The Grandmaster — Anthony Azekwoh × Tunde Onakoya, 2026
The Grandmaster (1)
The Grandmaster (2)

The Grandmaster

The crown was never the piece. It was the mind that moved it.

$143
gift one to a friend as well
0
digital edition · unveils wednesday
The Grandmaster II (1)
The Grandmaster II (2)

The Grandmaster II

Second portrait. Same board. The move that answers the one before.

$143
Tòlání (1)
Tòlání (2)
Tòlání (3)

Tòlání

A woman adorned in Aṣò ẹbí. In the folds of her Gele, a calm, assured regality.

Acquired
Halimat (1)
Halimat (2)

Halimat

The daughter of the middle. The one who fights to be seen. Her gaze always outwards.

$1,255
Ada (1)
Ada (2)

Ada

The first daughter. The one who shoulders the weight, but whose tears won't show.

$970
Àríkè (1)
Àríkè (2)
Àríkè (3)

Àríkè

The last daughter. She shines and glows, stepping in the footsteps of her sisters, her head held high.

$1,683
The Complete Auntys

The Complete Auntys

Ada. Halimat. Àríkè. All three sisters, together.

$3,906
The Last Dance (1)
The Last Dance (2)
The Last Dance (3)
The Last Dance (4)
The Last Dance (5)
The Last Dance (6)
The Last Dance (7)
The Last Dance (8)

The Last Dance

The music has not stopped. She has simply heard the silence underneath it.

$126
The Red Man (1)
The Red Man (2)

The Red Man

His first breakthrough. The painting that left the studio and became the world's.

Acquired
Yasuke by Anthony Azekwoh: the African samurai with two crossed katana before a red sun, in Edo-period armour.

Yasuke

The African samurai. The image the world now uses. Anthony painted it first.

Acquired
Mami Wata by Anthony Azekwoh: three dark water-spirit figures intertwined in turquoise water with gold serpentine currents and a thread of red, the West African deity of the deep.

Mami Wata

Queen of the rivers. Mother of the deep. She has every gift, and she keeps the price.

$784
Oriana by Anthony Azekwoh: a soft pastel portrait of a young woman with braided hair threaded with silver, a nose ring, holding a multicoloured bouquet, in lavender and white tones.

Oriana

She arrived with flowers and weather in her hair, and the room rearranged itself.

$927
Mama Gold (1)
Mama Gold (2)

Mama Gold

She built the market and the market built the city. The cigar is hers. So is the last word.

$421
Goldie (1)
Goldie (2)

Goldie

Everyone in the room is looking. She decided that a long time ago.

$421
The Traveller by Anthony Azekwoh: an elderly man wrapped in deep red robes and turban with one clouded eye and white marks on his face, a leather amulet at his collar, against a gold ground.

The Traveller

One eye for the road ahead, one for the road behind. He has walked both.

$421
Cleopatra (1)
Cleopatra (2)

Cleopatra

History painted her pale. The painting gives her back her face, and her cat.

$343
Ayra Starr (1)
Ayra Starr (2)

Ayra Starr

A whole generation looked up at once. She was the thing they were looking at.

$343
Stardust (1)
Stardust (2)

Stardust

She is made of the same thing as the sky. When she goes, she goes back into it.

$343
Morningstar (1)
Morningstar (2)

Morningstar

Before he fell, he was the brightest. The fire remembers him. So does the dark.

$172
Tutu (1)
Tutu (2)

Tutu

Enwonwu painted her, and the nation saw itself. Here she is again.

$136
The Lover (1)
The Lover (2)

The Lover

He loved hard enough to age from it. He would do it again tomorrow.

$136
Father Time by Anthony Azekwoh: an old-master style profile of an ancient bald bearded man in red robes against an aged green-gold ground, the surface painted to look cracked with age.

Father Time

He is not counting the years. He is watching them pass on their way somewhere.

$136
Angelina (1)
Angelina (2)
Angelina (3)
Angelina (4)
Angelina (5)
Angelina (6)

Angelina

$53

The Bride's Brother

He gave her away. He is still working out what was given.

On enquiry
Artist's Note
Every acquisition moves a child to a chessboard. This print exists because Tunde Onakoya has spent the last five years proving that the 64 squares can be placed in any hand that reaches for them. Proceeds from every sale go back to that work.

Related works

The Grandmaster II
The Grandmaster II
$143.00