Tokini Peterside-Schwebig: Art, Identity, and Africa's Cultural Rise

Podcast: Compelling with Katy Wellesley Wesley · Katy Wellesley Wesley

Opublikowano: 2026-04-02

What does it take to build cultural infrastructure in a country where the state will not do it for you? In this episode of Compelling, host Katy Wellesley Wesley speaks with Tokini Peterside-Schwebig, entrepreneur and founder of ART X Lagos — West Africa's leading international art fair — about a career defined by creative conviction and strategic clarity. From her childhood in Lagos, through a law degree at the LSE and an MBA at INSEAD, to a pivotal visit to the 2015 Venice Biennale that crystallised her vision, Tokini traces the journey that led her to launch ART X in 2016. <p...