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Announcing The Short Century Intensive Cohort

Announcing The Short Century Intensive Cohort

In June 2025, Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation, in partnership with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.), launched The Short Century Intensive, a fellowship designed to support artistic and scholarly inquiry into the cultural and political histories of the mid-to-late 20th...

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Event: Internship Presentation

Event: Internship Presentation

A Reflective Presentation Hosted by Nina Gilbert and Savannah Woodson

On July 24th, 2025, G.A.S. Lagos hosted Internship Presentation, an evening of reflection led by Nina Gilbert and Savannah Woodson, two interns who joined G.A.S. Foundation through a partnership with Spelman College and the Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies...

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Re:assemblages Convening: Liz Johnson Artur, Black Balloon Archive

Re:assemblages Convening: Liz Johnson Artur, Black Balloon Archive

Hosted by Gallery TPW

We are pleased to partner with Gallery TPW and the National Gallery of Canada on a public talk with artist Liz Johnson Artur, taking place on August 5th, 2025. The event marks the first activation of Contemporary Art and Archive Practices (CAAP), an international series of public convenings led...

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Call for Papers: Re:assemblages Symposium 2025

Call for Papers: Re:assemblages Symposium 2025

Applications Open

The 20th century can be read as a formative ecotonal space—an unsettled, generative borderland where networks fractured and reformed, collaborations ignited, and tensions gave way to new modes of relation. Within this compressed terrain, distinct ecologies of African and Afro-diasporic...

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Event Recap: AfterImages

Event Recap: AfterImages

From June 19th to 21st, 2025, G.A.S. Lagos hosted AfterImages, an exhibition of moving image installations and accompanying screenings interrogating the coloniality of archival film. Curated by Monangambee, AfterImages was presented as the culminating exhibition of Art Exchange: Moving Image, a...

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Event Recap: Ìmòra Arts Intensive

Event Recap: Ìmòra Arts Intensive

From June 9th to 13th, 2025, G.A.S. Lagos hosted the inaugural edition of the Ìmòra Arts Intensive, a week-long programme designed to equip early-career visual artists with the tools, knowledge, and mentorship needed to strengthen their professional practice. Through a series of dynamic and...

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Dr Tinashe Mushakavanhu Embarks on a Residency Focused on Research, Reflection and Creative Production

Dr Tinashe Mushakavanhu Embarks on a Residency Focused on Research, Reflection and Creative Production

Dr Tinashe Mushakavanhu, a Zimbabwean writer, scholar, and curator, joins G.A.S. Lagos for a six-week residency as the 2025 curatorial recipient of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award supported by Deutsche Bank. His expansive practice spans printmaking, installation, curating, research, and literature,...

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Announcing a New Residency Partnership Between Guest Artists Space and the Finnish Cultural Foundation

Announcing a New Residency Partnership Between Guest Artists Space and the Finnish Cultural Foundation

G.A.S. is pleased to partner with the Finnish Cultural Foundation to provide two fully funded, eight-week residencies, which will be awarded to Finnish or Finland-based artists, curators, or writers. The selected residents will primarily be housed in Lagos, with the possibility of spending a...

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Announcing Re:assemblages 2025-26: An Ambitious Programme Exploring African and Afro-diasporic Archives

Announcing Re:assemblages 2025-26: An Ambitious Programme Exploring African and Afro-diasporic Archives

We are pleased to announce the 2025–26 edition of Re:assemblages, a dynamic, multi-year programme designed to foster collaboration and experimentation across African art library collections. This ambitious initiative reimagines the stewardship and activation of African and Afro-diasporic...

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Call For Fabrics: My Story of Food - On The Farm!

Call For Fabrics: My Story of Food - On The Farm!

Donate Materials to Contribute to Education Programme for Teachers and Students

Guest Artists Space Foundation (G.A.S.) in partnership with the Five Cowries Arts Education Initiative (FCI), is excited to announce My Story of Food: On The Farm!, a two-weeks creative education programme for school teachers and students from St. John’s Primary School, Ikiṣẹ in Ijebu,...

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Event: AfterImages

Event: AfterImages

A Film Screening and Installation Exploring the Legacies of African National Cinemas

Join us at G.A.S. Lagos from 19–21 June 2025 for AfterImages, a three-day programme of film installations and screenings. Curated by Monangambee, the exhibition marks the culmination of Art Exchange: Moving Image, a curatorial professional development programme delivered by LUX, Yinka...

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G.A.S. Foundation Welcomes Nina Gilbert and Savannah Woodson for Their Internship in Lagos

G.A.S. Foundation Welcomes Nina Gilbert and Savannah Woodson for Their Internship in Lagos

This month, G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to welcome Nina Gilbert and Savannah Woodson to G.A.S. Lagos for an eight-week internship, delivered in partnership with Spelman College and the Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective (AUC Collective). While this cohort...

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