180 Studios hosts Selah, the largest exhibition of the inimitable photographer and filmmaker to date
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The Studio — Staging Desire at Autograph Gallery explores the late Nigerian photographer’s practice centred around queer expression
The Spirit of Lagos showcases the vibrant portraits captured by Abi Morocco Photos, highlighting a cultural transformation during Nigeria’s post-oil boom era, Emma Russell finds
‘We should all be thinking of scenarios that bring us together’: What to expect from LagosPhoto 2023
Co-curator Azu Nwagbogu explains how this year’s festival will resurface hidden histories – and why, for the first time, it’s expanded into Benin
Seven artists from West Africa are showcased in the latest iteration of the New York gallery’s annual show as it continues to explore contemporary art scenes worldwide
Created across Nigeria, India and at open cast mines across Europe, Wahala is a poignant reminder that the climate crisis is everybody’s problem
“Our current notions of gender, language, spirituality, religion, time – all of it – is a white construction.”
A collaboration with writer Maryan Abdulkarim, the work is, ultimately, about presence and the act of belonging
“I’m interested in artists who are working with archival material, but not accepting the archive; resisting the authority of the archive, and pushing, and going deeper”
Gina Amama from A Whitespace Create Agency in Lagos, Nigeria, picks out what caught her eye in 2018 – including Michael Oliver Love’s “mind-blowing” editorial for Africa is Now magazine