The total package and presentation of art exhibition were recently taken a notch higher in Lagos as Nigeria’s latest creative industry collaboration between SMO Contemporary Art, a leading art gallery and ARAMI, a fine dining rooftop restaurant, kicked off with opening of Celebration, a curatorial project merging the best of art and gastronomy. The new partnership pave the way for the placement of modern and contemporary master pieces within exciting new hospitality spaces which are helping to position Lagos as a global culture, food and art hub.
The exhibition, which opened penultimate Saturday, is featuring fifteen contemporary and modern artists from Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon, South Africa and the Diaspora, with paintings, sculptures, textiles and light based media from the primary and secondary art market. The exhibiting artists include Adeniyi Adewole, Ayoola Gbolahan, Christopher S. Idowu, Nelson Makamo, Somi Nwandu, Adewuyi Kehinde Ken, Badru T A and Geoffery Mukasa. Others are Raoul Olawale da Silva, Uchay Joel Chima, Alex Nwokolo, Chika Idu, Nathalie Djakou Kassi, Samuel Nnorom and Victor Butler.
The Lekki-based ARAMI, owned by the L’Ori Hospitality group, is an exquisite space where art and gastronomy ignite through Afro-Asian-fusion cuisine developed by a team of local and international culinary talent. The partnership between it and SMO Contemporary Art ensures that guests enjoy fine dining while immersed within a carefully curated space, celebrating the best of African art and design.