Join us on 22nd May 2026 at G.A.S. Lagos for Șé òrûn jé ârâ – is the sky skin?, a presentation of residency research and monoprinting workshop led by current resident Semilore Delano. The premise of this event stems from the title Șé òrûn jé ârâ, which operates as a statement rather than a question. It invites us to consider how we understand our bodies beyond ourselves, reflecting on what practices of touch and intimacy with skin might mean within a world shaped by difference.

In December 2025, G.A.S. Foundation, in partnership with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.), announced the fourth edition of the fully funded G.A.S. Fellowship Award. This is the largest call to date, offering five residencies to Nigerian artists and writers (three artists and two writers), five residencies to art practictioners based in the United States, and two residencies to African-based and diaspora creatives. The G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026 is made possible through the generous support of Deutsche Bank, Yinka Shonibare Foundation, and the Terra Foundation for American Art.

In June 2025, G.A.S. Foundation announced a partnership with the Finnish Cultural Foundation to support two fully funded eight-week residencies for Finnish or Finland-based art practitioners. Hosted across G.A.S. Lagos and the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikise, the programme offers artists and cultural practitioners time and space to develop research and creative projects within Nigeria’s dynamic cultural landscape. Founded in 2017, the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s residency programme has become one of Europe’s largest international residency networks, spanning multiple locations across the world. Through its partnership with G.A.S. Foundation, the programme expands to the African continent for the first time in 2026.

At the 61st Venice Biennale, curated by Koyo Kouoh under the title In Minor Keys, the presence of Guest Artists Space Foundation feels especially resonant. While many presentations within Venice unfold through spectacle, monumentality, or national assertion, G.A.S. Foundation enters the exhibition through a quieter but deeply affecting register—one grounded in listening, collective memory, process, and shared experience.

As the Biennale explores art as a form of learning, Art Basel’s inaugural Koyo Kouoh Fellow, Aisha Aliyu-Bima, reflects on the grassroots organizations shaping a new generation of curators and artists across Africa.