The AAL Lab and Affiliates Network brings together Africa-based libraries, archival initiatives, independent publishers, and global institutions that support and champion this work. This page highlights the members who form the network, connecting across locations and practices to share resources, knowledge, and collaboration. Each entry includes the member or organization, their location,...

The African Arts Libraries Lab (AAL Lab) is an international network initiated by the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) and Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation, aimed at fostering collaboration among African arts libraries, archives, artists, publishers, and members of the AAL Lab Affiliates Network. The Network invites global institutions holding African and...

The 2025–26 edition of Re:assemblages marks a dynamic new phase in fostering collaboration and experimentation across African and Afro-diasporic art library collections. This ambitious milti-year programme reimagines the stewardship and activation of African and Afro-diasporic art archives, culminating in a constellation of international convenings, symposia,...

G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of Re:assemblages, a roaming body and multi-year cultural development programme designed to platform new, critical questions focused on the preservation and creative potential of African art libraries. This collaborative project was developed in response to the wealth of material housed in the G.A.S. Library and Picton Archive and its...