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Lauren Cochrane

Smiles all round as Alayo Akinkugbe curates show of Black portraiture in London

Alayo Akinkugbe Adjei TAWIAH Still Got Your Back, 2023 Oil on canvas with sponge Right: Amoako Boafo_Laced Fingers, 2022.

Even a cursory scroll through Alayo Akinkugbe’s Instagram account @ablackhistoryofart will provide valuable insight into art that was – until very recently – kept out of most mainstream galleries. Now, the 23-year-old curator, writer and podcast host is taking her point of view to the gallery wall with ‘The World Smiles With You’ – the first exhibition she has worked on as the sole curator.

‘The World Smiles With You’, curated by Alayo Akinkugbe

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