Lagos Art Week confronts history, identity and belonging
Summary
ART X Lagos, held November 5–8, brought artists and visitors together for exhibitions, installations, music, discussions and film screenings. The fair and other events across Lagos explored history, migration, cultural memory and belonging, including through Ndidi Dike’s installation about displacement from the era of the slave trade to the present.Key Facts
- ART X Lagos held its 11th edition at the Federal Palace Hotel on Victoria Island from November 5–8.
- The fair’s theme was “A New Chapter, A New Decade,” inspired by an earlier generation of Nigerian artists, architects, educators and thinkers.
- The fair featured 15 partitioned exhibition spaces, and thousands of visitors attended.
- Ndidi Dike’s installation Residues of Past Encounters II included a suspended wooden canoe, sand, Adire-style fabric and recorded waves.
- Dike sourced the sand and wave sounds from Badagry, a historic town that served as a transit point for enslaved West Africans.
- Dike’s installation connects the history of the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism with contemporary migration from Africa.
- Lagos galleries and museums also held exhibitions during the city’s annual art week.
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