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Curator's Note

Her face is drawn in black and white while everything around her blooms in colour. Then you notice the hand resting on her shoulder, the on…

Curator's Note

Of Toni Kuyinu's three royals, only the king keeps his eyes open, and he wears round wire glasses. A thoroughly modern young man, crowned w…

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Her eyes are closed, and that changes everything. She is not surveying a court; she is somewhere inward, chin lifted, a queen with no need …

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Dayo made his old man for the elders he grew up around, the quiet ones who have seen a lot and carry it with dignity. White beard against a…

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Before it was a square it was a racecourse, and the horses never left. Anth Ezeokoye puts the rearing horse statues at the centre of the gr…

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One plane parked, one lifting away: the two halves of every trip home. Anth Ezeokoye spells the airport's name across the terminal exactly …

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Lagos is a city held together by its crossings, and Anth Ezeokoye gives one of its newest landmarks the same affection as its oldest. In Ma…

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In Nigeria, a celebration has not begun until someone dances. Ekundayo catches three dancers at its height, faces left in soft pencil, the …

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The centrepiece of Toni Kuyinu's royal trio, and the only face that meets us head-on, yet his eyes are closed. Nothing is being claimed or …

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Of all the Made in Lagos scenes, this one carries the most weight. Anth Ezeokoye honours the Lekki toll gate during EndSARS as a moment of …

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Seen from far above, a few tiny people cross a field of flowing black lines towards a pool on a raised white disc. Each trails a long shado…