Tiwani Promotions Limited (07646352): administration
- Status
- In administration
- Administration began
- 2026-06-02
- Administrators
- Yiannis Koumettou, Constantinos Pedhiou
- Administrators' firm
- Begbies Traynor
- Incorporated
- 2011-05-24
- Location
- Northampton
- Industry
- 90040 Operation of arts facilities
Why it went into administration
- Property / lease costs
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Sustained trading losses
- Rising costs / inflation
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
Tiwani Promotions Ltd t/a Tiwani Contemporary (“the Company”) was founded as an art gallery in London in 2011 with the ambition of creating a platform for artists from Africa and its diaspora, connecting their practices with international audiences and institutions. The Company’s directors gallery were Varnavas Varnava and Maria Varnava.
The Company was established to address what the directors had perceived to be a significant gap within the contemporary art landscape and to support artists whose work deserved greater visibility within both commercial and institutional contexts. As such the focus of the Company’s art gallery was artists from Africa and its Diaspora and this was also informed by the upbringing of Maria Varnavas in Nigeria until the age of nine.
Since its inception, the Company has operated from a gallery based in London and, over time, developed a strong international reputation through exhibitions, art fair participation, institutional partnerships and artist representation. In 2022, the gallery expanded its activities with the opening of a second space in Lagos, Nigeria, reflecting the Company’s commitment to supporting artistic ecosystems both on the African continent and internationally.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2026-07-30) · Companies House register