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NEWS
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Hawa Awanle Ayiboro’s Empowering Journey and Art Featured in The Guardian
We are proud to share that Hawa Awanle Ayiboro’s remarkable journey and upcoming solo exhibition, Fine Feathers Don’t Make Fine Birds, have been featured in The Guardian. The article, written... -
Amoako Boafo's 'Blank Stare' Acquired by Tate at 1-54 Marrakech 2025
Gallery 1957 is delighted to announce that Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo has been acquired by the Tate, London, UK. Tate has acquired Blank Stare (2021), an oil on paper painting... -
Gallery 1957 Featured in ARTnews Coverage of 1-54 Marrakech 2025
We’re excited to be featured in the latest ARTnews article, which provides a deep dive into the 2025 edition of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in Marrakech. The article... -
Gallery 1957 Featured in The New York Times's “36 Hours: Accra, Ghana”
We're excited to share that Gallery 1957 was featured in The New York Times's article, '36 HOURS: Accra, Ghana' by Chiké Frankie Edozien, which highlights some of the best spots... -
Rita Mawuena Bennisan’s Solo Exhibition at Zeitz MOCAA Featured in Christie’s 2025 Exhibition Roundup
We’re thrilled to share that Rita Mawuena Bennisan's remarkable solo exhibition at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) has been prominently featured in Christie’s 2025 exhibition roundup. This recognition... -
Rita Mawuena Bennisan Featured in In-Depth Article on Ghanaian Art and Cultural Preservation on True Africa
We are thrilled to share that Rita Mawuena Benissan, an artist represented by Gallery 1957, has been featured in a compelling article discussing her groundbreaking work and cultural preservation efforts.... -
Gallery 1957’s Keeping Time Featured in Frieze’s Top 10 Shows Around the World in 2024
We’re thrilled to share that Keeping Time, Gallery 1957’s monumental group show, has been featured in Frieze magazine’s roundup of the Top 10 Shows Around the World in 2024. Co-curated... -
In-Depth Feature of Gallery 1957 in The New York Times
Gallery 1957 would like to extend our gratitude to The New York Times and Ginanne Brownell for the in depth feature “From Africa to Hong Kong, a Gallery’s Influence Grows.”...
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EXHIBITIONS
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Andrew Pierre Hart - The Listening Sweet II Ghana
Gallery I, Accra 24 Oct 2024 - 20 Jan 2025The exhibition follows a two-month residency with the Gallery in Accra and each artwork is infused with the multiple layers that have been part of Hart’s experience. The interdisciplinary artist... -
Keeping Time - Curated by Ekow Eshun and Karon Hepburn
Third Floor, Galleria Mall, Accra 26 Oct 2024 - 11 Jan 2025Keeping Time is a group exhibition which significantly brings together both international and Ghana-based artists from the African diaspora who explore notions of Blackness, being, and time. By presenting artworks... -
Lois Selasie Arde-Acquah - Echoes of Mundane Mindfulness
Gallery II, Accra 26 Oct 2024 - 11 Jan 2025Accompanied by a curatorial text by Ato Annan and Katherine Finerty - attached below – the exhibition will open during Accra Cultural Week. Lois Selasie Arde-Acquah seeks to reclaim the... -
Tiffanie Delune - The Geography of Feelings
London 3 Oct - 21 Nov 2024Recently moving her studio from Lisbon, back to France, the artist’s continuous source of inspiration has to be photographs and drawings of medical plants, and trees taken from her travels... -
Kwesi Botchway - The Sun Must Come Down
The French Protestant Church of London, 8 - 9 Soho Square, London, W1D 3QD 7 - 12 Oct 2024Curated by Azu Nwagbogu, the interdisciplinary experience will take place over one week in the French Protestant Church of London, invoking a sense of fellowship and community with a harmonising... -
Johannes Phokela - Mineral Awesome: Ode to the fountain of Zama Zama
Gallery II, Accra 24 Sep - 15 Oct 2024This new body of work closely follows Only Sun the Sky Knows How I Feel (A Lucid Dream), Phokela’s major solo exhibition at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, which... -
Constellations Part 2 : Figures in Webs and Ripples of Space
Co - curated by Nuna Adisenu - Doe, Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson, and Katherine Finerty 1 Aug - 10 Oct 2024Artists participating in this group show include those collaborating with the gallery for the first time; Clifford Bright Abu, Abdul-Salam Alhassan, Akosua Odeibea Amoah-Yeboah, Dela Anyah, Dzidzor Azaglo, Elolo... -
UNLIMITED III: The African Family
Curated by Marwan Zakhem 23 May - 13 Jul 2024The first and second iteration of this monumental group exhibition took place respectively in 2022 and 2023. Both editions, curated by Gallery 1957’s founder director Marwan Zakhem, invited artists from... -
Constellations Part 1: Figures On Earth & Beyond
Curated by Katherine Finerty, Nuna Adisenu-Doe, and Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson 14 Mar - 1 Jun 2024Artists participating in this group show include first-time collaborators of the Gallery; Adelaide Damoah, Alberta Whittle, Andrew Pierre Hart, Ayesha Feisal, Ayomide Tejuoso (Plantation), Denyse Gawu-Mensah, Henry Hussey, Lisa C... -
Kelvin Haizel - We Do Not Sleep To Dream
Gallery III, Accra 25 Jan - 14 Apr 2024PV: Thursday 25th January 2024 Haizel's approach to abstraction borrows aesthetics from local paint shop environments, wherein different surfaces exist as a swatch board for paint samples. The inspiration and...
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Fairs
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1-54 Marrakech 2025
Gideon Appah, Amoako Boafo, Kwesi Botchway, Kelvin Haizel, and Kwaku Yaro 30 Jan - 2 Feb 2025Gallery 1957 is pleased to announce our return to 1-54 Marrakech, presenting a group exhibition of works by Gideon Appah, Amoako Boafo, Kwesi Botchway, Kelvin Haizel, and Kwaku Yaro. This... -
UNTITLED Miami 2024
Kwaku Yaro 4 - 8 Dec 2024For the 2024 edition of Untitled Art Miami, Gallery 1957 proudly presents a solo booth of new works by visual artist Kwaku Yaro. Born and raised in Labadi, a coastal... -
1-54 London 2024
Rita Mawuena Benissan, Modupeola Fadugba, Kelvin Haizel, Yaw Owusu, and Arthur Timothy 11 - 13 Oct 2024For it’s 5th presentation at 1-54 London, Gallery 1957 proudly presents a group exhibition of artists whose works span a range of media and galvanize a sense of cultural past.... -
Art X Lagos 2024
Yaw Owusu, Larry Amponsah, Tegene Kunbi & Nana Bruce 31 Oct - 3 Nov 2024Gallery 1957 is proud to present a group exhibition featuring Yaw Owusu, Larry Amponsah, Tegene Kunbi, and Nana Bruce for the 9th edition of Art X Lagos. The featured artists... -
Frieze Seoul 2024
Amoako Boafo, Kwesi Botchway, Rita Mawuena Benissan, Modupeola Fadugba, Arthur Timothy, and Yaw Owusu 4 - 7 Sep 2024For the 2024 edition of Frieze Seoul,Gallery 1957 proudly presents a group show featuring a multitude of exalted artists from the continent and the diaspora. This exhibition gathers visual artists... -
Art Basel Hong Kong
Giddeon Appah Amoako Boafo Kwesi Botchway Serge Attukwei Clottey Tiffanie Delune Godfried Donkor Nabeeha Mohamed and Kaloki Nyamai. 26 - 30 Mar 2024Gallery 1957 proudly presents a group exhibition showcasing leading voices from the African continent including Gideon Appah, Amoako Boafo, Kwesi Botchway, Serge Attukwei Clottey, Tiffanie Delune, Godfried Donkor, Nabeeha Mohamed... -
Art Dubai 2024
Nadia Waheed 28 Feb - 3 Mar 2024Gallery 1957 is proud to announce our participation in Art Dubai with a solo exhibition of paintings by Nadia Waheed. Underpinned by themes of grief and the tangible fear of... -
1-54 Marrakesh
Amoako Boafo, Zanele Muholi, Rita Mawuena Benissan 8 - 11 Feb 2024Gallery 1957 is thrilled to showcase a group of three artists who present relational knowledges through the mediums of portraiture, photography and textiles. Anchoring the expansive roster of artists, Amoako...
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