Yellowzine is partnering with 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair for its 13th edition

Yellowzine is excited to announce a media partnership with 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair for the second year in a row. The renowned art fair is returning to London for its 13th consecutive edition at Somerset House from 16th -19th October 2025.

Souad Abdelrasoul, Black Cloud, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 80 cm. Courtesy of Gallery Misr.

This year both Nigeria and South Africa have a notable presence at the fair, with Nigerian-founded galleries including Affinity, Ed Cross, O'DA Art, SOTO, and The 1897 Gallery as well as South Africa's Afronova Gallery, Eclectica Contemporary, FILAFRIQUES, Guns & Rain and Kalashnikovv. Both new and returning exhibitors will present over 100 artists* working across an array of mediums from painting, photography and sculpture, performance to mixed media, textile and ceramics. Renowned artists such as Hassan Hajjaj, Ibrahim El Salehi, Lakwena Maciver and Seydou Keita

will be exhibited alongside young and emerging talents including Joël Bigaignon, Zenaéca Singh,

Khadija El Abyad and Afeez Onakoya.

Alongside 1-54 London, Somerset House will open the first major solo exhibition by pioneering Black British photographer Jennie Baptiste, who has been using her lens to document the dynamic spirit of youth culture, music, fashion, and urban life within the Black British diaspora in London since the 1990s. This powerful photographic celebration will be open to all 1-54 London ticket holders and continue until 4 January 2026. Book here to join us at this year's 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Moridja Kitenge Banza, Christ Pantocrator n° 47, 2024, Acrylic and gold leaf on wood, 16 x 12 in. Courtesy of Galerie Hugues Charbonneau.

Simon Ojeaga, Warm Hands I, 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 107 x 92 cm. Courtesy of O'DA Art.

Alexis Peskine, Alande, 2024. Basil… lemon gold leaf and nails on wood, 204 x 180 cm. © Alexis Peskine. Courtesy the Artist and October Gallery. Photo © Jonathan Greet.