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Why Talent is Only the Baseline in the Business of Art: Nigerian Gallerist Wunika Mukan
This Women’s Month, Globetrotter Lab celebrates Wunika Mukan and her invaluable contributions to the evolving contemporary art scene in Nigeria.
Since the inception of Wunika Mukan Gallery in Lagos six years ago, Wunika has been dedicating her career to promote the works of emerging artists from Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the diaspora. Her previous experience with a prominent non-profit foundation has instilled in her the passion and confidence to curate quirky and edgy artworks that the gallery is known for today.
Having founded the gallery during the pandemic, Wunika understands resilience and that great progress, like everything in life, needs time. “Time is God,” she says. Those words continue to resonate as she guides her artists, serving as a middlewoman between the young talents and the global collectors.
For our latest installment of People & Spaces, Globetrotter Lab’s Kennedy Ashinze meets Wunika in her gallery for a tour of the space and a conversation about why it’s a great time to be a Black artist and gallerist right now.
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Blackup Jakarta | A Conversation on the State of Black Affairs
On Saturday, June 27th, Globetrotter Lab hosted a virtual conversation on the global state of black affairs and assembled some brilliant minds to share their perspectives on current happenings regarding the Black Lives Matter protests, its history, cultural context, and why it’s important for Asians, especially Indonesians, to engage.⠀
Despite Jakarta’s proximity to the center of the Black Lives Matter movement that continues to reverberate around the world, Indonesians also resonate with the issue of colorism. Cities across the world continue to stand together in solidarity against global systematic racism.
Hosted by⠀⠀
Kennedy Ashinze
Founder – Globetrotter Lab ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀
Moderated by ⠀⠀
Arief Aziz⠀
Country Director – Change.org Indonesia ⠀⠀
Cofounder – TedxJakarta ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀
With guest panelists
Barbara Allen
Emmy-award winning filmmaker / Producer⠀⠀
Hadi Ismanto
Founder Manual Jakarta⠀⠀ ⠀⠀
Eric Williams
Entrepreneur / Community Leader⠀⠀
The Silver Room – Chicago ⠀⠀
Curtis Johnson⠀⠀
Fmr Senior Manager ATAMERICA ⠀
Michael Jakarimilena @michaeljakarimilena
Musician