GHANA'S FIRST NATIONAL PAVILION AT THE VENICE BIENNALE We’re so excited - and proud - to celebrate the unveiling of Ghana’s first national Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The paintings, photographs, films, sculptures and installations of several Ghanaian artists are presented in a series... Continue reading... Events 17 May 2019
MAKE BE: 7 ARTISTS; 1 EXHIBITION; CELEBRATING 2 YEARS OF REFLECTION In October 2018, La Maison was proud to host a third exhibition by the Beyond Collective, founded in 2013 to highlight creative talent in Accra, Ghana. Alongside new talent, several of the founding collective members contributed to Make Be as a... Continue reading... Events 26 October 2018
ALAÏA AT DESIGN MUSEUM The exhibition charts his incredible journey from sculptor to couturier, his nonconformist nature and his infectious energy for fashion, friendship and the female body. Rather than a retrospective, the show interlaces stories of his life and care... Continue reading... 25 May 2018
SHAPE OF SOAP Let’s reconsider the humble soap bar: many designers are expanding their ranges from furniture and lights and thinking about this simple yet useful everyday item. Today we’re seeing soap in simple geometric forms inspired by fanciful ... Continue reading... 17 May 2018
KINTSUGI Perhaps as a reaction to the fact that we live in a world where things are too easily thrown away, the design community is embracing the Japanese philosophy of Kintsugi. The latter consists in repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with powd... Continue reading... 13 April 2018
CELEBRATING SETORDJI La Maison Ghana was proud to showcase the work of Ghanaian artist Kofi Setordji from 2 - 5 November, 2017, in an exhibition marking his 60th birthday called 'Who Be Me X Designahaus’. The exhibition shared a series of new works by the a... Continue reading... 01 December 2017