In this painting by British-Ghanaian artist Arthur Timothy, the viewer is introduced to Kwame Nkrumah’s first political cabinet. Amongst figures including Kojo Botsio, K.A. Gbedemah, A. Caseley-Hayford, T. Hutton-Mills dressed in traditional Kente cloth, are British delegates from the House of Commons, dressed in top hats and tails.

The delegation comes from his debut exhibition in the country of his birth, and this series of large-scale oil paintings was the culmination of Timothy’s re-examining of the postcolonial African life that informed his early years.

Timothy is best known for transforming archival black and white photographs found amongst his father's papers into vibrant paintings with fresh washes of colour. The artist marries the personal and the political, encouraging considered and nuanced responses to moments frozen in time.