Lagos Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Art === [[File:Outside Nike Art Gallery (4202980259).jpg|thumb|The Nike Art Gallery]] The ''[[Nike Art Gallery]]'' is an [[art gallery]] in Lagos owned by [[Nike Davies-Okundaye]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-10-15 |title=Lagos' Best Kept Secret |url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/celebrities/nike-art-gallery-lagos-best-kept-secret/4etmpel |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}}</ref> The gallery is probably the largest of its kind in West Africa. It is housed in a five-storey building and has a collection of about 8,000 different works of art by various Nigerian artists such as Chief Josephine Oboh Macleod.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-30 |title=Chief Josephine Oboh-Macleod: Art creator, connoisseur, politician, activist |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/05/chief-josephine-oboh-macleod-art-creator-connoisseur-politician-activist/ |access-date=2023-06-27 |publisher=Vanguard newspapers}}</ref> [https://www.reddoorgallery.co/ ''Red Door Gallery''] specializes in African contemporary art. The ''Ovuomaroro Studio and Gallery'' is one of the oldest art galleries in Lagos.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ovuomaroro Studio and Gallery |url=https://www.businesslist.com.ng/company/100229/ovuomaroro-studio-and-gallery |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=BusinessList.com.ng |language=en}}</ref> The ''Alexis Galleries'', owned by Patty Chidiac-Mastrogiannis, are located on Victoria Island.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us β Alexis Galleries |url=https://alexisgalleries.com/about-us/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> Since its foundation in 2011, Alexis Galleries have been engaged in the presentation and dissemination of Nigerian contemporary styles including; painting, drawing, mixed media, and sculpture. It aims to strengthen and support the Nigerian Art Circle. In 2002, Lagos was one of the African platform cities for the art exhibition ''[[Documenta11|Documenta 11]]''. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page