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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
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Ngozi-Omeje Ezema: Boundless Vases
The New Nsukka School series 28 January - 11 February 2021 The Nsukka School is term used to distinguish artists who have studied and taught at the Fine and Applied Arts Department at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in Southeastern Nigeria,... -
Peju Alatise
South South VEZA 24 February-7 March 2021 SOUTH SOUTH is a new online community anthology, live resource and aggregator dedicated to art from the Global South and its diaspora. The initiative looks to share the influence they... -
Eva Obodo
The New Nsukka School series 25 February - 11 March 2021 The Nsukka School is term used to distinguish artists who have studied and taught at the Fine and Applied Arts Department at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in Southeastern Nigeria,... -
Ozioma Onuzulike
The New Nsukka School Series 25 March - 8 April 2021 The Nsukka School is term used to distinguish artists who have studied and taught at the Fine and Applied Arts Department at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in Southeastern Nigeria,...
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About Us
kó is an art space based in Lagos, Nigeria, that is dedicated to promoting modern and contemporary art.
kó has a dual focus in championing Nigeria’s leading artists from the modern period and celebrating emerging and established contemporary artists across Africa and the Diaspora.
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NEWS
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Announcing 'The New Nsukka School' Exhibition Series
28 January-8 April 2021 kó is pleased to present a three-part exhibition series, The New Nsukka School, featuring solo exhibitions by artists Ngozi-Omeje Ezema, Eva Obodo, and Ozioma Onuzulike, taking place January-April 2021. The... -
Art X Lagos
Uzo Egonu | Ben Osawe | Chike Obeagu | Chioma Ebinama | Toyin Loye | Isaac Emokpae 2 - 9 December 2020 kó is pleased to participate in Art X Lagos 2020, featuring artists Uzo Egonu, Ben Osawe, Chike Obeagu, Chioma Ebinama, Toyin Loye and Isaac Emokopae. Art X Lagos takes place... -
Frieze Masters: Ben Enwonwu
Ben Enwonwu 9 - 16 October 2020 Nigeria's kó gallery debuts at Frieze Masters 2020 featuring African modernist Ben Enwonwu. -
Introducing kó
September 21, 2020 It is with great pleasure that I announce my newest endeavour in the art world. kó is an art gallery based in Lagos, Nigeria that is dedicated to promoting modern...
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PRESS
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C&: "Joseph Obanubi, Stephen Tayo, and Edozie Anedu Investigate their Hometown Lagos"
January 22, 2021 In How Close Can It Get, Joseph Obanubi examines a city’s proximity to its populations and properties using digital collage and line drawings to reveal new understandings of the psychic... -
Vogue: "The New Exhibition Spotlighting Nigeria’s Marginalized Drag Community"
December 14, 2020 Across the course of this year, with the coronavirus all but eliminating the possibility of live performances, many creatives have been left scrambling while trying to make sense of the... -
The Guardian: "Ukoha-Kalu brings Saffron in the Desert to Lagos"
December 6, 2020 After her residency in Dubai, UAE was truncated by the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, Yadichinma Ukoha-Kalu returned to Nigeria for a solo show titled, Saffron in the Desert, which... -
Wanawana.net: "Artist Yadichinma Ukoha Kalu On Abstraction, Curiousity and “Saffron in the Desert”
December 20, 2020 My first set of interactions with artist Yadichinma Ukoha Kalu’s work started with the Women in Bloom and the Rele Young Contemporaries group exhibitions in 2016. Since then Ukoha Kalu...
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