Nike Art Gallery

Nike Art Gallery occupies a five-story building just off the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lekki Phase 1, and is widely regarded as one of the largest privately owned contemporary art galleries in West Africa. Founded by textile artist and gallery owner Nike Davies-Okundaye, the space displays thousands of works across its floors, including Adire and Aso-Oke textile art, batik, wood carvings, beadwork, and paintings by Nigerian and other West African artists. Pieces are typically for sale, ranging from small affordable prints to large canvases and sculptures priced in the hundreds of thousands of naira, and gallery staff double as informal guides who can discuss individual artists and techniques. Visitors typically spend one to two hours moving floor by floor, since each level tends to group work by medium or region, with some floors focused on textile art and others on painting or sculpture. The building itself, with its open stairwells lined wall-to-wall with framed pieces, makes for striking photography, particularly from the upper floors looking down the stairwell. Ground-floor rooms tend to be busiest with tour groups arriving by bus in the late morning and early afternoon, so a visit earlier in the day or on a weekday allows a more relaxed browse and more attentive conversation with staff about the collection. Because the gallery functions as both museum and working art market, bargaining on larger purchases is customary, and staff are generally used to negotiating with visitors who show genuine interest in a piece.