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25 Feb
A groundbreaking textile pavilion unfolded at the 4th Lagos Biennial by four artists from around the world with designer Adebola Badmus, the Founder and Creative Director of DSA LAGOS.
25 Feb
Application is now open for the 2024 edition of the largest and longest-running yearly art festival in Nigeria, Life In My City Arts Festival (LIMCAF). LIMCAF commenced in 2007 to encourage artistic creativity through empowering ...
25 Feb
For the founder/Chair, Zero Privé Art Gallery and Convener of Museum of Modern and Contemporary African Art London, Olusegun Paul Andrew, the imperative of deconstructing the evolution of artistic expression in Post War cannot be over emphasised.
18 Feb
It has taken many years to find artists who can occupy a prominent place on global circuit while choosing to reside outside the metropolitan centres.
4 Feb
An over-wrought emotion filled the air this Wednesday afternoon. The air was windy and dusty from the road construction on that axis of Ekiti State: Ado-Ikere-Ise. The harmattan wind tickled trees lined on the road, hugging their leaves tight, as it whistled past.
21 Jan
You might have forgotten — or pretend to forget — what happened between 2015 and 2019: The loud outcry of stakeholders for substantive director generals and chief executives in culture sector. Alarmingly, the substantive DGs as at when new appointments were made in 2020 included Otunba Olusegun Runsewe (National Council for Arts and Culture), Comrade…
14 Jan
Chinyere Akachukwu is a self-taught artist and a trained lawyer. She is creating a niche for herself through her eye-catching, thought-provoking expressions that document the society, behaviours and norms and invites her audience ...
7 Jan
“I want this small boy (pointing to the young Simon, standing before them), to be in ABU (Ahmadu Bello Universit),” Yinka Odulami casually told his close friend and a senior lecturer at the university at the time, Luca Tokan Bentu...
10 Dec
From April 20, 2024, when the Venice Biennale 2024 will open its doors to welcome international artists, Nigeria’s Orry Shenjobi will be among those who are going to showcase their unique artistic vision and perspective. Orry is not a familiar face in Nigeria’s exhibition circuit; however, she is an artist with abundant gifts: A trained…
26 Nov
Returning to Lagos, this time, as a solo exhibitionist, Ibadan-born Abe Odedina, has expressed delight over his maiden solo show, ‘Walk Like A Champion,’ which held at O’DA Gallery in Lagos. The show, which began on October 28 and ended November 18, featured over 20 paintings that paid tribute to his mother whom he describes…
26 Nov
Popular On Air radio personality at Wazobia FM, Lagos, Emadomi Wilson Eguakhide, popularly known as Ratata, has opened a unique art studio named Colours of Ratata located on NTA 2 Channel 5 premises, Ahmadu Bello Way, Lagos. Speaking during his first solo show at the facility, Eguakhide said, “drawing is a passion I have sustained…
26 Nov
The 2023 Conference on Art and Development (CONADEV) by the Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA) ended on a colourful note on Thursday at Exhibition Pavilion, Garki, Abuja. The two-day event kicked off on Wednesday with the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the National and State Chapter executives of the Society. This was followed by a…
26 Nov
The Creative Arts and Visual Imagery Centre (CAVIC) recently held its inaugural festival of art and technology with an exhibition at the CAVIC hub in Abuja. The show, which is a hybridisation of art and technology, had guests overwhelmed by the exceptional creativity on display. ‎ The show was a successful experiment, which had young…

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