"LAGOS, Nigeria — Cars snaked out from the hideous traffic and deposited the city’s elite, dressed to impress, at the Civic Center, a concrete-and-steel edifice fronting Lagos Lagoon. Women exuding Vogue beauty and power paused on the patio to give television interviews. Art X Lagos was living up to its reputation as a happening. Not just collectors, but the hip, the curious, the Instagram crowd, thronged West Africa’s principal fair in November. ... This enormous city — with no official census, population estimates range from 13 million to 21 million — is dynamic by disposition. Yes, the roads are clogged, political corruption is rampant, and the power cuts trigger armies of generators spewing noxious fumes. But Lagosians — who are proud of their 'hustle,' a mix of effort, imagination, and brash optimism — will turn any challenge into enterprise. ..."
NY TimesArt X Lagos
Okay Africa: Here's What Went Down at the Third Edition of ART X Lagos (Audio)
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Untitled (Igbo Landing) (group of figures from series; 2018), Gerald Chukwuma.
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