Collecting is a lifestyle.

Intention is the only permission you need.

For intentional collectors who understand that storytelling, craft, and heritage are the foundation of a living collection. Rooted in Chicago and anchored around Design Week Lagos 2026, the Gathered Tour Lagos is a Golden Our experience built around the richness of Black creative culture across the diaspora, celebrating the artists, designers, and makers whose work carries the full weight of where we come from and where we are going.

Design Week Lagos 2026

Design Week Lagos (October 18 - 25, 2026) is Africa's premier independent design festival, which aims to elevate indigenous African design culture to a global stage. It features citywide installations, a Design + Innovation Exhibition, and the IDEA Award.

This year, Design Week Lagos will be held at the historic National Theater with Chicago designer Norman Teague as lead curator under the theme Making a New Africa: From Material to Market. Ogechi Harry serves on the Design Week Lagos 2026 curatorial team alongside Norman Teague.

Tour guests will attend guided visits across all five pavilions, with access to the Design Museum featuring collectible works by the next generation of African designers, and a private National Theatre collection tour.

  • The Gathered Tour Lagos will take place from Oct 17 – 27, 2026.

    9 nights · 8 programmed days

  • We expect 10-12 guests selected by application. We are intentionally limiting our guests to ensure that the experience is intimate and intentional.

  • Ogechi Harry is thrilled to host collectors and take them on a creative journey to her home country, Nigeria. As a member of member of the Design Week Lagos curatorial team, she will be providing access to exclusive art and design moments and events during Design Week Lagos.

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The Steward’s Eye

Art and Object Acquisition Guidance

Every gallery visit, studio conversation, and design space is approached through the steward's lens. Ogechi provides acquisition consultations throughout the week, pre-tour research on what to look for, and a post-tour follow-up on works of interest. Freight delivery options will be available for purchases made during the Tour.

The Experience

Culture & Craft

Cultural Institutions

Mama Nike Davies-Okundaye, the first woman to own a gallery in Nigeria. Five floors of Nigerian art, followed by a private hands-on workshop in adire, batik, and indigo dyeing.

John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History, one of West Africa's most significant cultural institutions. Yoruba cosmology made spatial.

Culinary Exploration

Award Winning Nigerian Cuisine

The Gathered Tour Lagos is a half-board experience, including special Golden Glo dinners with cultural partners, such as, Billionaire Chef Table, an immersive private chef's table experience at one of Lagos's most celebrated culinary destinations. Lagos cuisine, Nigerian heritage, and the art of the table.

Architecture & Interiors

Curated Design Spaces

Private visits to some of Lagos's most intentionally designed interiors, concept spaces, galleries, and living examples of Nigerian design culture at its most refined.

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What Collectors Are Saying

“The Gathered Tour was such a wonderful experience. Golden Our did a beautiful job curating at EXPO Chicago. It felt intentional and thoughtful from start to finish. Having direct access to the artists made all the difference, and I left feeling like the world of art was truly within reach. Golden Our's founder has a real gift for making art accessible and less intimidating.”

— R. Nelson, Washington, D.C.

“The Gathered Tour was such an intentional curation of galleries at EXPO Chicago. What could have been overwhelming and intimidating became a delightfully personalized experience. We connected deeply with galleries and artists worldwide in just a few short hours. I'd do a tour with Ogechi anytime, anywhere!"

— P. Goldberg, Chicago, IL

“For my first time at EXPO Chicago, the Gathered Tour was the only way to do it. Thanks to Golden Our, I had no trouble identifying which galleries had art that hit close to home. It was a true pleasure being led by someone so knowledgeable of the market and having the experience of bonding with other art lovers and collectors.”

— R. Lovelace, London, UK