On 28th August, 2026 G.A.S. Lagos hosted Reading New Culture, the second activation of The Reading Room, a curatorial archival project exploring archives through collective reading, conversation, and public programming. Led by curator Omenogor Udome and G.A.S. alumna Amanda Iheme, the reading...

We are excited to welcome Alexandra Mitiku, a Korean-Ethiopian artist and poet, to G.A.S. Lagos as our first resident this September. Based in Finland, Alexandra’s practice spans painting and installation, exploring fantasy and desire as ways of transforming oppressive systems, beginning...

Multidisciplinary artist Ọmọlará Williams McCallister joins us at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikise for an eight-week residency as a recipient of the 2026 G.A.S. Fellowship Award. Based in Miami, Ọmọlará’s multifaceted practice spans textiles, craft, research and ecology. In Ọmọlará’s...

This week, we welcomed Afsian Aguilar, an Israeli multidisciplinary artist of Filipino and African immigrant descent, to G.A.S. Lagos for an eight-week residency. Working across painting, sculpture and installation, Afsian’s practice explores identity, memory and belonging. His works...

Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation in partnership with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) is thrilled to announce the second edition of the G.A.S. Critical Writing Workshop, an initiative designed to support the professional and critical development of emerging local art writers,...

As part of their ongoing residency, Kim M. Reynolds and Moses Hamborg hosted Making With The Land on 1st July 2026, bringing together students from St. John's Primary School, Ikiṣẹ, for a hands-on workshop combining storytelling, bookmaking, and experimental printmaking.

We are pleased to announce the final year of Re:assemblages, a three-year programme examining how archives of art and literature from Africa and its global diaspora can be preserved, interpreted, shared, and activated in the present. 

This month, we are highlighting recent achievements from members of the G.A.S. alumni community. Since 2022, our residents and fellows have continued to develop ambitious practices across disciplines and geographies. July has seen alumni recognised through prestigious awards, international...

Lagos-based artist Adeyinka Akingbade, whose practice is concerned with the repurposing of materials, spent four weeks at G.A.S. Lagos until late July. During his time, he focused on developing and expanding his ongoing body of work Exodus, which looks at migration within the context of...

On 17th July 2026, G.A.S. Lagos hosted a Library Open Day and Book Reading, inviting visitors to explore the resources of the G.A.S. Library and Picton Archive. The library was established in 2022 after John Picton, Emeritus Professor of African Art (University of London), and Sue Picton...

On 8th July 2026, G.A.S. Lagos hosted im/MATERIAL, an intimate presentation and conversation in which Moses Hamborg shared the material explorations developed during his residency at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikiṣẹ. Rather than presenting a finished exhibition, Moses guided visitors in small...

In February 2026, G.A.S. Foundation was formally announced as a participant in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh. During the opening week of 5–9 May, the Foundation presented Chorus, a major installation developed through its residency programme...