LAGOS BIENNIAL 2026
The Museum of Things Unseen
Public Programme: Opening Weekend and Closing Weekend
13–16 November and 4–6 December 2026 · Eko Atlantic, Lagos · All times WAT
Curator of Public Programmes: Sabo Kpade
Friday 13 November
18:30 Private Preview and Cocktail Reception
By invitation only.
Saturday 14 November
12:00 Press Preview
For accredited press.
16:00 The Biennial Opens to the Public
From 16:00 OFFish: Art Bridge, Atone
A long-durational performance by Felipe Vasquez in the Art Bridge container, part of Of Vagabonds and Fellow Travellers with Gabriel Moraes Aquino. Visitors are welcome to come and go throughout. Its remains stay on view as an installation until the end of the Biennial. Curated by Anthony Ogochukwu Agbapuonwu.
16:15–17:00 Curators’ Talk
Chinyere Obieze, Furen Dai and Sam Hopkins introduce The Museum of Things Unseen.
18:15–18:15 The Permeable Museum: Objects, Memory and Reverberation
Lagos Space Programme and Floating Museum discuss Study for Reverberation. Moderated by Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, with Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Aindrea Emelife, Tunji Basari and Adeju Thompson.
18:15–19:00 Njiko: Myles Igwebuike
A presentation by designer Myles Igwebuike, followed by audience questions.
17:00 Exhibition Closes for the Day
19:00 EU Pavilion Reception
By invitation only.
Sunday 15 November
13:00–14:00 OFFish: Future Ancestries — Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Artist talks with Hsu Chia-Wei, Etan Pavavalung and Charwei Tsai. Curated by Alice Nien-pu Ko.
14:15–15:15 EU Pavilion Conversation: Home Beyond the Dawn
Curators Natalia Matsenko, Yuri Yefanov and Clemens Poole, with artists Pavlo Hunko (Sirko) and Anastasiia Leliuk, on what happens to art and cultural memory in war and dispossession.
15:15–16:00 Walkthrough: The Museum of Things Unseen and the Àkéte Collection
A guided visit through both exhibitions.
16:00–18:30 Cinema: The Lost Okoroshi
Screening of Abba T. Makama’s film (2019, 94 minutes), followed by a conversation with the director and audience questions.
19:00 Close
Evening event by invitation.
Monday 16 November
13:00–13:10 Arrival and Welcome
With a reading from Bisi Silva
13:10–13:55 In Conversation: Muntadas
Antoni Muntadas on his work in The Museum of Things Unseen, translation, institutions and the politics of looking.
13:55–14:55 Spotlight Walks
Two artist-led routes through the exhibition, each linking three artists
by a shared thread, then free viewing.
14:55–15:15 Break and Exhibition Viewing
15:15–16:15 Artist and Research Presentations
Anne Dressen, Unpacking Storage: Rethinking the Contested Museum;
Dunja Herzog; Kent Onah.
16:15–17:15 What Do Our Art Institutions Produce?
With recorded contributions from Obi Asika (NCAC) and Ahmed
Bashir Sodangi (National Gallery of Art) [to confirm], followed by Ore
Disu (MOWAA Institute) and Aisha Augie (CBAAC) in conversation.
17:15–18:00 Exhibition Viewing
Evening – An Intimate Evening with Praiz
A performance by Praiz.
Closing Weekend, 4–6 December
Friday 4 December: Curatorial Intensive with Adam Szymczyk
Details to follow.
Saturday 5 December, evening: Closing Night
Details to follow.
Sunday 6 December: Final Day of the Exhibition
Further closing events to be announced.
The Lagos Biennial is endorsed by the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture.
info@lagos-biennial.org
Programme subject to change.
