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Quinsy Gario Explored Restitution and Afro-Diasporic Memory During November Residency

Quinsy Gario Explored Restitution and Afro-Diasporic Memory During November Residency

In November, we welcomed Dutch-Curaçaoan artist, poet, and activist Quinsy Gario for a month-long residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Working across performance, film, photography, and text, Quinsy’s practice interrogates how histories of enslavement and displacement continue to circulate,...

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Open Call: G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026

Open Call: G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026

Applications Open

Guest Artists Space Foundation (G.A.S.), in partnership with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.), is thrilled to announce the fourth edition of the prestigious fully funded G.A.S. Fellowship Award. This year’s call, the largest to date, offers five residencies for Nigerian based and...

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Winter Alumni Update

Winter Alumni Update

This round of alumni updates reflects the continued impact of G.A.S. Foundation’s community across artistic, curatorial, and institutional contexts worldwide. From major international prizes and museum acquisitions to curatorial leadership and critical recognition, these milestones speak...

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Event: Cultivating Your Creative Purpose

Event: Cultivating Your Creative Purpose

A Film Screening of The Salt of the Earth and a Discussion on Developing an Artistic Practice with Kwadwo Asiedu

Join us at G.A.S. Lagos on December 12th, 2025 for Cultivating Your Creative Purpose, featuring a screening of The Salt of the Earth, a film by German filmmaker and photographer Wim Wenders and Brazilian filmmaker Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, followed by a guided dialogue on developing an...

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Event: Artist CRIT

Event: Artist CRIT

An Informal Art Critique Session Facilitated by Sola Olulode

Join us at G.A.S. Lagos on December 9th, 2025, for Art CRIT, an informal critique session facilitated by current resident Sola Olulode. Designed for artists working across various mediums who have felt underserved by traditional critique spaces, the session offers a supportive environment to...

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Sasha Huber to Create Commemorative Portrait and Explore Memory During Residency

Sasha Huber to Create Commemorative Portrait and Explore Memory During Residency

This December, we are thrilled to host our final resident of the year, Swiss-Haitian multidisciplinary artist Sasha Huber, as she undertakes a four-week residency at G.A.S. Lagos.  Based in Helsinki and internationally recognised for her research-driven practice, Huber works across...

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Event: Body Memory

Event: Body Memory

A Meditative Movement-Based Workshop led by Khaleb Brooks

Join us at G.A.S. Lagos on November 4th, 2025 for Body Memory, a meditative, movement-based workshop exploring how the body carries personal and collective memory. Led by current resident Khaleb Brooks, the session offers an opportunity to acknowledge our histories and consider how future...

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Khaleb Brooks to Explore Sites of Memory and the Transatlantic Slave Trade During Residency at G.A.S. Lagos

Khaleb Brooks to Explore Sites of Memory and the Transatlantic Slave Trade During Residency at G.A.S. Lagos

G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to announce that Khaleb Brooks, a multidisciplinary artist and researcher working across painting, sculpture, film, and performance, will undertake a five-week residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Based in Brazil, Khaleb's practice investigates the intersections of...

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The G.A.S. Reading Room Now Open to the Public

The G.A.S. Reading Room Now Open to the Public

G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to announce that our newly activated Reading Room at the G.A.S. Library and Picton Archive is now open to the public for guided sessions every Tuesday and Thursday. First unveiled during the Re:assemblages Symposium on 4 November 2025, the space is designed for...

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Impact Report 2024/2025

Impact Report 2024/2025

As we enter three years of programming and residencies at G.A.S. Foundation, we are thrilled to present our second Impact Report. It chronicles our journey from digital programming to welcoming our 85th G.A.S. resident in June 2025. Throughout this transformative period, we have remained...

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Event: Njiko: Manifesting Futures - The Ontology of the Possible

Event: Njiko: Manifesting Futures - The Ontology of the Possible

A Two-Day Activation Exploring Design, Publishing, Pedagogy, and Southeastern Nigerian Cultural Futures

From October 24th to 25th, 2025, G.A.S. Lagos, in collaboration with Njiko, hosted the second iteration of Njiko: Manifesting Futures – The Ontology of the Possible, presented by designer and researcher Myles Igwebuike as a special project for Design Week Lagos 2025. Building upon the...

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Sola Olulode to Explore Nigerian Textile Traditions and Material Experimentation During Residency

Sola Olulode to Explore Nigerian Textile Traditions and Material Experimentation During Residency

G.A.S. Foundation is delighted to welcome Sola Olulode for an immersive six-week residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Working across painting, drawing, printmaking, textiles, and installation, Sola is known for her richly tactile mixed-media surfaces and intimate figurative compositions grounded in themes...

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