(*70*)More than 70 artists from Nigeria and the world over will discover hidden histories, cultural reminiscence and missed narratives on the fifth version of the Lagos Biennial, scheduled to maintain from November 14 to December 6, 2026, at Eko Atlantic City, Lagos.
(*70*)The worldwide up to date artwork exhibition, themed ‘The Museum of Things Unseen’, will characteristic installations, sculpture, images, movie and performances analyzing the histories and experiences usually excluded from standard museum areas.
(*70*)The occasion will even characteristic particular pavilions offered by the European Union, Floating Museum Chicago and different worldwide cultural organisations.
(*70*)Founded in 2017 by Nigerian artist and curator, Folakunle Oshun, the Lagos Biennial has established itself as a platform for up to date inventive expression and worldwide cultural change.
(*70*)Previous editions had been held on the Nigerian Railway Corporation compound in Yaba in 2017, Independence House in 2019 and Tafawa Balewa Square in 2024, reworking traditionally important places into areas for up to date artwork.
(*70*)The 2026 version will probably be curated by Furen Dai, Chinyere Obieze and Sam Hopkins, beneath the inventive route of Oshun.
(*70*)According to the organisers, the exhibition will problem standard concepts about museums, together with questions on whose histories are preserved, whose tales are silenced and whose voices are amplified.
(*70*)It will even look at how new museum establishments may very well be imagined past current structural inequalities, with collaborating artists exploring the politics of visibility, cultural heritage and collective reminiscence.
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(*70*)Speaking forward of the exhibition, Oshun, founder and inventive director of the Lagos Biennial, mentioned the occasion would encourage audiences to rethink how museums protect and signify historical past.
(*70*)“The Museum of Things Unseen invites us to reconsider what museums preserve, what they leave out, and how we might imagine new institutions that respond to our own histories,” he mentioned.
(*70*)He added that bringing the exhibition to Eko Atlantic City would supply a chance to replicate on the connection between Lagos’s quickly altering city panorama and its cultural reminiscence.
(*70*)The selection of venue is predicted to present a setting for analyzing the connection between city transformation, cultural heritage and the narratives that form African cities.
(*70*)A serious spotlight of the exhibition would be the presentation of the AketeCollection, an initiative of the Lagos Biennial aimed toward establishing a everlasting up to date artwork museum in Lagos.
(*70*)The programme will even characteristic public conversations, performances and the Curatorial Lab Lagos, a global skilled growth initiative for rising curators.
(*70*)The organisers mentioned the fifth version would additional strengthen Lagos’s place as a global cultural vacation spot by bringing collectively artists, curators, collectors and guests from completely different elements of the world.
(*70*)The Biennial will maintain a particular preview on November 13, forward of its public opening on November 14. The exhibition will run on chosen dates till December 6, 2026, at Eko Atlantic City, Victoria Island, Lagos.
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