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‘Painting was my final act of defiance’: how a chef from war-torn Eritrea wowed the art world after his death Ficre Ghebreyesus, who died in 2012, made vertiginous paintings celebrating family, the diaspora and his own turbulent story. His first European solo exhibition charts this remarkable journey https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/mar/12/painting-was-my-final-act-of-defiance-how-a-chef-from-war-torn-eritrea-wowed-the-art-world-after-his-death