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Monday 30 September 2024

'Sharjah Biennial 16' hosts 140 artists, 80 new commissions

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One of the images expected to define Sharjah biennial 16, UAE. THE 16th edition of Sharjah Biennial themed to carry opens from 6 February–15...
Friday 20 September 2024

From 'Black Figures, Black Masks', Okwuosa generates youthful visual texture

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'I Am More Than What You Think I Am' ( acrylic on canvas, 121.5 x 96cm, dated 2021-22) by Tobenna Okwuosa. WHEN Tobenna Okwuosa open...
Thursday 5 September 2024

'Women of Elephant Tusk' in empowerment, cultural cohesion.

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The artist, Rewa, in front of one of her works.  Portraits of traditional matriarchs that celebrate century old systems of African feminism ...
Thursday 29 August 2024

How Prof Buhari captured 'Yusuf Grillo like you've never seen'

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'Omi Iye' (oil on canvas, 61 x 122cm, dated 2018) by Yusuf Grillo. CURRENTLY showing as Yusuf Grillo's first posthumous solo art...
Monday 5 August 2024

Art on chessboard with world record holder Onakoya, artist Olagoke

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Chess world record holder Tunde Onakoya (left) and artist Lanre Olagoke MBE. WHEN a U.K-based group, Powerful Media, organised 50 of the Mos...
Thursday 1 August 2024

Onwenu's last major honour of 'Art of Afrobeats' award

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Onyeka Onwenu during the Art of Afrobeats Award night in Lagos. AS the music industry mourns the death of singer, actress, and journalist, O...
Sunday 14 July 2024

Soyinka at 90...reflection on Maya Angelou, superlatives of Nobel Prize

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Prof Wole Soyinka speaking at Africa Centre, UK, during one of the Soyinka@90 events. WHEN Prof Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka was given the 1986...
Sunday 7 July 2024

Separating Yorùbá religious tradition from Ìṣẹ̀ṣe (2)

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'Arugba' religious scene associated with  'Ìṣẹ̀ṣe', during a  yearly festival, Osun Osogbo, in Osun State, Southwest, Nigeri...
Sunday 30 June 2024

Fiofori, Ibrahim, Orara...leaving strong legacies of visual culture

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Book cover of Tam Fiofori's celebration of the 1979 Benin monarch coronation. HAMID Ibrahim, Tam Fiofori, and Zinno Orara threw the comm...
Sunday 23 June 2024

How Prince William, Musawa others celebrated Olagoke's British honour

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Lanre Olagoke MBE with his wife, Simone, displaying his award inside Windsor castle, shortly after the ceremony led by Prince William. THE M...
Friday 21 June 2024

Monochromes of feminity with Sholola's 'Be Here Now'

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'Grounding I' (black tea, ink, charcoal, pastel and acrylic on canvas, 24 x 38in dated 2023) by Laju Sholola. RENDERED in black tea,...
Wednesday 12 June 2024

For Soyinka at 90, ‘Ebrohimie Road, A Museum of Memory’ premieres in Lagos, Ibadan, other cities

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Prof Wole Soyinka, captured in an archival picture on Ebrohimie Road. AS part of Prof Wole Soyinka at 90 celebration, a documentary titled E...

Six artists' 'Matters of Essence II' explores materiality, tangibility

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' Waist Deep (The Living Water), conte crayon, spray paint, acrylic and oil on canvas; 34 x 24 inches, dated 2024, by Christopher Samuel...