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...
View ArticleUniting 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...
View ArticleDon 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,...
View ArticleShodipo 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...
View ArticleFG'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...
View ArticleNational 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,...
View Article44 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...
View ArticleIn 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....
View ArticleIn 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....
View ArticleEni 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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