Earlier this week, we welcomed British-Nigerian artist Oluwasemilore Delano for a six-week residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Based between London and Lagos, Oluwasemilore works across painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, installation, and architecture. Her multidisciplinary practice explores memory, lineage, and Black spatial consciousness, with a particular focus on the figure as both form and a site of perception. Through materials such as charcoal, concrete, oil, and textured black surfaces, she interrogates time, cultural inheritance, and the interplay between personal and communal histories.

Join us at G.A.S. Lagos on April 30th 2026 for Work Starts Now, a film screening and discussion led by current resident Kush Badhwar. The programme brings together three of Kush’s short films: We in a 1 room kitchen, Work Starts Now, and Blood Earth, which explore labour, resistance, and creative expression, from the power of song in political movements to the rhythms of everyday survival in contemporary urban India.

From March 25th to 27th 2026, G.A.S. Lagos hosted the inaugural edition of the G.A.S. Critical Writing Workshop, a three-day initiative designed to support the professional and critical development of emerging local art writers, researchers, and cultural practitioners. Through a series of workshops, readings, and lectures led by then-resident Olutomi Kassim, in collaboration with invited industry professionals, participants engaged deeply with the tools and methodologies of critical art writing. Each day brought together six selected participants to examine writing as a form of activism, encouraging them to ask questions, challenge dominant narratives, and engage with the social and political contexts that shape contemporary art.

On 11 March 2026, Lagos-based photographer Loni Abiodun facilitated Capturing Memories, a community-based photography workshop for students from St. John’s Primary School, Ikiṣẹ. The session introduced the young learners to storytelling through memory and moving image, offering a hands-on opportunity to explore creative expression and self-documentation using photography and drone videography. The workshop formed part of Loni’s five-week residency, during which he was based primarily at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikiṣẹ. His practice examines everyday life in Nigeria through the lens of identity, community, and the dynamic relationship between tradition and modernity.