Lagos Biennial 2026 Invites Visitors Into "The Museum of Things Unseen"

By Udemma Chukwuma

Every museum is defined as much by what it hides as by what it shows. This November, Lagos turns that idea into an exhibition. The fifth Lagos Biennial, titled The Museum of Things Unseen, runs from 14 November to 6 December 2026 at Eko Atlantic, according to the event's official Facebook page.

'The Weight of Traces' On View at SOTO Gallery

By Chisom Michael

SOTO Gallery opens The Weight of Traces, a group exhibition which brings together four interdisciplinary female artists: Ronke Komos, Lola Mariam Alli, Odama Paulcy, and Oluchi Anaghoba. The show runs from September 13 to October 10, 2026, at 10 Omo Osagie Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria.

DozieArts Brings Victoria Oniosun to 1-54 London

Nigerian painter Victoria Oniosun will be presented by DozieArts at the 2026 edition of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London this October.

The fair runs at Somerset House from October 15 to 18, with a Press and VIP Preview on October 15 and public opening from October 16.

Born in Oyo in 1998, Oniosun studied Fine and Applied Arts at Obafemi Awolowo University, graduating in 2022. Her practice uses simplified, abstracted figures to explore companionship, identity, femininity and mental health. Rather than relying on detailed facial representation, she uses gesture, posture and thickly worked surfaces to convey emotion.

Works such as Girls Like Us, Dream Girls and pieces from her Sisi Eko and Don’t Touch My Hair series reflect her continuing interest in the experiences and representation of women.

Six Painters Show 'Fragments'

By Udemma Chukwuma 

Fragment, a miniature art fair at ArtLab Gallery, brings together six painters working across realism, landscape, abstraction, figurative painting and watercolour, with their works presented in smaller formats. Opening on October 17, 2026, at 8 Isaac John Street, Ikeja GRA, Lagos, Nigeria.

Toheeb Dele Balogun to Premiere "Algodrithm, the Sacred Book" in...

By Joy Eke 

Toheeb Dele Balogun

Lagos-based creative strategist Toheeb Dele Balogun is turning his newest book into something closer to theatre than a reading. On October 17. At the J. Randle Centre in Onikan, Lagos, Nigeria, he will unveil Algodrithm, the Sacred Book, a satirical work of micro-fiction that imagines social media as a self-made deity that creates, judges, rewards, and punishes its followers much like a religion would.