“I wanted Nigeria and the international art world to come out and play,” Tokini Peterside says of Art X Lagos, the art fair she founded in 2016 and continues to direct. Now in its fourth edition, Art X has filled a considerable gap in West African art, allowing Africa and its diaspora’s most exciting galleries to exhibit contemporary work in a city that is quickly becoming the continent’s leading cultural capital. —J.V.

Art X Lagos
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Various venues / Lagos / Art
Various venues / Lagos / Art
Saratu Safiyanu, photographed by Etinosa Yvonne, winner of the 2019 Access Bank Art X Prize.
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