A defining gesture of In Minor Keys — the central exhibition of the 61st Biennale di Venezia curated by the late Koyo Kouoh — is the integration of six artist-led organisations who form its Schools. They function simultaneously as subject, methodology, and forms of knowledge production that resist market imperatives and national categorisation, privileging shared learning and collective sustainability. "Schools" is one of several loose compositional motifs Kouoh devised to structure the exhibition, alongside Shrines, Procession, and Rest. These motifs operate as tonal registers rather than categories, shaping the visitor's experience through shifts in rhythm, density, and attention.

G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to welcome Moses Hamborg, a Los Angeles-based painter and recipient of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026, for an eight-week at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikiṣẹ. Working at the intersection of figurative painting and material research, Moses’ practice explores how identity, environment, and perception are shaped through both image-making and the substances that constitute it. His recent work extends beyond representation into an inquiry into pigment itself, positioning material as both medium and subject.

On May 29, 2026, G.A.S. Lagos hosted Herbal Music, a live musical performance by Okwei Odili and Afro-jazz guitarist Adedayo Allegro Michael Lopez, exploring organic Nigerian sound traditions. Okwei immersed herself in medicinal plant cultivation while exploring the relationship between music and agriculture. During this time, she recorded ambient farm sounds, experimented with plant-based instruments and natural resonators, and learned traditional Yoruba healing songs and chants.which she presented alongside older compositions. 

On May 22nd, G.A.S. Lagos hosted Șé òrûn jé ârâ – is the sky skin, a presentation of residency research and monoprinting workshop led by Oluwasemilore Delano. The premise of this event stemmed from the title, which operates as a statement rather than a question. It invited audience members to consider how we understand our bodies beyond ourselves, reflecting on what practices of touch and intimacy with skin might mean within a world shaped by difference.

In December 2025, G.A.S. Foundation, in partnership with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.), announced the fourth edition of the fully funded G.A.S. Fellowship Award. This is the largest call to date, offering five residencies to Nigerian artists and writers (three artists and two writers), five residencies to art practictioners based in the United States, and two residencies to African-based and diaspora creatives. The G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026 is made possible through the generous support of Deutsche Bank, Yinka Shonibare Foundation, and the Terra Foundation for American Art.