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SUMMARY:Design Week Lagos 2026
DESCRIPTION:It’s Official: Design Week Lagos 2026 is here. \nThe built environment has always been where Africa’s design ambition is most visible. This year\, we are asking what happens when that ambition is backed by systems\, by supply chains\, by the infrastructure to scale. Making A New Africa: From Material to Market is a theme that takes that question seriously. \nDesign Week Lagos returns 18 to 26 October 2026 with exhibitions\, talks\, installations\, workshops\, and citywide experiences that bring together the best of African and global design thinking. \nSave the Date: 18 to 25 October 2026.\nThis year’s theme: Making A New Africa: From Material to Market. Designing for scale. \nTag a designer\, architect\, brand\, manufacturer\, or maker who needs to be part of this conversation. \nDetails by @designweeklagosofficial. \n*** \nDisclaimer: Unless explicitly stated\, ArtGuideAfrica does not own\, endorse and is not affiliated with any event/organisation included on this event calendar. All promotional information for this event belongs to the organiser and is subject to change at the discretion of the organiser. ArtGuideAfrica’s use of this promotional information qualifies as “fair dealing” (also “fair use”) under copyright law. \nThese Event details were last updated on: [07/05/2026] \n 
URL:https://artguideafrica.com/art-event/design-week-lagos-2026/
LOCATION:Not Disclosed
CATEGORIES:Design,Exhibition,in-person,Lagos,Nigeria,West Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Lagos:20261027T100000
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SUMMARY:The 10th Abuja Photo Festival
DESCRIPTION:The world is at a disruptive place yet again on how visual contents are created\, consumed and distributed. Whether technology is seen as an ally or an enemy is a matter of perspectives and personal interpretation. \nThis year\, our conversations and exchanges are to explore the connection and not the conflicts of the critical factors that are shaping visual storytelling. \nThe 10th Abuja Photo Festival. 27th – 30th October 2026. \nVisit: www.abujaphotofestival.com/register \nImage/ @mayfliesbook \nDetails by @abujaphotofest. \n*** \nDisclaimer: Unless explicitly stated\, ArtGuideAfrica does not own\, endorse and is not affiliated with any event/organisation included on this event calendar. All promotional information for this event belongs to the organiser and is subject to change at the discretion of the organiser. ArtGuideAfrica’s use of this promotional information qualifies as “fair dealing” (also “fair use”) under copyright law. \nThese Event details were last updated on: [07/05/2026]
URL:https://artguideafrica.com/art-event/the-10th-abuja-photo-festival/
LOCATION:Not Disclosed
CATEGORIES:Abuja,Exhibition,in-person,Photography,Registration Only,West Africa
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Lagos:20261030T100000
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SUMMARY:Lagos Biennial 5th Edition - "The Museum of Things Unseen"
DESCRIPTION:Curators: Furen Dai\, Chinyere Obieze\, Sam Hopkins \n30.10 – 30 .11.2026 \n\n\nWhat lies hidden in the shadows of our museum spaces? Whose stories are silenced\, and whose voices are amplified? If we were to build a museum from scratch\, unbounded by structural inequities\, what form would it take? \nTitled The Museum of Things Unseen\, the Lagos Biennial 2026 offers a speculative response to these questions. This conceptual museum brings together a collection of works to address the contextual\, philosophical\, and political forces that shape practices of cultural circulations and museology. \nThe Museum of Things Unseen aims to bring together and exhibit rarely or never before seen artworks\, examining the factors (imbalanced global art canon shaped by cultural bias\, financial power\, political influence\, curatorial priorities\, and conservation concerns\, etc.) contributing to their unseenness. The intention is to open up the current bounding structures of these artworks\, and inquire into the invisible labour\, evolving identities\, and concealed market forces shaping our cultural landscape. Contemporary artists will be invited to reinterpret and reimagine the works on display\, questioning the invisibility of these works\, rewriting the narratives within the context of a speculative museum\, and offering new perspectives that illuminate the unseen dimensions of these pieces. \nDetails by @lagos_biennial. \n*** \nDisclaimer: Unless explicitly stated\, ArtGuideAfrica does not own\, endorse and is not affiliated with any event/organisation included on this event calendar. All promotional information for this event belongs to the organiser and is subject to change at the discretion of the organiser. ArtGuideAfrica’s use of this promotional information qualifies as “fair dealing” (also “fair use”) under copyright law. \nThese Event details were last updated on: [07/05/2026]
URL:https://artguideafrica.com/art-event/lagos-biennial-5th-edition-2026-the-museum-of-things-unseen/
LOCATION:Not Disclosed
CATEGORIES:Biennial,Exhibition,Free,in-person,Lagos,Nigeria
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Lagos:20261102T100000
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SUMMARY:Blueprint for A Renaissance [Exhibition]
DESCRIPTION:The mid-20th-century surge of African independence was more than a geopolitical rupture; it was a demand for the total reclamation of the African psyche. Seventy years later\, the nature of the struggle has evolved from the political to the ontological. \nWhile the formal shackles have been dismantled\, the mandate for Africa to design\, reclaim\, and manifest its own singular future remains the defining imperative of our time. Blueprint for a Renaissance is a performative intervention into this unfinished project of liberation.\n“We face neither East nor West; we face forward.“\n— Kwame Nkrumah. \nWe are not curating an exhibition; we are constructing a sanctuary to be inhabited.\nNovember 2026 | Ibadan\, Nigeria \n#BlueprintForARenaissance #DemasNwoko #PierreChristopheGam #NewCultureStudios\n#TogunaWorld
URL:https://artguideafrica.com/art-event/blueprint-for-a-renaissance-an-installation/
LOCATION:New Culture Studios\, Ibadan\, 34 Adeola Crescent\, off Sobande Avenue\, Ibadan\, Oyo State\, Nigeria
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,Ibadan,in-person,Nigeria
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