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NEWS
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Marwan Zakhem featured in Art Review Power 100
Gallery 1957 celebrates all of the most influential people in art who have been featured in ArtReview’s Power 100! These include our Founder Marwan Zakhem, and longtime collaborators of Gallery... -
Zak Ové at Frieze Sculpture 2023
Gallery 1957, London is proud to present The Mothership Connection by British-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové (b.1966, London. Lives and works in Las Palmas, Canary Islands) at Frieze Sculpture 2023, curated... -
Africa Supernova Collection Carla & Pieter Schulting
Kunsthal Kade, Amersfoort, The Netherlands'Africa Supernova' is an extensive survey of contemporary African art featuring artworks by 125 artists from 33 African countries from the collection of Carla & Pieter Schulting. Artists Featured: Isshaq... -
Tiffanie Deline at The Lightbox Gallery, UK
20 Sep 2023'A Spirit Inside' brings together work of a selection of women artists from The Ingram Collection and The Women’s Art Collection in Cambridge, to showcase artworks that have been borne... -
Zak Ové exhibits at the Somerset House
The Missing Thread21 September 2023 – 07 January 2024 'The Missing Thread' explores the stories of Black British fashion in a major new exhibition curated by the Black Orientated Legacy Development Agency... -
Annan Affotey featured in Portrait of a Topboy
Somerset House, London 9 Sep 2023Curated by multi-disciplinary artist Ronan McKenzie and presented by Netflix, this pop-up exhibition commemorates the cultural impact that Top Boy has had on British television, in both its representation of... -
Gallery 1957 Selected as one of Best Booths at Frieze Seoul by Artsy
Making its debut in Seoul, Accra- and London-based Gallery 1957 showcased a number of key names in its roster of West African artists. From a spritely Amoako Boafo painting of... -
Gallery 1957 featured in Frieze Summer Issue
7 Jun 2023Frieze features Gallery 1957 as one of four Galleries to Watch in Ghana. See article below -
Artnews features a history of Gallery 1957 and its founder, Marwan Zakhhem
12 Apr 2023Artnews and Marwan Zakhem met in Accra to talk about the history of Gallery 1957, its making and founding, and where it is now. Read the article below.
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EXHIBITIONS
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Kwaku Yaro - Look at What You’ve Seen
Gallery I, Accra 9 Nov - 4 Dec 2023In the heart of Labadi, a coastal fishing community nestled along Ghana’s Atlantic Ocean's edge, lies the inspiration for this extraordinary exhibition. Within this predominantly tranquil and unassuming environment, an... -
Nabeeha Mohamed - Tending Bell Flowers
London 27 Oct - 2 Dec 2023In this body of work “tending” becomes a sight of individual and collective tenderness, in a blossoming visual garden springing from a poetics and imagining of care and (self)recovery. Consisting... -
Famakan Magassa - Money Money Money
Gallery III, Accra 20 Oct - 2 Dec 2023The exhibition follows a residency with the gallery in Accra and each painting emphasises moments of irony. Contending the different levels of socioeconomic exchange, the 2023 Norval Sovereign African Art... -
In and Out of Time, Curated by Ekow Eshun
Third Floor, Galleria Mall, Accra 16 Sep - 12 Dec 2023Drawing from the Ghanaian concept of Sankofa - to return to the past in order to move forward - the exhibition explores African cultural notions of non-linear time and brings... -
Yaw Owusu - Everything You Touch is Gold
Gallery II, Accra 16 Sep - 28 Oct 2023Yaw Owusu’s ‘Everything You Touch Is Gold’ at Gallery 1957 comprises a series of coins on wooden panels and canvas which in their intriguing interplay of colour, texture and abstract... -
The Evil Genius, Curated by Mr Eazi
Gallery III, Accra 13 - 26 Sep 2023‘The Evil Genius’, will be the inaugural event for Accra Cultural Week 2023. The show is a multi-sensory experience of African music & visual art curated by Mr Eazi, who... -
Priscilla Kennedy - A Thousand Disguises
Gallery I, Accra 1 Sep - 13 Oct 2023It is also of utmost importance to recognize the unique nuances of gender issues across cultures, avoiding the tendency to generalize experiences worldwide. This is especially evident when examining the... -
WonderBuhle - Inkunzi Isematholeni
London 1 Sep - 14 Oct 2023The show takes its name from a Zulu idiom which literally translates as how the calf is raised will determine the quality of the bull and metaphorically emphasizes the artist’s... -
Nana Bruce - Love Story: Dancing Hearts
Gallery II, Accra 3 - 31 Aug 2023Love Story: Dancing Hearts is a heartfelt collection of paintings created in the acrylic medium, inspired by the poetic voice through which reality as an impulse is processed and shared...
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Fairs
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MIAMI UNTITLED 2023
Tiffanie Delune 5 - 10 Dec 2023VIP and Press Preview (by invitation only) Tuesday, 5 Dec, 12pm–7pm Opening Hours: Wed, 6 Dec, 11am–7pm Thurs, 7 Dec, 11am–7pm Fri, 8 Dec, 11am–7pm Sat, 9 Dec, 11am–7pm Sun,... -
Art X Lagos 2023
Yaw Owusu, Priscilla Kennedy and Daniel Arnan Quarshie 2 - 5 November 2023 -
1-54 London 2023
Adjei Tawiah 13 - 15 Oct 2023Gallery 1957 is proud to present a solo show by Adjei Tawiah at 1-54 London 2023. -
Frieze Seoul 2023
Amoako Boafo, Kaloki Nyamai, Gideon Appah, Tegene Kunbi, Nadia Waheed, Joana Choumali, Kwesi Botchway, Turiya Magadiela 6 - 9 Sep 2023For our first presentation at Frieze, Gallery 1957 is very proud to present a group show of Amoako Boafo, Gideon Appah, Kwesi Botchway, Joana Choumali, Tegene Kunbi, Kaloki Nyamai and... -
The Armory Show 2023
Arthur Timothy 8 - 10 Sep 2023Gallery 1957 is proud to present a new solo exhibition by Arthur Timothy (b.1957, Ghana) titled ‘Desmond’ at The Armory Show, New York, 2023. This new body of work focuses... -
Dallas Art Fair 2023
Cornelius Annor, Tiffanie Delune, Modupeola Fadugba, Arthur Timothy 20 - 24 Apr 2023Address : Fashion Industry Gallery 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75201 Opening Days Thursday, April 21, VIP Preview Friday, April 21, 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Saturday, April 22, 11:00... -
Art Brussels 2023
Aplerh-Doku Borlabi, Abdoulaye Konate, Tegene Kunbi, Adjei Tawiah, Zak Ové 20 - 23 Apr 2023Address : Brussels Expo, Halls 5 & 6 Place de la Belgique 1, 1020 Brussels Dates: VIP | 11am – 9pm Thursday 20 April 2023 Preview | 11am – 4pm... -
EXPO Chicago 2023
Patrick Alston, Gideon Appah, Aplerh-Doku Borlabi, Araba Opoku, Adjei Tawiah, Nadia Waheed 13 - 16 Apr 2023Address: NAVY PIER VIP Thursday, April 13 | 12:00noon – 6:00pm. By Invitation Only. Public Opening Thursday, April 13 | 6:00pm–9:00pm Friday, April 14 | 11:00am – 7:00pm Saturday, April...
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