Lexus Best Stand Award at RMB Latitudes 2026 This year, Lexus, in addition to providing private chauffeured drives to the RMB Latitudes Art Fair, presents the third year of the Lexus Best Stand Award, which celebrates the Best Stand at RMB Latitudes 2026. Meet our 2026 Lexus Best Stand Winner: Reservoir Founders of Reservoir at RMB Latitudes Art Fair 2026 - Image courtesy of Anthea Pokroy. Meet our 2026 Lexus Best Stand Audience Award Winner: Dada Khaniysa Dada Khanyisa at RMB Latitudes Art Fair 2026 - Image courtesy of Anthea Pokroy. The top 5 finalists Untitled, Stevenson, WHATIFTHEWORLD, Reservoir, and Dada Khaniysa. Image 1: Untitled, Image 2: Reservoir, Image 3: Stevenson, Image 4: WHATIFTHEWORLD, Image 5: Dada Khanyisa, Meet the committee More about the Selection Committee Khetiwe McClain Khetiwe McClain’s passion for art began early and was shaped through extensive studies in Italy, including Fine Arts at the Accademia di Belle Arti Pietro Vannucci in Perugia, architecture at the University of Florence, and specialised studies in Mannerism at the European University Institute in Tuscany. Following her studies, she worked at the South African Embassy in Rome in the Trade and Multilateral sectors, where she helped curate exhibitions and cultural programmes across Italy during the post-1994 democratic transition. After returning to South Africa in 1999, Khetiwe built a distinguished career in the mining sector, holding senior executive and board positions focused on mineral beneficiation and socio-economic development. Alongside this work, she championed creative industries and artisan development, collaborating on jewellery initiatives with emerging South African designers and international partners, including Sotheby’s. Her commitment to supporting underrepresented talent led to her appointment as a judge for the De Beers Shining Light Awards. With a deep network across the arts and cultural sectors, Khetiwe has come full circle in returning to her first passion. She joined Strauss & Co as Client Advisory Executive Director in July 2023. Kagiso Patrick Mautloa Kagiso Patrick Mautloa studied at the Rorke’s Drift Art Centre in KwaZulu-Natal and the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto. He has participated in the influential Thupelo and Triangle workshops, exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions, and is represented in major public collections across South Africa. Working from the Bag Factory Artists’ Studios in downtown Johannesburg, Mautloa draws inspiration from the everyday rhythms of urban street life — from traders and hawkers to women roasting mielies on street corners. Texture plays a central role in his practice, with worn surfaces and found materials often informing his layered compositions. His work moves fluidly between abstraction and figuration, combining delicate drawing, expressive mark-making, collage, found objects, installation, and photography. Primarily working in oils and acrylics, Mautloa’s practice continually invites viewers to see beauty and meaning in the overlooked details of daily life. Pumla Maswanganyi Pumla Maswanganyi is a strategist, researcher, critical designer, and founder of the interdisciplinary collective, with another. With a background spanning fine art, globalisation, and development, she has lived and worked across five continents, shaping systems, products, services, and experiences rooted in the realities of the Global Majority. She is the author of the African Life-Centric Design (ALCD) framework, which transforms cultural intelligence into scalable social and commercial value. Her work focuses on localising design systems through knowledge architecture, material innovation, and speculative prototyping. Maswanganyi has advised global corporations, cultural institutions, and governance bodies including Samsung, Mozilla, Cisco, the African Union (AfCFTA), the British Council, and the Clinton Foundation. She is also deeply committed to mentoring emerging curators and designers across Africa and regularly serves on international juries and selection panels, including the Core77 Design Awards. As a keynote speaker and thought leader, she advocates for resilient, relational, and contextually grounded systems that reimagine the future of design and society. Federico Freschi Federico Freschi is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg, a role he resumed in 2023 after previously serving from 2013 to 2019. An art historian, academic leader, curator, and cultural practitioner, his career spans more than three decades across higher education, research, and the creative industries. Between his terms at UJ, he served as Professor and Head of College at Te Maru Pūmanawa | Creative Practice & Enterprise at Otago Polytechnic in Aotearoa New Zealand, where he led organisational restructuring and strengthened creative sector engagement. He has also held academic positions at UCT, Stellenbosch University, and Wits University, where he was Associate Professor in Art History and Acting Head of the Wits School of Arts. Freschi’s research explores public art, architecture, national identity, and the role of the art market in shaping historical narratives. He has received fellowships from institutions including the Getty Foundation and WISER, and has published and edited several major scholarly works. In 2016, he curated Henri Matisse: Rhythm and Meaning, the first major exhibition of Matisse’s work on the African continent. Alongside his academic and curatorial work, Freschi maintains an active creative practice as a classical baritone and performs regularly as a concert soloist. About Lexus Lexus is an automotive company that takes inspired design, relentless innovation and uninhibited performance and turns them into passionate, moving experiences. But that's only part of the Lexus DNA. They are equally dedicated to offering exceptional customer experiences. And in doing so, creating loyalty throughout the world—not just with the people who buy their vehicles, but the people in the communities around them. 13 May 2026

INDEX: INDEPENDENT ARTIST EXHIBITION presented by National Arts Council ------------------------ RMB Latitudes Art Fair is pleased to announce a new partnership with the National Arts Council of South Africa (NAC) for the 2026 edition of INDEX is the fair’s platform dedicated to independent and emerging artistic practices. This collaboration marks a considered shift in how public arts funding might more directly intersect with the structures of the contemporary art market. The partnership between INDEX and the NAC proposes a progressive model for aligning institutional support with tangible, market-facing opportunities for artists. Moving beyond traditional funding models, the partnership introduces a sophisticated curatorial approach led by the Latitudes team. Through a cohesive and intentional strategy, the initiative ensures that artworks presented are both narratively compelling and commercially viable. Presented within the broader framework of RMB Latitudes, INDEX 2026 will bring together a dynamic selection of emerging artists from across the continent. The exhibition will feature both a curated presentation shaped within the Latitudes programme, alongside artists identified through the NAC’s open call process — creating a layered and inclusive platform for discovery. Participating artists will benefit from visibility across both the physical fair and Latitudes Online, ensuring engagement with local and international audiences, as well as continued exposure beyond the fair itself. The collaboration further stands as a testament to the NAC’s mandate to support, promote, and develop South Africa’s vibrant arts sector. Through the INDEX 2026 platform, the Council is actively working to dismantle barriers to entry and broaden access for diverse artistic voices. Nwabisa Ntlokwana Nwabisa Ntlokwana, Born in 1988 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, is a Johannesburg-based contemporary visual artist whose practice explores themes of motherhood, identity, and material transformation. Working primarily with unconventional material. Ntlokwana transforms discarded and organic materials into sculptural forms that carry emotional weight and cultural resonance. Her work is deeply personal, drawing from her experiences of motherhood and the memories of her late mother, who was a photographer and introduced her to the world of art at an early age. Through layered textures and tactile surfaces, Ntlokwana creates sculptural objects that serve as vessels of remembrance, resilience, and reflection. Her practice investigates the complexities of maternal identity, how women carry, nurture, and continuously reinvent themselves through cycles of care, inheritance, and transformation. Ntlokwana has participated in several exhibitions and sculpture fairs, gaining recognition within South Africa’s contemporary art scene. Her work has been presented in group exhibitions with galleries such as The Viewing Room Gallery, No End Gallery, and Melrose Gallery. She has also participated in notable art fairs that continue to expand the visibility of her sculptural language. Most recently, she collaborated with Viviers Studio for the Cape Town Art Fair, bringing her sculptural sensibility into dialogue with contemporary fashion and design. Her current body of work, Motherwood, explores the relationship between wood and leather as materials that mirror the life cycles of motherhood, strength, endurance, and transformation. Through this ongoing series, Ntlokwana reflects on the layered nature of maternal identity and the ways in which memory, body, and material intersect. Based in Johannesburg, a city rich with cultural diversity and creative exchange, Ntlokwana continues to expand her practice while working toward her long-term vision of creating monumental sculptural work. VIEW PROFILE Ditiro Mashigo Ditiro Mashigo is a South African artist, textile designer, and researcher working at the intersection of fibre art, surface design, and material storytelling. Her practice engages textile as both medium and knowledge system, exploring memory, identity, and embodied ways of seeing through processes such as weaving, printmaking, embroidery, and garment construction. Mashigo holds a Postgraduate Diploma (2023), an Advanced Diploma (2022) in Fine and Studio Arts, and National Diplomas in Textile Design (2016) and Fashion (2014), all from the Tshwane University of Technology. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions across South Africa and internationally, including Ge Maru a Ema Ema (RAMPA, Porto, 2026) and Written in Thread (RMB Latitudes Art Fair, 2024). Her research-led practice is grounded in collaboration and community engagement, with projects spanning institutional commissions, public programming, and mentorship. She has been recognised through the Dean’s Prestigious Scholarship (2023), the STILL Artists Residency (2024), and as a finalist for the Cassirer Welz Award (2025). Mashigo’s work positions textile practice as a site of cultural memory, contemporary inquiry, and future-making within the African context. VIEW PROFILE Resego Sefora Resego Sefora (b. 2003) is a fine artist based in Cape Town, South Africa. Working at the intersection of sonic installation and camera-less photography, Sefora's practice investigates the materiality of sound and the body as primary, formative languages. By expanding on the "sonic" and physical imprints as tangible media, she utilises these registers as a decolonial tool to subvert traditional Western art-making methodologies. Her work seeks to unfix postcolonial subjectivities, challenging the perceived silence of her colonial foundations through resonance, vibration and light-sensitive documentation. Sefora's broader ways of making explore the tension between labour and leisure, utilising time consuming, traditional chemical processes to record moments of stillness and sound. Drawing inspiration from the auditory and domestic landscape of her family home in Dwarsberg, North West, Sefora explores themes of belonging and collective voice. She holds a BA in Fine Art from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, where she developed a unique approach to depicting sound through photograms. Influenced by contemporary critical theory, her practice remains centred on interpretations of belonging and collective force, articulating potential futures where Black existence are fully realised through the convergence of sound, image, and time. VIEW PROFILE Mhlonishwa Zulu Mhlonishwa Zulu is a contemporary South African artist, born in 2002. Storytelling has been a steadfast companion in the artist’s life since childhood, ignited by the captivating narratives woven by their cousin and uncles. Their tales - imbued with intricate details of distant lands and enigmatic figures - transported the artist beyond the boundaries of their KwaZulu-Natal environment, inviting them to explore the richness of imagination and the potential for transformation. This early exposure shaped the artist’s understanding of identity and place, inspiring an ongoing exploration of what it means to create new narratives from lived experiences. The artist’s work seeks to explore the liminal spaces between thought and action, challenge perceptions, and invite viewers to reflect on their own internal dialogues. Through Christian religious sentiments and symbolic reconciliation, they aspire to create a visual lexicon thatspeaks to shared experiences, illuminating the moments in between where potential resides, and where stories are waiting to be told. Through this continuous journey of artistic exploration, the artist invites others to join in pondering the profound questions of existence, identity, and interconnectedness that emerge in spaces we occupy. VIEW PROFILE Selwyn Steyn Selwyn Steyn (b. 1997, South Africa) is an artist and architect based in Paris. He completed a master’s degree in architecture in 2022 at the University of Cape Town as well as an Executive Master’s degree in computational design at École des Ponts ParisTech.His work arises from a knowledge base grounded in spatiality and place-making and deploys spatial-social, architectonic and phenomenological reasoning within his visual practice.Working primarily in painting, he examines the spatial and atmospheric conditions of the built environment in South Africa, considering how landscapes and urban spaces accumulate memory, ideology, and lived experience.His paintings often take the form of restrained vignettes: fragments of infrastructure, terrain,  and architecture in which meaning emerges through atmosphere, juxtaposition, and spatial tension.Selwyn has taken part in shows both locally and abroad, including with Reservoir Projects, THK Gallery, BKHZ, the UJ Art Museum and the National Arts Festival. In 2023, Selwyn presented a solo booth at FNB Art Joburg titled Studies from the In-between. In 2026, he presented a solo booth in the curated Tomorrows/Today section at Investec Cape Town Art Fair. VIEW PROFILE Vas Putter Vas Putter  is a differently-abled artist currently residing between KwaZulu Natal and Johannesburg. Her training includes various art disciplines with a focus on Printmaking and Art History. She is fascinated with the diaspora of peoples and the displacement of artefacts. Working in paint mediums, printmaking and assemblage with discarded objects, her work explores humanitarian and environmental issues while at the same time unpacking historical and contemporary influences on her life. Her commissions include the cover of “In the Storms of History – South Africa’s Journey from Slavery to Democracy” (L Grobbelaar 2023), artworks for the National Museum of Bloemfontein (Art Bank SA 2024) and waste-to-art sculptures for the Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies conference (2024). Putter has taken part in various group exhibitions across the country as well as held a solo show at the Alliance Francaise de Pretoria in 2025. In 2024, she has exhibited at The Inaugural Global Artivism Conference (Tshwane). Her project Averting the Gaze, highlighting the links between the global supply chain and neo-slavery, was supported by The National Arts Council. In March 2025 she was a panellist for the National Arts Council 2025 Human Right’s Day Webinar as well as the guest speaker for the opening of The Printing Girls exhibition at the Association of Arts, Pretoria – speaking about fostering community and inclusivity in the arts. In September 2025, she was invited to speak at the annual South African Visual Art Historians conference about the ‘Averting the Gaze’ artworks, focusing on humanitarian and environmental practices.  VIEW PROFILE Khanyisa Agnes Brancon Khanyisa Agnes Brancon (b. 2002, Tzaneen, Limpopo) is a South African artist hailing from Polokwane, Limpopo and educated at the University of the Witwatersrand with a BAFA. Her artistic practice uses photography, printmaking and installation as mediums of expression. Brancon’s practice is an interdisciplinary approach of textiles as vessels to honour the use of materiality in her work. Her practice is an excavation of time, unravelling timelines of past and present indigenous histories. A moment of reclamation, her work creates narratives that hold space for memory, never forgetting what was. Grand themes of colonial erasure, maternal lineage and indigenous knowledge systems are addressed throughout her work with the focus on her Xitsonga culture and its femininity expressed through the Xibelani. VIEW PROFILE Shana Ellappa Shana Ellappa (b. 1999, Johannesburg, South Africa) is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher based in Cape Town. Her practice moves between visual art, life writing, and memory work, exploring personal and collective histories through acts of reclamation. Grounded in storytelling as both method and material, she constructs counter-archives that centre lived experience and familial memory. Drawing on oral histories and embodied knowledge, her work translates these narratives into visual forms through recurring symbolic languages. Informed by African feminisms, postcolonial theory, and autoethnography, Ellappa’s practice interrogates the intersections of identity, history, and belonging. She holds a Master’s degree in Art from Rhodes University. VIEW PROFILE Nomvula Hoko Nomvula Hoko b. 1996, South Africa. She is a Johannesburg-based visual artist and educator whose practice serves as a conduit between the physical and spiritual realms. Born in Sebokeng and currently residing in Soweto, Hoko officially embarked on her artistic journey in 2018. Her early development was shaped by the foundational mentorship of Senzeni Marasela, which ignited her exploration of identity and ancestral calling. Long before entering formal academia, Hoko developed a profound affinity for printmaking through the mentorship of Luzuko Dayile. It was under Dayile’s guidance that she first mastered the technical complexities of the medium, allowing printmaking to evolve into her primary linguistic tool and a profound form of personal expression. Hoko’s academic career began in 2022 and continues to the present, providing a theoretical framework for her established technical skills. She earned a Diploma in Fine Arts from Walter Sisulu University, followed by an Advanced Diploma in Fine and Applied Arts from Tshwane University of Technology. She is currently furthering her scholarly and creative investigations as a BA Honours in Visual Arts candidate at the University of Johannesburg. Her professional experience reflects a deep commitment to the South African arts ecosystem. Hoko has served as an assistant printmaker for Blessing Ngobeni at Art Lefatshe and contributed to the education sector at PJ Simelani Secondary School. In 2024, she acted as a printmaker facilitator for the Art and Ubuntu Trust, while also curating a group exhibition and hosting workshops that bridge the gap between creative practice and art business management. Hoko’s contributions have been widely recognized through several prestigious accolades. She received the Best 2D Art Award at the 2023 MEC Eastern Cape Heritage Awards and was honored for Best Arts and Culture Management in 2026. Her 2023 academic solo exhibition, Woman in Process, held at The Artroom Gallery, served as a pivotal exploration of womanhood and spiritual transformation, framing her personal odyssey through the lens of formal research. A member of The Printmaking Girls collective, Hoko remains a dedicated advocate for the medium in South Africa. Her practice continues to evolve, utilizing cultural heritage and ancestral themes to create poignant works that act as a bridge between the viewer and the intangible dimensions of the soul. VIEW PROFILE Marlise Keith Marlise Keith is known for her mixed media collages; large-scale drawings in pencil, ink, and acrylics; for her small sculptures of fabric, embroidery and found objects, and recently, irregular shaped canvas paintings. Her subject matter is vast, drawing inspiration from a mental medley of horrific news headlines, colonial history, fauna and flora, psychopathology, girlhood memories, dreams, reading and her hemicrania continua and chronic migraines. Subjects too daunting, too confused, or too subliminal to articulate in neat words and sentences, are processed through mark-making; offering an alternative “understanding” of a world that often does not make sense in traditional, logical language. This violence emerges in plentiful paint; sometimes it’s suggested by the very act of mark-making itself – paper and canvas are gouged, scratched, stitched, torn, folded, and nailed. The question of value is often explored through Keith’s other choices of media. In her assemblages she juxtaposes found objects and media of varying value: Well-worn but beloved t-shirts, expensive gesso, broken curios, highly specialised micro-mosaic, R5 Store purchases and luxurious fabrics are combined and further worked with embroidery, intricate line, fur, paint, and sequins. The creatures seem to emerge directly from Keith’s self-labelled mental “soup”, equal parts cute and hideous, dark, and witty. The result is a richly layered body of work, both violent and uncanny, made more surreal with a playful use of colour and humour. The latter draws in the viewer to a closer scrutiny of the darker complexities lurking beneath, which offer endless possibilities of meaning. VIEW PROFILE Mncedisi Mkhize Mncedisi Mkhize (b.1996, Pietermaritzburg) is a Durban-based visual artist. He studied at Tatham Art Gallery under the mentorship of Mrs Pinky Nkabinde before pursuing Fine Art and Design at Thekwini College. He later developed his printmaking practice at Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg. Mkhize has participated in mural initiatives and group exhibitions, including KZNSA Gallery. His practice explores the identity of Black people, particularly the youth, within contemporary social spaces. Through portraiture and figurative forms, he celebrates beauty, resilience, and the complexity of everyday lived experiences. VIEW PROFILE 08 Apr 2026

Design Week South Africa presents Showcase at RMB Latitudes 2026 The Design Showcase by Design Week South Africa, RMB Latitudes 2025 (Image by Anthea Pokroy). After the successful launch of the Design Showcase last year, a collaboration between Design Week South Africa and RMB Latitudes Art Fair, we return for a second edition this May with four dedicated design spaces featuring over 25 African brands. Happening as part of RMB Latitudes Art Fair at Shepstone Gardens from 22–24 May 2026, visitors will have the opportunity to explore and purchase design pieces from a considered selection of emerging and established designers from across South Africa and the wider continent. PARTICIPATING BRANDS With four dedicated design spaces throughout the expansive Shepstone Gardens, visitors can look forward to an exclusive collaborative pop-up by ethical jewellery and accessories atelier PICHULIK, and Cape Cobra Leathercraft, a third-generation, speciality leather luxury handbag and accessory brand. The Herd, a craft and design studio positioned at the intersection of contemporary art, material culture and Indigenous beadwork, will curate an interactive retail space, while multi-brand store Duck Duck Goose will showcase its collection of independent South African and international fashion and lifestyle brands in an immersive store. The central retail space will be a curated showcase of design items from South African and African brands, including clothing and handbags from Ghana’s Clatural and South African Dyad; furniture and homeware from Stripped Editions, Something Good Studio, Wax Lyrical, Bumba Souled Ceramics and Salabim; jewellery from Athena A Jewellery and Umbral; clothing and accessories from Lesotho-based Falla Studios, Mother Of Gao and Mors Design; a collaboration between furniture brand Weylandts and Fieldbar; fragrances and body care by Très Nagual perfumery; leather goods by The Joinery; and upcycled pieces from MakeSpace by Wunders. In dialogue with the Fair’s 2026 Nigeria Focus, a selection of Nigerian design voices will be presented together, including footwear brand Kkerele and Lagos-based concept store Alara, whose inclusion brings a distinctive lens on contemporary African fashion, craft, and collectible design. This grouping highlights the dynamism of Nigeria’s design ecosystem and reinforces the fair’s commitment to cross-regional exchange and visibility. 2026 Theme: Oasis Framing this year’s Design Showcase is the Fair’s 2026 theme Oasis, conceived as a moment of pause, reflection and sensory engagement within the broader fair environment. Visitors will be welcomed into the space by Heart of Oasis, a sculptural lighting installation by David Garra. Suspended within the architecture of Shepstone Gardens, the work draws on organic, floral forms, creating a canopy-like gesture that signals entry into the design section. Extending this theme throughout the showcase, floral artists Botanicus, Emely van Heesch and Loulou d. will present site-responsive botanical installations. Their interventions activate the space through texture, scent and form, reinforcing the Oasis as both a conceptual and physical environment, and positioning floral practice within the broader language of contemporary design. ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP “We are proud to partner with Design Week South Africa. By presenting design alongside contemporary art, we are expanding how it is valued and experienced, and strengthening the presence of African designers on the global stage,” says Roberta Coci, co-director of RMB Latitudes Art Fair. “The RMB Latitudes x Design Week South Africa Showcase offers vital visibility and exposure for South African design brands. Including artisanal craft and premium luxury designers among the greater canon of African art expands the cultural landscape. Globally, design is part of the international art fair circuit, and Design Week South Africa is curating an important footprint through the RMB Latitudes partnership,” says Katherine-Mary Pichulik, founder of PICHULIK. ABOUT DESIGN WEEK SOUTH AFRICA Design Week South Africa is an expansive city-wide calendar of events and immersive experiences that showcase the future of South African design through knowledge-share, inclusivity and support. Launched in 2024, more than 200 activations, discussions, showcases, workshops and exhibitions across Johannesburg and Cape Town have taken place, as Design Week South Africa positions itself as this country’s leading design platform. ABOUT RMB LATITUDES ART FAIR RMB Latitudes Art Fair is a celebration of African creativity, bringing together artists, galleries, and collectors from across the continent and its diaspora. Launched in partnership with Rand Merchant Bank and the team behind Latitudes Online, the fair offers a dynamic and immersive art experience in the heart of Johannesburg. TICKETS & INFO Tickets: Tickets to the RMB Latitudes Art Fair are available online now. Children: R70 | Adults: R380 Location: Shepstone Gardens, 12 Hope Road, Mountain View, JohannesburgDates: 22 – 24 May 2026 Times:Friday: 12:00 – 19:00Saturday: 10:00 – 19:00Sunday: 10:00 – 17:00 CONTACT Visit:https://www.designweeksouthafrica.com/ https://www.latitudesartfair.com Follow:@designweeksouthafrica @latitudes.online Contact:info@designweeksouthafrica.com VIEW ALL THE DESIGN SHOWCASE PARTICIPANTS 05 May 2026

Nigeria Focus at RMB Latitudes Art Fair Connecting the Continent Through Art _________________ Nigeria occupies a singular position within the African art ecosystem. It is one of the continent’s most dynamic cultural centres, producing artists, curators and thinkers whose influence resonates far beyond its borders. From Lagos to Abuja, the energy of the Nigerian art scene has helped shape global conversations around contemporary African practice. For a platform like RMB Latitudes Art Fair, which is committed to strengthening connections across the continent, a focused engagement with Nigeria is both natural and necessary. Nigeria Focus recognises the extraordinary depth of artistic production emerging from the country while also acknowledging that meaningful exchange across African regions still requires intentional infrastructure. Despite the strength of Nigeria’s art community, opportunities for sustained collaboration between West and Southern African practitioners remain relatively limited. By placing Nigeria at the centre of this year’s programme, RMB Latitudes Art Fair aims to strengthen these connections, creating new pathways for dialogue, visibility and exchange. The programme begins with an exhibition in Lagos this April, presenting the work of selected Nigerian artists within their local context and audience. The exhibition will then travel to Johannesburg, where it will be presented at RMB Latitudes Art Fair in May, introducing these artists to the fair’s broader network of collectors, curators and galleries from across Africa and beyond. Nigeria Focus has been co-curated by Ugonna Ibe, founder of the Lagos-based Yenwa Gallery, and Boitumelo Makousu, curator at Latitudes. Bringing together curatorial perspectives from West and Southern Africa, their collaboration ensures that the programme is grounded both in the realities of Nigeria’s vibrant art ecosystem and in a broader continental outlook. At its heart, Nigeria Focus is about recognition and reciprocity. It acknowledges the cultural leadership Nigeria already holds while creating space for new relationships to form across the continent. By bringing these voices into conversation with the wider Latitudes community, the programme contributes to a more connected and collaborative African art landscape. Ugonna Ibe-Ejiogu - Curator and Founder of Yenwa Gallery Boitumelo Makousu - RMB Latitudes, Latitudes Online & LCA Curator See all participating artists 12 Mar 2026