Equator echoes: Made in Sierra Leone: An Interview with Artist Sabanoh on Photography, Design and Film 

A strong sense of rediscovery and belonging lies at the heart of the work of Sahr Martin Kabba, better known as Sabanoh. Sierra Leone, his birthplace, runs through every one of the artist’s projects as a place of memory, creativity and possibility...

 Equator echoes:  Passage at unx-art Gallery: between memory and transformation 

Art has always been one of the forms through which the stories, knowledge, and identities of people travel, are preserved, and transform over time. It is among the instruments and narrative languages that have allowed for the creation of a connection between the past and the present...

Ariana Dairies:  When Art becomes an Archive: Inside Unx Exhibition Passage 

n a room filled with artworks from across West Africa, history was not sitting quietly on the walls. It was moving.

It moved through colour, sculpture, music and stories passed from one generation to another...

Bokutok Tv: PASSAGE Art & Heritage from West Africa is now in Freetown.

First presented during the 2026 ECOWAS Mid-Year Coordination Summit in Lungi, this powerful exhibition brings together contemporary art and heritage objects from 15 West African countries, creating a unique space for culture, identity and storytelling.

Sista fm:  Bridging West African Art & Heritage in Lungi! 

We sat down with Frederick Hazael Horton, Assistant Curator of the exhibition and communications officer at unx-art Gallery, to talk about their incredible exhibition, Passage: Art and Heritage from West Africa, currently on display at the newly commissioned Julius Maada Bio Hall in Lungi...

 PASSAGE Exhibit at ECOWAS 2026 in Sierra Leone: Where Art Sits Among Trade, Security, and Governance 

Upon arrival to our newly constructed international conference center, they were welcomed into PASSAGE, an exhibition of contemporary art and heritage objects from fifteen countries across the region.

Noted Noire Magazine: Through the Eyes of Gaga — Remembering Louise Metzger’s Role in Sierra Leone’s Art History

In February 2026, an exhibition in Freetown will revisit the work and influence of Louise “Gaga”
Metzger (1934–2023), one of the most important figures in the history of modern art in Sierra
Leone.s...

Sista fm: Through the Eyes of Gaga — the work of the country’s foremost artist, the late Louise “Gaga” Metzger

SistaFM’s Josephine Hazeley took a walk around an art exhibition showcasing the work of the country’s foremost artist, the late Louise “Gaga” Metzger and some of her former students...

 Liberty TV Online: Liberty Tourism Waka pulls back the curtain on unx-art Gallery, unveiling the untold story behind its walls. 

Liberty Tourism Waka pulls back the curtain on Unx.art Gallery, unveiling the untold story behind its walls. But before the full spotlight shines, consider this your whispered invitation...

DakArt News: Africa Basel Debuts: A New Platform of Possibility in the Heart of the Global Art Circuit

unx-Art presentsThe Year of the Knot by Helen Nzete—bas-reliefs where knots become metaphors for trauma and healing—and Clément Gbegno’s dreamlike paintings of intertwined bodies and cords...

rfi: Spotlight on Africa Podcast

Spotlight on Africa spoke with Benjamin Füglister, one of the two co-founders of the event, an artist and cultural entrepreneur born in Switzerland, and now the director of Africa Basel, as well as Sarah Hachi-Duchêne, curator at unx-art, as they opened the first days of the event in Basel...

LEADERSHIP NEWS NIGERIA: Nigerian artist Helen Nzete is featuring at the maiden edition of Africa Art Basel in Switzerland, a new platform of Art Basel, focused on contemporary African Art.

As artists signed to the gallery, unx-art is showcasing Nzete’s artwork ‘Generosity of Spirit’ (2025) and Togolese artist, Clément Ayikoué Gbegno mixed media work, ‘Glimmer of Hope’ via the exhibition ‘Held In Memory, Forged In Form’ at the Africa Art Basel.

Africa Basel: A New Chapter in the Global Contemporary Art Landscape

Africa Basel is a new platform dedicated to showcasing... unx-art is a digital-native curatorial platform with a focus on emerging artists who challenge dominant narratives...

Matter of Now Exhibition in Freetown

unx-art’s latest group exhibition brings powerful new voices from Nigeria to Sierra Leone, exploring identity, memory, and cross-cultural dialogue through contemporary art...

THIS DAY LIVE: A Case for Poetic Print and Brush Strokes in Abuja

This is one reason why the Abuja art community should warm up to the coffee-table book, Of Souls, Ascents, & Stillness, which has been painstakingly put together by one of its own, Sor Sen, under the direction of Sarah Hachi-Duchêne, the editorial director of Art Ubuntu, the book’s publishing company, as well as an art enthusiast, Miguel Triantafillo