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 generously gifted their personal library to G.A.S. Since then, the collection has grown into a specialist resource dedicated to the visual arts of Sub-Saharan Africa and its diaspora. 

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 groups through the works, retracing the journey behind each material and the experiments that shaped them.

Thank you for your interest in the Lagos Art Tour 2026. We are delighted to open bookings for the invitation-only Lagos Art Tour 2026, a curated donor journey with Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.), taking place during Lagos Art Week and ART X Lagos. 

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 spanning its purpose-built creative campus in Lagos and its sustainability-focused farm with an onsite studio in Ikise. Alongside this presentation, alumni, trustees, and collaborators participated in a range of independently programmed events across Venice, reflecting the expanding reach of the Foundation’s network.

Adeyinka Akingbade, a Lagos-based painter, photographer, and graphic designer, joins us for a four-week residency at G.A.S. Lagos. His multidisciplinary practice spans painting, photography, mixed media, installation and research, and is concerned with the repurposing of materials that are often discarded or lost to reflect on migration and memory.