Lagos Biennial

17/11/2025

10/11/2025

What a stunning performance by at the Lagos Biennal book launch and fundraising dinner.
The Making of an African Capital of Culture

10/11/2025

performance at our book launch/ fundraiser dinner. The Making of an African Capital of Culture 04.11.2025

06/11/2025

Yesterday evening was definitely one to remember as friends of the Lagos Biennial came together to celebrate what we have been, what we continue to be as we presented our inaugural publication, in one of Africa’s most culturally dynamic landscapes. To us, the celebration was a moment of acknowledgement, of the artists, curators, and citizens who contribute to the cultural infrastructure that sustains this city. At the same time, it had also been a moment to face the future: proceeds from the volume support the creation of the Lagos Biennial’s new home: Àkéte Collection - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lagos - recognising that while institutions matter, their form must reflect the spirit of place.

06/09/2025

The Lagos Biennial proudly presents its long-anticipated publication, a landmark volume chronicling the last four editions of the Biennial, alongside curatorial reflections from the forthcoming 2026 edition.

With its title taken from Bisi Silva’s 2017 essay, Lagos: The making of an African Capital of Culture, this architecturally conceived book invites readers to explore groundbreaking artistic interventions staged across Lagos’ iconic colonial and post-independence sites, including the Nigerian Railway Corporation (2017), Independence House (2019), and Tafawa Balewa Square (2021 & 2024). It offers a powerful narrative of how artists from Africa and across the world continue to engage, shape, and inhabit these evolving urban spaces, while denoting the internationality of Lagos.

Featuring contributions from 161 international artists, the publication captures the vibrancy and complexity of contemporary artistic discourse within historically charged environments.

A paperback edition of the publication will be released for purchase in October 2028.

Editor: Folakunle Oshun

Design: Kieron Lewis

Copy Editing: Julia Breinbauer, Sabrina Roman, and Lisa Ness

For inquiries and pre-orders, visit www.lagos-biennial.org

email [email protected]

22/08/2025

A big congratulations to Romi Crawford, who has joined the artistic team for documenta 16. Romi, who contributed to the Lagos Biennial last year, is an educator, writer and professor of Visual and Critical Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She also founded the Black Arts Movement School Modality and the New Art School Modality. The two platforms are free, nomadic and grounded in a remodelled set of values for arts education.