CCA Lagos reopens with Archives and Memories since its closure in 2022, a heartfelt tribute to Bisi Silva’s lasting impact on contemporary African art. Curated by Favour Ritaro, the exhibition showcases works by six Nigerian artists alongside selections from Silva’s curatorial archive. This exhibition features the work of six Nigerian artists: Ndidi Dike, Temitayo Ogunbiyi, Odun Orimolade, Ngozi-Omeje Ezema, Taiye Idahor, and Wura-Natasha Ogunji. Centred on the curatorial archives of the late Bisi Silva, founding director of the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, Archives and Memories interrogates the interplay of personal and collective memory. Through archival materials, personal histories, and artworks, the exhibition examines how memory is revisited, reconstructed, and transformed.

O'DA Art presents a solo exhibition titled, 'Water carried us here, water will carry us away' featuring works of profound artist, Gerald Chukwuma. Gerald Chukwuma’s new body of work is inspired by the legend of ‘The Igbo Landing’, the mass suicide in 1803 by captive Igbo people who took control of the slave ship they were on, and refused to submit to slavery in Georgia, United States. The bravery has inspired African American folklore and culture particularly in the American South. By contrast in Nigeria, little appears in public records of ‘The Igbo Landing’. Chukwuma has explored this historic event through portraiture and watercolour abstraction in The Wrinkle Series and Index Series respectively. “We should also look at the possibilities of what that history gave to us and what better things it can bring for us because it will continue to evolve”, says Chukwuma displaying the need for audacity in art, the importance of storytelling and oral histories, the legacies of the Atlantic Slavery Trade, memory, cultural continuity and the evolution of artistic identity.

Tiwani Contemporary Lagos opens its 2025 exhibition program with Emma Prempeh: Belonging In-Between, a deeply personal solo show exploring themes of memory, home, and identity. This series of paintings captures the emotional landscapes tied to Prempeh’s matrilineal history, particularly her mother, Carmen, and her grandmother. Central to the exhibition is Carmen’s return to St. Vincent after 40 years, an experience that allowed Prempeh to witness the transformation of familiar places through the lens of migration and time.