Date: September 27 – October 1, 2025Venue: Red Door Gallery, Lagos In the Beginning, There Was Cloth is less an exhibition, and more a quiet reckoning and a cultural restoration. From September 27 to October 1, 2025, Afrikstabel, Nigeria’s leading textile production house, will present In the Beginning, There Was Cloth – an…
The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism, and the Creative Economy has firmly distanced itself from a controversial article published by African Travel Times on July 12. The article, titled “A Bitter Irony: UAE’s Sanctions Undermine African Trust After Africa‑Backed Win for UN Tourism Role,” made claims…
AFROPOLIS will return to Lagos from November 22 to 30, setting the stage for a dynamic gathering of African contemporary artists and audiences. Now in its fifth edition, the festival continues to grow as a space for critical dialogue, cross-cultural exchange, and bold experimentation. This year also marks…
Pearl Lam Galleries presents Summer Dreams Can’t Wait, a group exhibition by seven artists from China, Ghana and South Africa at the gallery’s 70 Square Metres space in Shanghai. The show captures the fleeting beauty of summer through themes of intimacy, impermanence and silent exchanges that linger between…
dot.ateliers| south labadi, an initiative founded by artist Amoako Boafo, is pleased to announce the open call for artists to participate in the 2026 Artist Residency Program. This opportunity invites mark makers to immerse themselves in an inspiring and supportive environment in the heart of Accra, Ghana. Whatthe…
REWA, a Nigerian self-taught artist who is globally acclaimed. her work is heritage inspired and has been featured in fairs, galleries and museums worldwide. Whilst her artwork is shared all over world, she is also a leading voice in the financial sector in Nigeria. A.S: Was there a…
Mitochondria Gallery presents Gifts of the Soil, a group exhibition that brings together works Victor Olaoye, Nedia Were, Izere Antoine, Laju Sholola and Nathalie Djakou Kassi, among others. This exhibition explores how local ecosystems shape both personal consciousness and collective cultural identity. By emphasising the deep ties between…
When Tina Knowles needed a portrait for her memoir Matriarch, she didn’t look to Hollywood or Harlem. She looked to Mushin, a dense neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, where rising artist Kelani Fatai Oladimeji was quietly building a name through color, texture, and sheer focus. Kelani Fatai, The Nigerian…
Jack Shainman Gallery and Toyin Ojih Odutola present Ilé Oriaku, an exhibition of multimedia drawings and works on paper, Ojih Odutola’s seventh solo show with the gallery. Building upon her inclusion in the Nigerian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and her solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel, both…
Exhibition Dates: 3 July – 30 August 2025Location: dot.ateliers | South Labadi, Accra dot.ateliers is pleased to present some things just don’t wash off, a group exhibition featuring works by Christopher Samuel Idowu, Chukwumereogo Okeke, and Nobel Koty, developed during their residencies at dot.ateliers | South Labadi. Opening…