The expanded programme reflects growing interest in African Modernism, with Loeve&Co<\/strong> (Paris) continuing its engagement with Modernist practices, The Gallery of Everything<\/strong> (London) presenting a tribute to Senegalese sculptor Seyni Awa Camara, and TAFETA<\/strong> (London) joining the Modern section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alongside this historical focus, the fair celebrates contemporary practices across Africa and its diaspora, with galleries spanning Lagos, Accra, Casablanca, Cairo, Johannesburg, Paris and London, reflecting the diversity of artistic production and its international connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBy bringing these generations into conversation, this edition places African artists where they belong: as authors of modern and contemporary art history,\u201d says Touria El Glaoui<\/strong>, Founding Director of 1-54. The 2026 edition brings this vision into focus through its Modernist spotlight, women-led presentations, solo projects and an extensive programme of special commissions and events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Returning as part of 1-54 Presents<\/strong>, West Wind is a curated exhibition by South African-Portuguese art historian and visual studies scholar Dr Nancy Dantas<\/strong>. Taking its inspiration from Miriam Makeba’s 1966 song and its association with African unity, the exhibition brings together pioneering artists whose practices emerged during the continent’s mid-20th-century period of political transformation and cultural renewal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Presented by Hannah O’Leary Fine Art, Selma Feriani Gallery and Vigo Gallery, the exhibition includes works by Alexander \u201cSkunder\u201d Boghossian, Bertina Lopes, Gerard Sekoto, Kofi Antubam, Sam Joseph Ntiro, Papa Ibra Tall, Uzo Egonu, Baya, Rafik El Kamel and Ibrahim El-Salahi. Through painting and sculpture, abstraction and figuration, West Wind explores shared trajectories and artistic exchange, highlighting the diverse perspectives that shaped African Modernism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2026 edition brings together established participants and a new generation of galleries. Among the returning exhibitors, Addis Fine Art<\/strong> (Addis Ababa) presents a solo project by Tizta Berhanu, while Gallery Misr<\/strong> (Cairo) highlights Egyptian art. Affinity Gallery<\/strong> (Lagos) and Loft Art Gallery<\/strong> (Casablanca and Marrakech) reflect the breadth of contemporary practices emerging from different regions of the continent. October Gallery<\/strong> (London) brings together artists working across a range of media and cultural contexts, while Paris-based AFIKARIS<\/strong> continues its engagement with artists from Africa and its diaspora. Kumalo | Turpin presents the work of Boemo Diale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women’s practices receive particular attention across the fair. GALLERY BRULHART<\/strong>, Gillian Jason Gallery<\/strong> and Galleria Anna Marra<\/strong> present booths dedicated entirely to women artists. Other galleries foreground individual practices, including albertz benda<\/strong>, with a presentation featuring Larissa de Souza and Rugiyatou Ylva Jallow, and Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery<\/strong>, which spotlights Kimathi Mafafo. Together, these presentations highlight the contribution of women artists to modern and contemporary art across generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Solo and focused presentations remain central to the fair’s programme. Alongside Addis Fine Art, galleries including Errm Art Gallery<\/strong>, Fabienne Levy<\/strong>, In Situ \u2013 fabienne leclerc<\/strong>, ARTBASE<\/strong>, DozieArts<\/strong>, ITINERRANCE<\/strong> and Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix<\/strong> offer dedicated presentations that allow individual practices to be encountered in greater depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This year’s edition also welcomes a substantial group of first-time London participants. 16\/16<\/strong>, ARTBASE<\/strong>, DozieArts<\/strong>, ELLEPHANT<\/strong>, Errm Art Gallery<\/strong>, Fabienne Levy<\/strong>, Isaac Benigson Old<\/strong> and Interesting Art<\/strong>, ITINERRANCE<\/strong>, Maya Art Space<\/strong>, MRS ART<\/strong>, Tribe Gallery<\/strong> and Yenwa Gallery<\/strong> make their debuts, while Project LOOP<\/strong>, previously featured as a Special Project, joins the fair with its first commercial booth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16\/16<\/strong> \u2014 Lagos, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n 50 Golborne<\/strong> \u2014 London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n 193 Gallery<\/strong> \u2014 Paris \/ St. Tropez \/ Venice, France \/ Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n Addis Fine Art<\/strong> \u2014 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia<\/p>\n\n\n\n Affinity Gallery<\/strong> \u2014 Lagos, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n AFIKARIS<\/strong> \u2014 Paris, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n albertz benda<\/strong> \u2014 New York \/ Los Angeles, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n ARTBASE<\/strong> \u2014 Wiesbaden \/ Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n DozieArts<\/strong> \u2014 Clark, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eclectica Contemporary<\/strong> \u2014 Cape Town, South Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n ELLEPHANT<\/strong> \u2014 Montreal, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n Errm Art Gallery<\/strong> \u2014 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fabienne Levy<\/strong> \u2014 Lausanne \/ Geneva \/ Zurich, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n FILAFRIQUES<\/strong> \u2014 Geneva \/ Abidjan, Switzerland \/ C\u00f4te d’Ivoire<\/p>\n\n\n\n First Floor Gallery Harare<\/strong> \u2014 Harare, Zimbabwe<\/p>\n\n\n\n Galleria Anna Marra<\/strong> \u2014 Rome, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gallery 1957<\/strong> \u2014 London \/ Accra, UK \/ Ghana<\/p>\n\n\n\n GALLERY BRULHART<\/strong> \u2014 Geneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gallery Misr<\/strong> \u2014 Cairo, Egypt<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gillian Jason Gallery<\/strong> \u2014 London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guns & Rain<\/strong> \u2014 Johannesburg, South Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Situ \u2013 fabienne leclerc<\/strong> \u2014 Romainville, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n Isaac Benigson Old and Interesting Art<\/strong> \u2014 London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n ITINERRANCE<\/strong> \u2014 Paris, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery<\/strong> \u2014 London \/ Berlin \/ West Palm Beach, UK \/ Germany \/ USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n kumalo | turpin<\/strong> \u2014 Johannesburg, South Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n Larkin Durey<\/strong> \u2014 London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n LIS10 Gallery<\/strong> \u2014 Arezzo \/ Paris \/ Hong Kong, Italy \/ France \/ Hong Kong<\/p>\n\n\n\n Loeve&Co<\/strong> \u2014 Paris, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n Loft Art Gallery<\/strong> \u2014 Casablanca \/ Marrakech, Morocco<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maya Art Space<\/strong> \u2014 Beirut, Lebanon<\/p>\n\n\n\n MRS ART<\/strong> \u2014 London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n O’DA Art<\/strong> \u2014 Lagos, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n October Gallery<\/strong> \u2014 London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perve Galeria<\/strong> \u2014 Lisbon, Portugal<\/p>\n\n\n\n Project LOOP<\/strong> \u2014 London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n TAFETA<\/strong> \u2014 London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Gallery of Everything<\/strong> \u2014 London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Southern Art Hub<\/strong> \u2014 London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n THK Gallery<\/strong> \u2014 Cape Town \/ Cologne, South Africa \/ Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tribe Gallery<\/strong> \u2014 Geneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tristan Hoare Gallery & Alexandra de Cadaval Art Projects<\/strong> \u2014 London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix<\/strong> \u2014 London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yenwa Gallery<\/strong> \u2014 Lagos, Nigeria<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n Beyond the gallery presentations, the fair’s Special Projects programme brings together installations and collaborations exploring cultural heritage, material practices, identity and artistic exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An immersive, large-scale multimedia courtyard installation by Martin W\u00f6llenstein<\/strong>, Flowing Upstream is developed in collaboration with Romeo Addai-Boateng Akoto<\/strong> of Ghana’s Supreme Masqueraders Society and Perve Galeria<\/strong>. The project brings multimedia and performance into dialogue with West African masquerade traditions, exploring cultural expression and the movement and transformation of materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In My London Rockstars, Moroccan-British artist Hassan Hajjaj turns his lens towards the people shaping London\u2019s contemporary creative landscape. The portrait series features figures including musician Central Cee, artist Slawn and singer Jorja Smith, bringing Hajjaj\u2019s distinctive visual language into conversation with music, fashion, street culture and contemporary portraiture. Drawing on his experience of growing up between Morocco and London, Hajjaj celebrates the city\u2019s diverse cultural communities and the individuals contributing to its evolving identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through its partnership with Spier Arts Trust, Nando\u2019s presents work by Southern African artists Blessing Ntsikelelo Blaai, Lionel Tazvitya Mbayiwa and Mellaney Roberts. The presentation explores belonging and the human need to feel accepted, valued and connected, while continuing the organisations\u2019 support for contemporary Southern African artistic practices and artist development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Borderlands Art\u2019s Our Canvas Grows From The Soil explores connections between Uganda and Ghana through the material and cultural histories of barkcloth. Artists Gloria Kiconco and Piloya Irene present sculptural zines and textiles emerging from forest-based installations, while Othello De\u2019Souza-Hartley uses barkcloth as a surface for photographic printing and textured painting. Bringing together contemporary social practice, environmental concerns and ancestral knowledge, the project considers how traditional materials can become active sites for artistic experimentation and cross-cultural exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Founded by artist, author and cultural thinker Selassie Atadika, the Accra-based Midunu Institute presents Commodity \/ Couture, a sensory installation examining Ghana\u2019s cocoa industry and the journey from farm to finished product. The project draws attention to the disparity between the value of raw cocoa and the price of the products made from it. Visitors encounter cocoa through scent, recordings of farmers and structures made from cocoa sacks, alongside a brass cocoa-pod sculpture created by an Ashanti artisan in Kumasi using the lost-wax technique. Atadika reframes cocoa as more than a commodity, foregrounding the knowledge, labour and cultural heritage behind its production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABLAKASSA presents Interlude, a project that builds a bridge between the London edition of 1-54 and its Marrakech programme. The presentation creates a point of connection between the fair\u2019s different locations, extending the exchange of ideas and artistic perspectives across geographies and communities. Positioned within the wider programme, Interlude reflects 1-54\u2019s continuing role in connecting artists and audiences across Africa and its diaspora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tristan Hoare Gallery<\/strong> and Alexandra de Cadaval<\/strong> Art Projects present tapestries featuring designs by South African artist Esther Mahlangu<\/strong>, alongside photographs by Malick Sidib\u00e9<\/strong>. Translating Mahlangu’s geometric compositions into the Indian tradition of Dhurrie weaving, the presentation brings Ndebele mural painting and Indian textile craftsmanship into dialogue, celebrating the transmission of artistic knowledge across generations and borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Curated by founder Marcos Jinguba, Angola, Angol\u00e9, Angolema: Convergences of Angolan Art and the Diaspora traces Angolan art from the 1950s to the present, bringing together artists from Angola and its diaspora. The presentation features M\u00e1rio Tendinha, Yola Balanga, Teresa Kutala Firmino, Alice Marcelino, Ia Sueki and Benigno Mangovo, alongside guest artists Levy Pooe (South Africa), Ber\u00e9 Magalh\u00e3es (Brazil) and Emmany Koto (Democratic Republic of the Congo). The project explores the diversity of Angolan artistic expression and its connections across borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/art50.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ekran-Resmi-2026-10-09-20.35.33-donusturuldugu-kaynak-png-e1791572320912.webp\")
<\/a>African Modernism:\u00a0West Wind<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Galleries and Artistic Perspectives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/a>Participating Galleries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Listenin Devam\u0131<\/mark><\/summary>\n
Special Projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Flowing Upstream<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>My London Rockstars<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Hassan Hajjaj, Our Motherland Collective, 2023\/1445<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNando’s x Spier Arts Trust<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Our Canvas Grows From The Soil \u2014 Borderlands Art<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Commodity \/ Couture \u2014 Midunu Institute<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Interlude \u2014 ABLAKASSA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Tristan Hoare Gallery & Alexandra de Cadaval Art Projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Kianda Contemporary Art Project: Angola, Angol\u00e9, Angolema<\/h3>\n\n\n\n