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Inside “Chorus”: How G.A.S. Foundation Is Reimagining Knowledge, Community, and Contemporary African Practice at the 61st Venice Biennale

Inside “Chorus”: How G.A.S. Foundation Is Reimagining Knowledge, Community, and Contemporary African Practice at the 61st Venice Biennale

Africans Column

At the 61st Venice Biennale, curated by Koyo Kouoh under the title In Minor Keys, the presence of Guest Artists Space Foundation feels especially resonant. While many presentations within Venice unfold through spectacle, monumentality, or national assertion, G.A.S. Foundation enters the...

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I know why art schools are essential for Koyo Kouoh’s Venice exhibition

I know why art schools are essential for Koyo Kouoh’s Venice exhibition

Art Basel

As the Biennale explores art as a form of learning, Art Basel’s inaugural Koyo Kouoh Fellow, Aisha Aliyu-Bima, reflects on the grassroots organizations shaping a new generation of curators and artists across Africa.

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G.A.S. Foundation presents collaborative project at Venice Biennale 2026

G.A.S. Foundation presents collaborative project at Venice Biennale 2026

Nigerian Tribune

GUEST Artists Space Foundation (G.A.S.) is set to take part in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Koyo Kouoh. The exhibition, titled ‘In Minor Keys’, will open for preview audiences from May 6 to 8. British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare...

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The Re:assemblages Symposium: How Might We Gather Differently?

The Re:assemblages Symposium: How Might We Gather Differently?

Contemporary And (C&)

A two-day convening in Lagos to explore “African and Afro-diasporic art archives as living, contested, and future-shaping spaces,” the Re:assemblages Symposium became a gathering point of ideas and geographies. Jointly presented by Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and Yinka...

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Artists And Scholars Question Heritage And Colonial History

Artists And Scholars Question Heritage And Colonial History

Channels TV

Originally aired live during the 2025 Re:assemblages Symposium, this segment, now available on YouTube, offers on-the-ground coverage, audience engagement, and key moments that shaped the event’s atmosphere and discussions.

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Three key takeaways from Lagos’s newest African art symposium

Three key takeaways from Lagos’s newest African art symposium

The Art Newspaper

Earlier this week, a new and slightly different Art Week affair took place: the Re: assemblages symposium, hosted by the Alliance Française de Lagos, organised by the Guest Artists Space and Yinka Shonibare Foundations and curated by Naima Hassan. The event brought together cultural...

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CHRIS THURMAN: Reinventing archives as dynamic engines of exchange

CHRIS THURMAN: Reinventing archives as dynamic engines of exchange

BusinessDay

Timed to coincide with the Art X Lagos fair, the gathering was initiated by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare and his Guest Artists Space Foundation. The Re:assemblages programme, curated by Berlin-based researcher Naima Hassan, saw contributions from more than 70 African and...

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How Nigerian Art Captured the World’s Attention

How Nigerian Art Captured the World’s Attention

Artsy

Notably, the renowned British artist Yinka Shonibare CBE opened Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation in 2019, a nonprofit in Lagos offering artist residencies and public programming by and for artists in the country and across the globe. “Our focus has always been on building...

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When artists opened fresh dialogue on arts

When artists opened fresh dialogue on arts

Nigerian Tribune

THE Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) convened the inaugural Re:assemblages Symposium on November 4 and 5 at the Alliance Française, Ikoyi, Lagos. The event marked the official launch of the African Arts Libraries Lab (AAL Lab), a new continental...

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Lagos symposium—spearheaded by the artist Yinka Shonibare—to dig deep into African archives

Lagos symposium—spearheaded by the artist Yinka Shonibare—to dig deep into African archives

The Art Newspaper

African and Afro-diasporic archives will be celebrated and reinterpreted as part of a major project launching later this year in Lagos, driven by the British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare. The Re:assemblages symposium (4-5 November), taking place at Alliance Française de Lagos, will...

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Guest Artists Space Foundation announces ambitious 2025–26 programme exploring African art archives

Guest Artists Space Foundation announces ambitious 2025–26 programme exploring African art archives

ARTAFRICA

Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) have announced the 2025–26 edition of ‘Re:assemblages’, a far-reaching programme that centres African and Afro-diasporic archives as spaces of artistic inquiry, experimental scholarship and...

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Yinka Shonibare Is Using Money from His Art Sales to Give Back to Africa

Yinka Shonibare Is Using Money from His Art Sales to Give Back to Africa

ARTnews

In 2022, after construction and delay caused in part by the Covid-19 pandemic, the local launch was held and the G.A.S. Fellowship Award, an annual initiative in collaboration with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation to support mid-career artists and curators across Africa was announced....

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