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Event Recap: Lagos Art Tour 2024

Event Recap: Lagos Art Tour 2024

The fifth edition of the Lagos Art Tour began on Tuesday 29th October, with the G.A.S. and Y.S.F. teams warmly welcoming patrons, trustees, and friends of the Foundations from across the globe, who arrived throughout the day at Murtala Muhammed International Airport. Early arrivals had the...

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'Kuna Mende Kwenye Mashine' Exhibition Explores Alternative Histories and Rhythms of Creation

'Kuna Mende Kwenye Mashine' Exhibition Explores Alternative Histories and Rhythms of Creation

KUNA MENDE KWENYE MASHINE (There’s a Bug in the Machine) is the third exhibition in the Art Exchange: Moving Image series. Curated by Jesse Gerard Mpango, a founding member of Ajabu Ajabu—a multimedia curatorial collective based in Dar es Salaam—the exhibition invites visitors...

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Event: My Journey in Art

Event: My Journey in Art

On Thursday, November 7th, G.A.S. Lagos hosted My Journey in Art, an artist talk and interactive drawing workshop led by hen-resident and ART X Diaspora Prize winner Shabu Mwangi. While the word "journey" often evokes thoughts of physical movement, for Shabu, it represents personal...

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Event: École du Festival - Study Day

Event: École du Festival - Study Day

Join us at G.A.S. Lagos for École du Festival, a collaborative and experimental Study Day focused on re-examining and reactivating the cultural, political, and artistic legacies of pan-African festivals. Organized in the framework of G.A.S. Foundation‘s Annotations programme, the Study Day...

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Event: Ebrohimie Road - A Museum of Memory

Event: Ebrohimie Road - A Museum of Memory

A Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Join us at G.A.S. Lagos for a free screening of Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory, a documentary by Kola Tubosun and Tunde Kelani. This powerful film explores how a small campus bungalow at the University of Ibadan became a pivotal site in Nigeria’s history, where literary icon Wole...

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Event: G.A.S. Farm House Open Studio

Event: G.A.S. Farm House Open Studio

Hosted by Misheck Masamvu

To conclude his six-week residency, Misheck Masamvu invited guests to his studio at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ijebu, where he spent most of his time developing a new body of work for his upcoming solo exhibition amidst the rich agricultural landscape. During this intimate gathering, Misheck...

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Event: After The Future

Event: After The Future

Join us at G.A.S. Lagos on September 27, 2024, for After the Future, an immersive evening with artist Alexandra Martens Serrano. The event will kick off with an artist talk, where Serrano will share her innovative approach to art, science, and social change. Following this, guests will...

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Event: In Pieces

Event: In Pieces

A mind-mapping and collage workshop exploring personal and cultural histories.

Join us for In Pieces, a collage workshop that invites you to explore culture through the powerful lens of your personal experiences. This interactive session will begin with a presentation that will uncover collage as a language of autoethnographic expression, an approach that combines the...

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Event: Scaffolding Futures

Event: Scaffolding Futures

Unveiling the Potential of Scaffolds in Contemporary Art and Public Space

Scaffolding Futures reimagines scaffolding as more than just a construction tool but as a transformative element in contemporary art, design, and urbanism. This event invites participants to explore the radical possibilities of scaffolds as potential sites of exhibition-making in public spaces....

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'In the Midst' Marks the First Chapter of the Art Exchange: Moving Image Programme in Kampala

'In the Midst' Marks the First Chapter of the Art Exchange: Moving Image Programme in Kampala

In the Midst is the first exhibition to be realised as part of the Art Exchange: Moving Image programme. Curated by E.N Mirembe (Kampala, Uganda) and Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo (Nairobi, Kenya), the installation by artists Darlyne Komukama and Liz Kobusinge, which opened at Afropocene Capsule,...

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Event: Into the Timeline - A Research Collage of Pan-African Festivals

Event: Into the Timeline - A Research Collage of Pan-African Festivals

The Open Research Room is the second and final public activation of G.A.S. Foundation’s Annotations Programme curated by Adeyosola Adeniran, Osayame Emokpae-Ozoro, Neil Grasty, Amaya Loubeau, Ufuoma Ogbemudje and Robyn Simpson with Annotations Co-Curators Naima Hassan and Maryam...

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Event: Reading Pan-African Festivals - Archival Encounters at G.A.S.

Event: Reading Pan-African Festivals - Archival Encounters at G.A.S.

Are you interested in exploring the G.A.S. Library and Picton Archive? Five weeks into the Annotations Programme, G.A.S. Foundation invites you to share in our learnings on archival practice, and to explore our research into Pan-African Festivals such as FESTAC '77. Join us for a...

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