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Icons Masters 2025 to honour Nigerian art legends in landmark expo

Lagos is set to host one of Africa’s most anticipated cultural events as the Icons Masters 2025 expo takes centre stage from October 10 to 19. Designed to celebrate Nigeria’s rich artistic heritage,...

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Federal Palace, Sterling Bank showcase young talents at Lagos arts exhibition

The Federal Palace Hotel & Casino, in partnership with Sterling Bank Plc, has showcased young Nigerian artists at the “Uncover Naija Arts Exhibition” in Lagos. The event, held on September 25,...

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In rooted, Coffi balances humanity, earth, cultural memory

Born and raised in Cotonou, Benin, on November 1, 1985, Charbel Coffi is a self-taught artist, who has lived several lives before fully committing to creation: first as a building contractor, then as a...

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Auchi Royals converge on thoughts Pyramid with 1499 Art Force

Celebrated as ‘the colourists school’ for its products’ daring and dazzling polychromatic flair and exploits, the Auchi Polytechnic Art School needs no introduction on the contemporary Nigerian art...

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Eni displays revolutionary trajectory in from heaven to hell

Emmanuel Eni, aka Blackman in European Kitchen, is a Nigerian poet, painter, sculptor and multi-media artist based in Germany. The creator and patent holder of New ‘Light Paintings’ Art, is the founder...

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In my art, I interrogate essence of life, complexities of human emotions —...

Oluwatobi Fakile, a.k.a. TEDA, is a painter, digital artist, storyteller and filmmaker. With over 15 years of practice, he has immersed himself in an expansive exploration of materials and ideas....

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In Black Figures, Black Masks, Okwuosa Captures Africanness

The solo show by Tobenna Okwuosa, which held last year, still resonates in the mind. Titled, ‘Black Figures, Black Masks: Likeness and Beyond’, it showed at Signature Beyond Art Gallery, Ikoyi, Lagos....

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In through the lens: The next generation of photographers, Edosio documents...

LAGOS-BASED documentary photographer and filmmaker, Efe Edosio, has unveiled his latest work titled the ‘Elder Blessings’ collection in the ongoing exhibition, ‘Through the Lens: The Next Generation of...

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In Black Figures, Black Masks, Okwuosa Captures Africanness

The solo show by Tobenna Okwuosa, which held last year, still resonates in the mind. Titled, ‘Black Figures, Black Masks: Likeness and Beyond’, it showed at Signature Beyond Art Gallery, Ikoyi, Lagos....

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In through the lens: The next generation of photographers, Edosio documents...

LAGOS-BASED documentary photographer and filmmaker, Efe Edosio, has unveiled his latest work titled the ‘Elder Blessings’ collection in the ongoing exhibition, ‘Through the Lens: The Next Generation of...

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Police on alert over planned protest in Abuja

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) security apparatus and assets are currently on red alert following planned protests by some aggrieved youth The post Police on alert over planned protest in Abuja...

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44 communities in Kwara protest one-year blackout

Residents of Sobi Poly Feeder at Oke-Fomo in Ilorin West Local Government Area (LGA), which comprise 44 communities, on Tuesday staged The post 44 communities in Kwara protest one-year blackout...

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National gallery of art mourns Abraham Uyovbisere

The Nigerian visual arts community has been thrown into deep mourning following the death of Abraham Uyovbisere, one of the nation’s most celebrated painters. Uyovbisere passed on Thursday, January 16,...

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FG's failure to fund 2024 capital budget destroying businesses - Situation...

The Economic Situation Room, a coalition of 48 civil society groups in Nigeria, has warned that the Federal Government's failure to release funds for completed contracts under the 2024 capital budget...

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Presidency commends Gov Otu, Eyoanwan over women empowerment initiatives

The Presidential Project Implementation Team for the #SheIsIncluded Initiative has commended Cross River Governor Bassey Edet Otu, and the wife, Bishop Mrs Eyoanwan Itam Otu The post Presidency...

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Shodipo launches Vanguard Gallery, opens with show on Obasanjo

From December 27, 2024, the Vanguard Gallery will showcase ‘In the Act of Becoming: An Ode to Self and Story’, a group exhibition featuring artworks from Ibrahim Bamidele and Azeez Salami as well as...

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Don Jazzy, D’banj Celebrate Immersive Launch of “Don’t Tell These Stories”

Toheeb Dele-Balogun’s launch of Don’t Tell These Stories has set a new standard for immersive storytelling in Lagos. After a decade in development, the multi-modal work premiered at The Temple Company,...

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Uniting Forms: Bloom Art’s Sculptural Exhibition Opens Saturday

On Saturday, 26 October 2024, Bloom Art will unveil Uniting Forms, a landmark exhibition celebrating Nigeria’s sculptural talent at its Victoria Island art salon. Curated by Ugoma Ebilah, the visionary...

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Odyssey: A retrospective of Olaku’s drawings, paintings at Red Heritage

When art connoisseurs, collectors and other visual art enthusiasts converge for what has been described as the most-awaited solo art exhibition, in Lagos, some rare and special masterpieces will define...

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Laju’s tea layering aesthetics of stillness, strokes

Visual artist, Laju Sholola, projects her works through the minimalist lens, conveying feelings in an abstracted figurative style. Using a unique technique of layering tea-infused brush strokes, she...

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