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A composite image of three abstract works. The first image is split in half and seems to depict a female figure getting ready. She wears a black dress and is adjusting a navy blue hat atop her pale blue face (without features). The hat looks as though it has pink flowers and orange feathers, represented through thick brushstrokes. The second image is of a grey, abstracted female shape with visible limbs in facial features, seemingly reclining. The figure is outlined with black paint and there is a large pink circle by the torso of the figure. The third image is split in half vertically. The left half shows an abstracted figure with long blonde hair and what seems to be a patterned top, with red, white, yellow and brown sections. The background is white, brown and blue. The right half is more abstract, with swathes of pink, white and blue paint mixed together in brushstrokes. There is a green and blue section in the top right corner. The background is beige.

Liliane Tomasko, Portrait of a Psyche split in half (van Dongen), Psyche (tunnelling through forbidden areas), Portrait of a Psyche doubled up (Auerbach), 2025 © the artist

Liliane Tomasko: The Psyche of the Portrait

Sat 24 May - Sun 12 October 2025

Millennium Gallery

For this new exhibition, New York-based visual artist Liliane Tomasko uses portraiture as an acute lens to shed light on the ever-changing human psyche.

 

Her bold, abstract paintings respond directly to four key portraits in Sheffield’s collection, deftly drawing parallels between the creation of those original works and the development of psychological study.

 

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Opening Times

Tue–Sat 10am–5pm | Sun 11am–4pm

Closed Mondays including Bank Holidays

***The gallery café, Ambulo, will be closed on Wed 21 May for an event*** 

Millennium Gallery

Arundel Gate

Sheffield

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This image is split in half vertically. The left half shows an abstracted figure with long blonde hair and what seems to be a patterned top, with red, white, yellow and brown sections. The background is white, brown and blue. The right half is more abstract, with swathes of pink, white and blue paint mixed together in brushstrokes. There is a green and blue section in the top right corner. The background is beige. There is a red and white triangle in the bottom right corner.

Liliane Tomasko, Portrait of a Psyche doubled up (Auerbach), 2025

© the artist

Exhibition highlights

  • This image is split in half vertically. The left half shows an abstracted figure with long blonde hair and what seems to be a patterned top, with red, white, yellow and brown sections. The background is white, brown and blue. The right half is more abstract, with swathes of pink, white and blue paint mixed together in brushstrokes. There is a green and blue section in the top right corner. The background is beige. There is a red and white triangle in the bottom right corner.

    Liliane Tomasko, Portrait of a Psyche doubled up (Auerbach), 2025

    © the artist

  • A photograph of an abstract work split across two canvases. The top canvas has varied sections of grey, black, brown, pink and blue. The bottom canvas has sections of black, beige, purple and grey. Then two are connected by a red/orange pole that is depicted in both halves.

    Liliane Tomasko, Portrait of a Psyche split in half (Bonnard), 2025

    © the artist

  • The first image is split in half and seems to depict a female figure getting ready. She wears a black dress and is adjusting a navy blue hat atop her pale blue face (without features). The hat looks as though it has pink flowers and orange feathers, represented through thick brushstrokes.

    Liliane Tomasko, Portrait of a Psyche split in half (van Dongen), 2025

    © the artist

  • An image of an abstract work split into three sections. The middle section, a large rectangle, shows a human like figure of arms, torso and legs against a black background. The 'human' part of the work consists of a white background covered with patches of different colours, including grey, pink, blue and orange. Two black and white panels attach to the 'arms', extending them outside of the original canvas. On top, there is a smaller rectangular canvas depicting a sculptural grey head shape (in portrait), outlined in black against a white background.

    Liliane Tomasko, Potrait of a Psyche divided by three (Paolozzi), 2025

    © the artist

  • This image is of a grey, abstracted female shape with visible limbs in facial features, seemingly reclining. The face is obscured by a large white shape, with visible brush strokes. A large orange triangle is visible on the right side of the image, with a black outline that seems reminiscent of a mouth shape.

    Liliane Tomasko: Psyche (and the Self watching itself), 2025

    © the artist

  • This image is of a grey, abstracted female shape with visible limbs in facial features, seemingly reclining. The figure is outlined with black paint and there is a large pink circle by the torso of the figure.

    Liliane Tomasko: Psyche (tunneling through forbidden areas), 2025

    © the artist

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