Art, architecture and travel in Ghana

Celebrating James Barnor, the photographer who captured pre- and post-colonial Ghana

Photographer James Barnor is in the spotlight at 95, his work the subject of a series of exhibitions and events in Ghana

By Ugonna-Ora Owoh Published 24 July 24

Dot.ateliers | Ogbojo is an 'oasis' for writers and curators in Ghana

Dot.ateliers | Ogbojo in Accra, Ghana was designed by emerging studio DeRoché Strohmayer for artist Amoako Boafo as a writer’s and curator’s residency space for the country's creatives

By Ellie Stathaki Published 4 July 24

Artist Abdur Rahman Muhammad reframes the ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag to consider migration

Abdur Rahman Muhammad casts the ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag in oils as a potent symbol of migration in ‘The Allegory of a Seeker’, on view at ADA gallery in Accra

By Gameli Hamelo Published 24 May 24

Unseen images by JK Bruce-Vanderpuije are a glimpse of life in 20th-century Ghana

Late Ghanaian photographer JK Bruce-Vanderpuije’s works are on show at Efie Gallery in Dubai, offering a vision of a nation across the decades

By Tianna Williams Published 19 January 24

Ghana’s artists celebrated in new book by Manju Journal

‘Voices: Ghana’s artists in their own words’, from Manju Journal, celebrates 80 Ghanaian creatives

By Ugonna-Ora Owoh Published 2 December 23

Wallpaper* contributing editor Ekow Eshun considers time, identity and cultural memory in Ghana

‘In and Out of Time’, held at Gallery 1957 in Accra, Ghana, and curated by Wallpaper* contributing editor Ekow Eshun, celebrates the concept of Sankofa with artists including Malala Andrialavidrazana, Shiraz Bayjoo and Godfried Donkor

By Hannah Silver Published 14 September 23

Limbo Accra from Ghana is a spatial design studio with a context-specific twist

Limbo Accra from Ghana is part of our series of profiles of architects, spatial designers and builders shaping West Africa's architectural future

By Ellie Stathaki Published 31 December 22

Hive Earth leads the charge in contemporary building with earth

Hive Earth from Ghana is part of our series of profiles of architects, spatial designers and builders shaping West Africa's architectural future

By Ellie Stathaki Published 25 December 22

‘I see portraiture as a means to impart a social commentary’

Self-taught Nigerian painter Eniwaye Oluwaseyi addresses #EndSARS in his debut show at ADA gallery in Accra

By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated 25 October 22

Limbo Accra nurtures discussion around urban space in Africa and beyond

We hone in on the work of Limbo Accra, a pioneering, spatial design studio founded in Ghana that encourages a new wave of creative collaboration and co-production in Africa and its diaspora

By Nana Ama Owusu-Ansah Last updated 10 October 22

Santoku — Accra, Ghana

By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated 20 July 22