Every year, ART X Lagos features several panel discussions on a range of themes critical to the development of contemporary art in Africa with key professionals from the continent and diaspora. In an…
Ade Adekola, 'Deconstructed Portrait' On October 28, 2018, another exhibition space launched in Lagos as Gallery B57 with the exhibition “Ghosts of Bar Beach” by photographer and conceptual artist, Ade Adekola. The debut…
On October 30th and 31st 2018, the premiere edition of the Art Summit Nigeria themed The Future of Art: Artist as the Nucleus will take place at the Harbour Point in Victoria…
Ayo Akinwande | Photo credit: IfeOluwa Nihinlola In looks, Ayo Akinwande fits a certain image of the Nigerian artist. Not the sleek, middle-class kind who sells multiple paintings and photographs every other…
LagosPhoto Festival returns with its 9th edition under the theme “Time Has Gone” from October 27th – November 15th 2018. The festival provides an avenue to engage with contemporary photography in Africa…
Scraps from Mama’s Floor by Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola for ART X Prize with Access 2018 On 27th June 2018, Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola was announced the winner of the ART X Prize with Access 2018…
Gallery 1957 booth with works by Godfried Donkor (left) and Florine Demosthene (right) | Photo courtesy of Victoria Cooke / Gallery 1957 When Faye Mfikwe, Chief Marketing Officer of the Joburg Art…
Jamestown, Accra (2018) | Photo courtesy of IfeOluwa Nihinlola It’s approaching noon, a day after the close of the 8th edition and greatest Chale Wote ever, an annual street arts festival held…
Opening in London this October is a group exhibition of works by 10 Nigerian artists entitled “Cu-ulture and Tradition: Same Experience, Different Local” curated by Adeola Arthur Ayoola of Kanbi Contemporary. The…
ART X Lagos returns to the Civic Center in Victoria Island, Lagos for its third edition with 18 galleries from the 2nd to 4th November 2018. The fair will play host to some of…