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I was fed up with the lack of representation in art — so I opened my own London gallery

September 2, 2025

Aki Abiola was told he needed to become a lawyer or doctor by his traditional Nigerian family. His next move? Open an art gallery – though it wasn’t plain sailing. The son of Chief MKO Abiola named his gallery after his father’s successful 1993 presidential election campaign, Hope 93, in which the businessman and politician […]

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