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16 featured works from a collection of 1,840: painting, cloth, bronze and works on paper by artists of the South West. Filter, search, then open any work in the viewer.
16 works shown
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Indigo rain over Mapo
Adebimpe Ogunleye, 2019
Indigo resist dye on hand-loomed cotton. 180 x 120 cm. Room 4, the Indigo galleries
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Brown roofs, 1974
Tunde Afolabi-Coker, 1974
Oil on board. 92 x 122 cm. Room 2, the Ibadan rooms
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The archivist
Ifeoma Nwachukwu, 2021
Oil on linen. 150 x 110 cm. Room 1, the Ruby Room
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Agodi hills, evening
Musa Dankaro, 2016
Acrylic on canvas. 100 x 140 cm. Room 3, Land and light
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Harmattan study No. 4
Kehinde Olaniyan, 2023
Oil and cold wax on panel. 120 x 90 cm. Room 5, New work
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Weaver's count
Adebimpe Ogunleye, 2012
Hand-woven cotton strips. 210 x 150 cm. Room 4, the Indigo galleries
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Night bus to Lagos
Kehinde Olaniyan, 2020
Acrylic and enamel on canvas. 110 x 160 cm. Room 5, New work
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Two sisters, Oke-Ado
Ifeoma Nwachukwu, 2018
Oil on canvas. 130 x 160 cm. Room 1, the Ruby Room
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Head of a trader
Bisola Adeyemo, 2015
Cast bronze on iroko base. 64 x 30 x 32 cm. Room 1, the Ruby Room
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Blue hour, Dugbe
Tunde Afolabi-Coker, 1988
Oil on canvas. 90 x 120 cm. Room 2, the Ibadan rooms
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Ruby thread
Yewande Akinlade, 2024
Ink and gouache on cotton paper. 76 x 56 cm. Room 5, New work
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Okra and salt
Musa Dankaro, 2009
Oil on canvas board. 60 x 80 cm. Room 3, Land and light
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Sixteen palms
Yewande Akinlade, 2022
Linocut on paper, edition of 12. 70 x 70 cm. Room 6, Works on paper
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Cloth for my mother
Adebimpe Ogunleye, 2005
Indigo and cassava paste resist on cotton. 200 x 140 cm. Room 4, the Indigo galleries
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Oje market, noon
Femi Adigun, 1979
Gouache on board. 60 x 84 cm. Room 2, the Ibadan rooms
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Rainy season ledger
Kehinde Olaniyan, 2021
Oil on linen. 100 x 80 cm. Room 5, New work
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How the collection grew
- 1987The museum opens with 210 works given by the founding families
- 1994The Afolabi-Coker gift: 96 paintings and his photographs
- 2003The cloth store opens, with humidity control for 400 textiles
- 2015First bronze bought from a living Ibadan foundry
- 20261,840 works, a third of them by women
Using images of the collection
For study
Students and teachers may download and print any image on this site for classwork, with a credit to the artist and the Regent.
For publication
Write to the picture desk with the work, the use and the print run. Most requests are answered within five working days.
See it in person
Works not on the walls can be seen in the study room by appointment on Wednesdays, free, for up to four people.
Collection questions
Can I donate a work?
We consider gifts twice a year. Send a photograph, measurements and what you know of its history through the contact page.
Why are some works not shown?
Cloth and paper rest in the dark between showings. Others are on loan or in the conservation studio.
Are these all the works?
This page shows featured works on the walls now. The full catalogue of 1,840 works is searchable in the study room.
Plan a slow visit
"Choose four works, not forty. Sit with each one for five minutes."
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