Antiques, Coffee & More at Ashanti Gallery

Ashanti gallery is an eclectic square space and coffee shop, located on Abubakar Koko Avenue, Life Camp, Abuja.

This Gallery emits a warm glow from art bits and bobs, serving as a homey antique store. Curated by the German Christine Gerlach, it has a sister display room in Germany.

There’s a smorgasbord of trinkets on granite surfaces, arranged to highlight decorative table linens. Quite a number of bijoux are accentuated by stones and bamboo. Woodworks and furniture include a few ottomans made primarily with colorful ankara, as well as an ankara arm chair that could brighten any room.

In the 19th century with the advent of the industrial age, apprenticeship and crafts making faced extinction. In a bid to restore artisanship, John Ruskin and Charles Robert Ashbee, inspired by William Morris, championed the arts and crafts movement. Its aim was to make art great again. Art is often perceived as drawings and paintings on a canvas. This movement was all encompassing spanning architecture, textile, ceramics, metalwork, stained glass, illustration, decorative arts, embroidery, jewelry, photography, graphics and so much more.

The movement was replaced by Art Nouveau and Modernism. For Ashanti gallery arts and craft maintains its initial simplicity, which would make the guild and school of handicraft proud.

A huge theme noticeable from its very name is African Culture. The doorway is lined with clay lanterns and miniature sculptures of Nigerian deities.  

Over the years this Gallery has promoted Nigerian artists, exhibiting the works of Diseye Tantua, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Ben Ibebe, Chika Idu, Obi Nwaegbe and more recently Sotonye Jumbo.

The most charming home accessories such as colorful miniature giraffes and handmade pineapple table centerpieces are contained in this antique store. It merges its various items alongside upcycle beauties in the form of tote bags for grocery runs and coffee stops.

You can enjoy a plethora of miscellaneous articles accompanied by delicious gourmet coffee.