7MbsukkXCjJ0Yvxa/CVmZ5zKl4YWgE7v1hIZxij+OI5nm/gosY/S/NQUcF4WBBv5l4ulgjRrjgKyE=">
RKD</a>, <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1093%2Fbenz%2F9780199773787.article.B00203274&data=05%7C02%7Cyul-naco%40mailman.yale.edu%7C544391cf6ed04f4fab5b08dbfa648219%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638379081801930666%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vaJ6%2BT%2B7ydE2NCXzMA5eN7IiuAe2XqAn8nbJy1rJFbc%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://doi.org/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00203274" shash="cP4FhazPpo6v2jXn6SeemhxSH/dQSt9t65l/bhO4tgI2VEwcl6Kuyg0VTXrjlusPAQpVIR4OWIM53Gq/OMofGsy5eRlQgT7qBEoRR92VmQzzIUOYiyUTf0pYOT8rzXk3vhio6GTDMF8WVIR2aSL6pSpE9w7zUyOfZKRtJ1E0qKs=">
Oxford/Benezit</a>). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Shonibare’s name is <a href="Shonibare,%20Yinka,%201962-">
currently established</a> as: Shonibare, Yinka, $d 1962-. Would it be appropriate to revise to: Shonibare, Yinka, $c CBE, $d 1962-?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The current authority record includes this 670: “Artist website, viewed Aug. 31, 2011(uses MBE as part of name)”. MBE was consciously omitted from his name in 2011.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:YaleNew">Senior Catalog Librarian</span><span style="font-family:YaleNew"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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