WHAT

As a two-part group exhibition curated by Ghanaian-American writer and curator, Larry Ossei-Mensah, and inspired by British-Ghanian author and MP Kwasi Kwarteng’s eponymous book, ‘Ghosts of Empire: Britain’s Legacies in the Modern World’, the group show is an examination of how 12 artists from African and Asian diasporas engage with the legacies of slavery, migration, colonialism, sovereignty, trade, and imperialism in contemporary times.

WHY

The exhibition brings together an extraordinary group of contemporary artists hailing from African and Asian diasporas, by amplifying the conscious acts of liberation, resistance, and perseverance these communities have exhibited despite their historical circumstances. The seminal exhibition provides a forum for a nuanced understanding of collective histories and explores how current diasporic artists engage with those histories today.