Determined to strengthen public artwork and inventive expression in Nigeria, the organisers of the Lagos Street Art Festival (LSAF) have introduced that the second version of its competition will deliver collectively artwork, music, tradition and neighborhood in Lagos State.
According to them, constructing on the success of its debut, as Nigeria’s first open-air gallery, LSAF is reworking how folks expertise artwork by taking it past conventional gallery partitions and into the guts of public life.
Organised by Inscribe Art and LASPARK, the competition scheduled for November 7, 2026, at Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island, Lagos is a citywide celebration of public artwork and youth tradition, turning Lagos right into a residing canvas for artistic expression.
“We have always believed that Art shouldn’t be confined in the galleries nor museums but become more accessible to the public and it’s very encouraging to have partners such as Adidas, who share same belief help us bring the second edition to life,” mentioned Osa Okunkpolor, extensively often known as Osa Seven, founding council member, Lagos avenue artwork competition..
Beyond the competition itself, LSAF is constructing a rising public artwork motion in Africa. With a give attention to visibility, alternative and training, it helps rising artists by alternatives to showcase their work, collaborate and study.
Its programme of mural portray, workshops and talks, alongside a digital archive of artworks created, helps protect the tales behind the artwork and contributes to the evolving cultural id of Lagos.
The Lagos Street Art Festival invitations artwork lovers, creatives and the broader public to expertise Nigeria’s first open-air gallery and be a part of a motion making artwork extra accessible, seen and related to on a regular basis life.
Through large-scale murals, reside artwork, workshops and neighborhood experiences, the competition offers artists a platform to inform city tales, join with new audiences and remodel public areas into landmarks of creativity.
Bringing this imaginative and prescient to life are the competition’s sponsors and companions: Inscribe, LASPARK, adidas, Hennessy, Berger Paints, Crea8torium, British Council, Q21 Solutions, Rora, Mirus Events, WhyFinite and Osengwa. Their help helps make Nigeria’s first open-air gallery attainable, creating alternatives for artists to showcase their work, communities to interact with public artwork and Lagos to strengthen its place as a hub for up to date African creativity.
This yr’s version will function a few of Nigeria’s most interesting hip hop music stars like Vector, Eva Alordiah and Illbliss, alongside reside artwork battles, DJs, meals and drinks, video games, giveaways and different artistic experiences. By bringing visible artwork and avenue tradition collectively, LSAF provides audiences a chance to expertise creativity past the standard, in an environment formed by the power and variety of Lagos.
The competition builds on the success of its inaugural version, which drew native and worldwide consideration to Lagos’s avenue artwork scene and demonstrated the facility of public artwork to remodel city areas. The second version takes that imaginative and prescient additional, strengthening the platform for artistic collaboration and reinforcing the significance of partnerships in sustaining Nigeria’s rising artistic ecosystem.
