Frieze London and Frieze Masters coincide with the first UK exhibition to map the rise of modern art in Nigeria. ‘Nigerian Modernism’ (8 October 2025 – 10 May 2026) at Tate Modern highlights 50 trailblazing artists working across 50 years of political and social upheaval: from British colonial rule in the 1940s, the 1960s economic boom and civil war, to reflection on global Nigerian identity at the close of the 20th century.
Nengi Omuku | Pippy Houldsworth Gallery at Frieze London (Stand A21)
Nengi Omuku also explores Yoruba textile traditions, painting on stitched strips of sanyan, a tightly woven silk fabric. With Pippy Houldsworth Gallery at Frieze London, Omuku shows new sanyan works in which Nigeria’s social history and present intertwine in ethereal natural settings inspired by her early training as a horticulturalist.
