The Latest Breaking News from Ibrahim Mahama

Ghana’s Ibrahim Mahama first African to top annual art power list

Artist who once draped Barbican in brightly coloured fabric says he is humbled by recognition in ArtReview rankings

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025

London arts centre to amplify global majority voices and ‘urgent questions’

Founded by Lina Lazaar, Ibraaz will host challenging conversations amid growing concerns over freedom of expression in the arts

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2025

Ibrahim Mahama wraps Kunsthalle Bern in jute ahead of June reopening

At the end of April, Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama will wrap Kunsthalle Bern in jute sacks, revisiting a 1968 intervention by Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

Euronews · Apr 23, 2025

Death-defying darkness, thought-provoking pop art and unrepentant nudes – the week in art

Caravaggio proves haunting, Yinka Shonibare brings colonial figures down to size and Monica Sjöö photographs the goddess feminism – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2024

Ibrahim Mahama tells us why he has covered the Barbican in pink fabric

Ibrahim Mahama's 'Purple Hibiscus' has transformed the Barbican’s Lakeside Terrace

Wallpaper · Apr 9, 2024

‘It contrasts with the grey British sky!’ Why the Barbican has been wrapped in pink fabric

Ibrahim Mahama has draped London’s brutalist landmark in 2,000 square metres of fabric, including robes that have been urinated on. The artist, whose rise has been meteoric, explains why

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2024

Lagos Biennial 2024: the highlights

Lagos Biennial 2024 took over the city’s Tafawa Balewa Square with the theme of ‘refuge’

Wallpaper · Feb 13, 2024

Nan Goldin named art world’s most influential figure

Photographer and campaigner against Sackler family tops ArtReview Power 100 list

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023

Education takes flight under Ghanaian artist's repurposed planes

Hundreds of meters above the village of Jenakpeng in northern Ghana, a small drone locked its sights on six airplanes parked in the middle of a verdant field miles away from the nearest runway.

Reuters · Jul 20, 2022