From Lagos to Los Angeles, an African Art Gallery Arrives
Adenrele Sonariwo has brought her Nigerian sensibility to Melrose Avenue, with a show focusing on women.
Adenrele Sonariwo, a Nigerian art dealer, opened an outpost of the Rele Gallery in Los Angeles with a show called “Orita Meta,” a Yoruba phrase loosely translated as “a junction where three roads meet.” It shows three emerging female artists.Credit...Phylicia J. L. Munn for The New York Times
Feb. 17, 2021
LOS ANGELES — It certainly didn’t feel like a gallery opening. There was no crowd. No wine and cheese. Only a few people were allowed in at a time because of Covid-19 restrictions.