Tiwani Contemporary, Beloved Gallery with a Focus on Art of the African Diaspora, Closes After 15 Years

Tiwani Contemporary, Champion of African Art, to Shutter amid ‘Difficult Market’

After 15 years promoting African and African diaspora artists including Theo Eshetu and Simone Leigh, Tiwani Contemporary’s London and Lagos sites have closed, citing the economic climate as the driver behind the “extremely painful” decision.

Tiwani Contemporary, Bastion of African Diasporic Art, Closes

Tiwani Contemporary, the London-and Lagos-based gallery known for bringing attention to art of the African diaspora, has announced that it is closing after fifteen years in business. The London operation is shuttering today, while the Lagos branch will close to allow “restructuring in the months ahead” per an Instagram post. Tiwani Contemporary was founded in the central […]

Tiwani Contemporary, Beloved Gallery with a Focus on Art of the African Diaspora, Closes After 15 Years

Tiwani Contemporary, one of the few highly visible European galleries with a stated focus on the African diaspora, will close after 15 years, bringing to an end an ambitious run that helped elevate artists such as Joy Labinjo and Emma Prempeh to star status. It is merely the latest gallery in a succession of commercial art spaces to shutter in the past few years, a trend that has aroused anxiety about the state of the market from some observer…

Tiwani Contemporary, gallery dedicated to African art, ceases operations after 15 years

Due to "wider market uncertainties", the London- and Lagos-based dealership that helped launch the careers of Joy Labinjo and Gareth Nyandoro has closed