DADA Gallery in Lagos is set to host “Crosscurrents and Affinities,” a cross-generational group exhibition featuring seven master and emerging Nigerian artists, which opens to the public on September 13, 2026.
The exhibition, curated by Anthony Ogochukwu Agbapuonwu, examines continuities, divergences, affinities and more across Nigerian artistic practices. The works range from figurative paintings with cultural narratives to domestic scenes, political landscapes, and large-scale abstraction.
The lineup features veteran artist Nike Davies-Okundaye, whose pandemic-era collaborative work with Tola Wewe draws on Yoruba visual culture and Adire language. Her work is exhibited alongside Kelechi Chinwendu, who depicts the Igbo earth deity Ala, and Chigozie Obi, whose autobiographical Dreamscape series addresses loss and emotional rediscovery.
Other featured works focus on the urban and domestic environment. Abiodun Olaku’s Oke Igbala series addresses waste pollution and urban neglect in Lagos, while Ayotunde Ojo examines how living spaces absorb the identity of their inhabitants.
Additionally, Kainebi Osahenye explores political unrest and anxiety through multilayered works, and Kadara Enyeasi addresses vulnerability and sleep paralysis in his Parasomnia series.
The exhibition takes its conceptual cue from the Igbo proverb stating that wherever something stands, something else stands beside it.
The exhibition opens with a private preview on September 12, 2026, from 5pm to 8pm, followed by a public opening on September 13, 2026, running through October 31, 2026, at DADA Gallery on Norman Williams Street in Ikoyi.
•Featured image: Ayotunde Ojo, Untitled (Muscle memory), 2026, Oil, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 152.4 x 157.48cm/Supplied