Bright, bold wood-block prints from Polish character designer Roman Klonek
2012
Oliwia Bober's illustrations combine Polish folklore and her personal feelings
2019
The View From Lagos: inside Nigeria’s blooming skateboard communities
2024
Shot in Nigeria, Elena Heatherwick's photographic story for the IRC is one of tragedy and resilience
2019
Agnieszka Sejud reflects on fake news in Poland in her frenzied collages
2020
Ilona Karwinska: Polish Cold War Neon
2011
Viacheslav Poliakov shoots the “folk-baroque-industrial mess” of Ukraine and Poland
2019
Court attendant with eben (ceremonial sword)
1600
Ùhúnmwèlaò ọ́ghé iyọ́bà (head of a queen mother)
1700
Plaque with Warrior and Mudfish
1540
Bracelet with Crocodile and Leopard Heads
1500
Waist pendant with equestrian figure
1500
Áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Ukhurhe (rattle staff) with hand holding mudfish
1500
Bracelet with Portuguese Heads and Mudfish
1700
Plaque with Ọ́lọ̀tọ̀n priest
1540
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Staff finial with seated ọ́bà
1700
Plaque with Ìyàsẹ́ (Royal Commander) and Attendant
1540
Base of Lidded Vessel
1500
Plaque Fragment with Mudfish
1540
Ùhúnmwèlaò ọ́ghé iyọ́bà (head of a queen mother)
1750
Ifá Divination Tapper
1800
Plaque with Court Official Holding a Protective Rattle
1540
Bracelet with Four Figures
1800
Udàmalóre (ceremonial sword)
1600
Plaque with equestrian ọ́bà (king) and attendants
1540
Female figure from an obu (house of images)
1850
Hip ornament with face
1500
Ùhúnmwèlaò (commemorative portrait)
1500
Waist pendant with crocodile head
1500
Kola Nut Vessel with Ram's Head
1700
Lidded Vessel with Fluted Gourd
1500
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1800
Lidded Vessel with Leopard and Prey
1500
Box with Portuguese Horseman
1800
Seated mother and child from an ikoro drum(?)
1400
Bracelet with Crocodile Heads
1600
Plaque with Court Official Holding a Protective Amulet
1540
Ukhurhe (rattle staff) with three figures
1800
Box with Man, Goat, and Crocodile
1800
Masquerade Element: Human Face
1700
Pendant with Portuguese equestrian
1500
Oko (side-blown trumpet)
1800
Court Official with Hammer and Staff
1870
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Box with Ọ́bà Ozolua and unidentified ọ́bà
1800
Akohen (side-blown trumpet)
1700
Aṣọ òkè ìró (woman's wrapper)
1800
Altar bell with a mudfish-legged ọ́bà
1700
Medicine Vessel with Two Figures
1700
Ùhúnmwèlaò ọ́ghé iyọ́bà (head of a queen mother)
1700
Plaque with junior court official
1530
Akohen (side-blown trumpet)
1700
Plaque with Two Mudfish
1540
Court attendant with eben (ceremonial sword)
1700
Waist pendant with equestrian figure
1500
Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures
1815
Bracelet with Mudfish
1500
Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures
1520
Base from the Ézọ́mọ's Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1800
Hip Ornament with Face
1500
Staff: Female Figure (Edan Ogboni)
1800
Plaque with Two Portuguese Merchants
1540
Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià
1500
Lidded Box with Portuguese Face
1500
Waist pendant with two mudfish
1500
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Hip ornament with face
1500
Hip ornament with leopard head
1500
Ogbom dance crest fragment
1800
Ubo akwara (pluriarc)
1850
Ọ́bà with Sacrificial Animals from the Ézọ́mọ's Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1800
Court Official with Cross Pendant
1700
Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures
1815
Pendant with ram's head
1600
Seated Portuguese figure
1700
Head fragment from a monolith
1500
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Hip ornament with face
1500
Court official from a commemorative altar
1500
Plaque with Warrior and Fish
1540
Staff for the ọ́bà's representative
1700
Staffs: Couple (Edan Ogboni)
1800
Hip ornament with face
1500
Gold Weight: Chief with Attendant
1800
Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1760
Bracelet with Crocodile Heads
1600
Egba Bracelet with Three Heads
1700
Medicine Vessel: Figure
1700
Staff finial with ram's head
1400
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1430
Plaque Fragment with Warrior Chief
1540
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1700
Plaque with Portuguese Traders and Manillas
1540
Plaque with Ọ́bà (King) or Chief
1540
Bracelet with Four Figures
1888
Ceremonial Sword and Sheath
1856
The Ézọ́mọ's Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1700
Àgéré Ifá (Ifá divination vessel) with kneeling woman
1600
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1800
Bracelet with Portuguese heads and mudfish
1500
Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1800
Bracelet: Figures in Relief
1400
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1430
Waist pendant with equestrian figure
1500
Ùrhọ̀tọ̀ (altar tableau) with an iyọ́bà (queen mother) and attendants
1700
Oko (side-blown trumpet)
1700
Plaque with court official
1530
Plaque Fragment with Warrior and Attendant
1540
Double-faced water spirit crest
1890
Hip ornament with Portuguese head
1500
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Ukhurhe (rattle staff) with Ọ́bà Ákẹ́nzùa I
1725
Fragment of a leopard head
1600
Plaque with Warrior and Attendants
1540
Bini oru (water spirit) crest
1800
Pendant Ornament with Three Figures
1800
Bracelet with leopard heads and eben (ceremonial swords)
1600
Ukhurhe (rattle staff)
1790
Plaque with Warrior Chief
1530
Altar bell with Portuguese heads
1500
Ekpoki (lidded vessel)
1500
Egba Bracelet with Crocodile Heads
1500
Idiophone with an ọ́bà
1700
Hip ornament with face
1500
Staff with seated ọ́bà
1700
Figure Fragment: Head
1700
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1550
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Plaque with titleholder with calabash rattle
1500
Oko (side-blown horn)
1800
Idiophone with an iyọ́bà
1700
Plaque with Two Fluted Gourds
1540
Pectoral ornament with face
1400
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1800
Hip ornament with face
1500
Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
Pocket watch in display case, Collegium Maius Krakow
2015
Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
Pocket watch, Collegium Maius Krakow (01)
2015
Dennis Osadebe’s character-driven paintings tell a story of his Nigerian heritage
2023
Beautiful new project documenting Nigerian style by Nina Manandhar
2015
Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
Photographer Zuza Krajewska's fragile portraits of Polish young offenders
2017
A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
Lakin Ogunbanwo’s bridal portraits reflect the diversity of Nigerian traditions
2019
Polish graphic designer Natalia Pawlak on bad taste and reinterpreting Polish kitsch
2019
Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
Rafal Milach has caught our eye with stunning images of Poland and beyond
2012
Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Photography: Extraordinary photojournalism from Nigerian-born George Osodi
2013
Check out Polish creative Formallina's knitted heroes calendar!
2013
Polish illustrator Gosia Herba interprets myths and legends in pastel tones
2016
The View From Lagos: The queer Nigerian artists risking everything to amplify LGBTQ+ voices
2024
Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
Polish creative Lukasz Pachalko’s graphic design project addresses the issues surrounding dyslexia
2015
Polish born, Barcelona-based photographer Asia Chmielewska is a real talent
2013
Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
Cute and scary and great work from Polish artist Paweł Mildner
2015
The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
In figurative and dynamic paintings, Peter Uka depicts the scenes of his childhood in Nigeria
2021
Marcellina Akpojotor amplifies family history in fabric-filled paintings of Nigerian domestic life
2024
Photographer Adedamola Odetara is working hard to document the LGBTQIA+ community in Lagos
2021
“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
Oli Hillyer-Riley documents a close knit, and under-threat, surfing community in Nigeria
2020
“I try to show them a different narrative of what a Nigerian is”: Valerie Etitinwo on deconstructing stereotypes
2021
Warsaw creative Peter Tarka creates tidy CGI illustrations
2016
A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017