Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska in Conversation with Rosie Cooper, Lisson London, 5 June

20 May 2026

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On Friday 5 June, coinciding with London Gallery Weekend, Lisson presents Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska in conversation with Rosie Cooper, Director of Wysing Arts Centre.

As part of the ongoing Lisson Street programme, the multidisciplinary artistic partnership of Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska present a new iteration of Zanzibar (1999-2023). Reflecting on themes of memory and movement, loss and belonging, this immersive and evocative mixed-media installation comprises nine diptychs painted by Himid in 1999, paired with a 38-minute multi-layered “libretto” composed by Stawarska in 2023.

Zanzibar channels both artists' sense of relative belonging, displacement and loss from their native countries, the overall effect is of a multi-dimensional, fluctuating landscape that evokes past journeys, present desires and future possibilities, spanning more than one lifetime of thought and experience.

Friday, 5 June, 3PM
Lisson London, 67 Lisson Street, NW1 5DA