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An Interview between Langlands & Bell, Gus Casley-Hayford and Jonathan Watkins

25 Jun 2021 In anticipation of Langlands & Bell's 'The Past Is Never Dead...' exhibition, we bring to you an interview between Langlands... Read more

Artist Talk: Dark Purple Is Everything Black

25 Jun 2021 Enjoy a 30 minute virtual Q+A with artist Kwesi Botchway and curator Katherine Finerty, who wrote the exhibition essay for... Read more

Date Change

25 Jun 2021 Due to unforeseen circumstances our Abdoulaye Konaté show has now been moved to the end of summer... We will keep... Read more

Godfried Donkor and Joana Choumali show with Gallery 1957 at 1-54, London, 3-6 October

25 Jun 2021 Gallery 1957 participates for a fourth year running at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, held at Somerset House in London,... Read more

Godfried Donkor in the Good Sport Magazine

25 Jun 2021 This month Godfried Donkor is featured in Good Sport Magazine's issue 04. Talking about his life and work, Donkor particularly... Read more

Joana Choumali Wins the 2019 Prix Pictet Photography Award

25 Jun 2021 Gallery 1957 is delighted to announce that Joana Choumali has been awarded the 2019 Prix Pictet photography prize; the first... Read more

Entries open to Africa’s first Art Prize for Women: The Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize

8 Mar 2021 Gallery 1957 is proud to announce the launch of the first ever dedicated art prize for women artists living and... Read more

Gallery 1957 Heralds a New Era for West African Artists on Their Own Terms

15 Dec 2020 Artsy editorial highlights Gallery 1957's deep conviction for artist representation in West Africa and its mission 'to be driven by... Read more

For Ghanaian Portraitist Kwesi Botchway, Fashion and Power Go Hand in Hand

13 Nov 2020 “Kwesi is the right artist for this time...[his] declaration of the Black identity is like a testimony of the contemporary... Read more