Location

The History of E. W Tarry

Described as an act of "intellectual gangsterism" by Zambian artist and curator Mr. William B. Miko, the Everyday Lusaka Gallery's location is a contention to the conventional spaces that we would expect to encounter art in Lusaka.

Situated in the heart of Lusaka's city centre, the gallery sits in the historic E. W Tarry building named after Edward Wallace Tarry, a colonial merchant whose company was one of the largest ironmonger and machinery importers in the late 1800s.

After Zambia's independence, the building was acquired by Zambia National Holdings Limited, owned by the United National Independence Party (UNIP) — the political party that fought for Zambia's freedom.

After all, if art is a universal language, should it not be accessed by everybody?