Arts

The shock about it is how it ended. It was very sudden and irretrievably finite – leaving no room for the vital preparation, which we ought to have made before the big exit. News of the death of Okwui Enwezor, last week in Germany was devastating to many in the art world but that was…

Godini Gabriel Darah, fondly called G.G, has, for the past four decades, functioned as a scholar, revolutionary, polemicist and essayist, biographer, journalist, editor, folklorist, singer, dancer, resource control and restructuring advocate, consultant, and, of course, as a public intellectual. This essay focuses on his radical activism and contributions to literary studies, folklore, culture, ideology, and…

This year’s auction of Modern and Contemporary African Art at Bonhams in London was an impressive harvest. It was also preceded by a three day free exhibition of the works on sale. The auction is a marketplace like any other but one uncelebrated aspect of such sales is the single opportunity to see rare works…

The organizers of Miami Art Week are paying more attention to Africa, and Lagos in particular, as preparations gather momentum for the 2019 edition of the art fairs, which holds annually in Florida, United States of America. This year, Miami Art Week is scheduled to hold in the first week in December and will devote…

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) recently engaged youths in Lagos, in a one-day seminar tagged, ‘Safer Internet Programme And Capacity Building Against Hate Speech.’

Tributes have continued to pour in for the late Professor Pius Adesanmi, who was aboard the Ethiopian Airlines Airbus 737 MAX 8 that crashed in the morning...

The Seven Worlds, a short film directed by Ridley Scott, exploring the seven tasting notes found in every drop of Hennessy X.O. has been unveiled.

The grand finale winner has emerged in the I Go Dye's Delta State talent hunt tagged “Sorting Out Raw Talents (SORT)' under his Francis Agoda Path of Honour (FAPOH) initiative designed to create social support, advance youths resourcefulness, civic responsibility, promote peace, acknowledge leadership qualities, promote artistic works and curb youths' restiveness. The winner, Ezeh…

From April 8 to 14, 2019, the city of Lagos will turn to a Cathedral of performances, as lovers of the thespian art converge on the hallowed grounds of 2019 Lagos Theatre Festival (LTF).

Last year, Nigeria’s master-novelist, Ben Okri found new relevance by adapting Albert Camus’ “The Outsider” for London’s Coronet Theatre. While his poems were the most persuasive...

As part of its commitment to promoting classical music in the country, the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) will hold a Masterclass by Rebeca Omordia on Saturday, March 16. The class is scheduled for the AGIP Recital Hall, from 9:00am. Thereafter, Omordia will be live in concert at the same venue on Sunday, March 17…

Parents, students and lovers of culture, who gathered at the Bishop Howells Memorial School’s cultural day in Lagos, have called on Nigerians to look beyond divisive elements of ethnic and tribal differences and embrace love, peace and patriotism. This, they agreed, would contribute immensely to uniting the country and prepare it for the needed growth…