Access Holdings and Coronation host Tate art council dinner in Lagos

Access Holdings Plc and Coronation Group hosted members of Tate’s International Council and supporters of Tate’s global Acquisitions Committees at a dinner in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, November 6, 2026. The dinner was hosted by Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Chairman of Access Holdings and Coronation Group.

Guests included the Honourable Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, and the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Also present were senior representatives of Tate and officials of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments.

Aig-Imoukhuede said culture provides a foundation for collective progress and should be treated as an important part of capital. He said Africa and Nigeria have powerful cultural traditions, and that leaders should understand and use the cultural dimension of capital.

Sanwo-Olu said Lagos aims to strengthen its position as a regional and global destination, with culture, technology, infrastructure and human capital as key pillars of its development agenda. He set out the state’s long-term ambition of building a one trillion dollar economy by 2052.

Musawa said Nigeria’s cultural heritage and creative industries should be positioned within the global cultural landscape, and that international partnerships can help promote Nigerian art and create opportunities for the creative sector.

The companies say the dinner builds on their support for the Nigerian Modernism exhibition at Tate Modern in London, which ran from October 2025 to May 2026. The evening also included a display of selected photographs by the Nigerian photographer J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere.