Highlights From Lagos Biennial 4 REFUGE

The 4th edition of the Lagos Biennial took place at the Tafawa Balewa Square in February 2024. With the theme REFUGE, artists reacted to the nation-state phenomenon, proffering different models for association and belonging to the. Here are some highlights from the event.

Chinenye Emelogu, Human Hive, installation view, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Lagos Biennial

Odun Orimolade and collaborators

OUTSIDERS (Martinka Bobrikova, Oscar de Carmen, María Alejandra Gatti (curator), Anto Lloveras, re-(t)exHile, installation view, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Lagos Biennial

Kukily Collective, XTRÆNCESTRAL, installation view, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Christopher Iduma

Em’kal Eyongakpa, Betok babhi, Babhi betandat, bassem, installation view, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Christopher Iduma

Tricky Walsh, Hungerstein, installation view, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Lagos Biennial

Lagos Biennial founder and Director Folakunle Oshun presenting his doctoral thesis along with project supervisor Prof. Cecile Duostaly, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Lagos Biennial

Bruce Onobrakpeya, installation view, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Christopher Iduma

Demas Nwoko, Enjoy the Banged Sound of Great Doors, installation view, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Christopher Iduma

Performance by Raymond Pinto, TRACES OF ECSTASY, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Christopher Iduma

Hanging Imaginaries _ Feda Wardak, Skies, grounds and undergrounds, Installation view, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Feda Wardak

Ibrahim Mahama, Yakachana, installation view, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Christopher Iduma

Iván Argote, Levitate, installation view, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Lagos Biennial_

Opening performance by Keziah Jones, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Lagos Biennial

TRACES OF ECSTASY, installation view, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Lagos Biennial

Lagos Biennial 2019 curators Oyindamola Faithful and Tosin Oshinowo radiating through _Miracle Central_ by Victor Ehikhamenor, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Lagos Biennial

OLANIYI STUDIO _ Yussef Agbo-Ola. AIRI_ BONE ALTAR, installation view, Lagos Biennial 2024, photo credit_ Christopher Iduma

Lagos Biennial 2024 Co-Artistic director Kathryn Weir with Sarah Rifky, Sharon Corwin, Romy Crawford and Darlene Blackburn along with the University of Calabar Theatre Arts Department Faculty and students