"For this year's Black History Month, the theme is Standing Firm in Power and Pride, honouring the resilience, innovation and fortitude of Black people in the UK and beyond. It celebrates the community's contributions across many fields, including the arts and culture, as reflected in a selection of brilliant new exhibitions. These range from explorations into the artists and groups"
"This is the first major UK exhibition to explore the development of Modern art in Nigeria, highlighting artistic groups like the Mbari Club and the Zaria Art Society, which led the movement during the transformative 20th century. This period saw Nigeria freed from colonial rule in the 1940s and experience the optimism of independence from British control in the 1960s, followed by the subsequent political, social and economic changes in post-independence Nigeria."
"Nigerian Modernism takes viewers on a journey through various Nigerian cities including Lagos, Enugu, Ibadan and Zaria, as well as European cities such as Munich, Paris and London. The exhibition features more than 250 works, including paintings, sculptures, ceramics and textiles by more than 50 artists such as Ben Enwonwu, Ladi Kwali, El Anatsui and Bruce Onobrakpeya. Their trailblazing works, spanning a 50-year period, introduced an era of cultural revolution."
The Black History Month theme Standing Firm in Power and Pride honors Black resilience, innovation and fortitude across the UK and beyond. A range of new exhibitions highlights contributions to arts and culture, the importance of recording culture and histories, and stories of the Caribbean Windrush generation in Cambridge. Jennie Baptiste's seminal works feature at Somerset House. Nigerian Modernism at Tate Modern (8 October 2025–10 May 2026) surveys over 250 works by more than 50 artists from Nigerian and European contexts, tracing a 50-year cultural revolution and the movement from colonial rule to post-independence transformations. Exhibitions emphasize community power, joy as resistance, growth and reflective meditation.
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