Visual Arts

History is an eternal storytelling art. It is an inherited heritage. A people without a history cannot be taken seriously. Nigeria is blessed with a rich history, and every state and ethnic group boasts of its unique heritage.

Nigeria is a country blessed with diverse ethnic groups. Each group has a compendium of unique and admirable cultural practices and traditions.

The Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA) will next week, roll out the drums to celebrate two of Nigeria’s iconic artists, Prof. Yusuf Grillo and Prof. Abayomi Barber...

Gleaning from news footages, the Northeast of Nigeria is a disaster waiting to happen. The local economy is in shambles. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, in a paper titled, Counter- Insurgency and Role of the Nigerian Army in Creating Conducive Environment For Nigeria’s Economic Development, said the economic impact of Boko…

Public screening of the documentary, The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro: A Citadel of Learning, is scheduled to hold on October 16, 2018 during the school’s convocation ceremonies.   Producer of the film, Deji Adeyemi, said the production, which was a culmination of three years of intensive work from conception to finish, is his attempt to showcase…

At a private reception holding this evening in Central London, six talented young African photographers from across the continent and diaspora will be vying for a £5000 prize. The unprecedented new platform for artists is called Africa MediaWorks Photography Prize for artists will be a major new addition to London’s annual photography scene. It aims…

After sponsoring four winners of Life In My City Art Festival (LIMCAF), last year, Prof El Anatsui has increased beneficiary artists to six for the 2018 edition.Winners of the Anatsui awards for LIMCAF 2018 Grand Finale Exhibition will be sponsored to the Dak’Art Biennale, Senegal next year.

Wirth a rich cultural and artistic heritage that flourished prior colonial disruption, the huge population, it is expected that Nigeria will be a dominant force in Africa’s art market; unfortunately, this has not been the case.

A former director at Haus der Kunst and Nigerian-born art historian, Okwui Enwezor returns to the international art space after his strained exit at the German museum. Enwezor has been announced as co-convener of 'The Symposium 5-plus-1: Rethinking Abstraction', a part of the reopening activities of Africa Hall, Sharjah, UAE. Presented by Sharjah Art Foundation…

Mediterranean, the artist George Edozie’s latest paintings and sculptures look at the origin of human trafficking in Africa and indicts the continent’s leaders over the needless deaths of greener pasture seekers along the inglorious routes.   Recently, Director-General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dame Julie Okah-Donli, disclosed that 10,500…

Adewale Olakunle Joel is an artist with a passion to use his palette to heal the sick and put smiles on faces of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Working in partnership with the U.S. Consulate, Adewale has held different sessions with children with cancer, sickle cell anaemia, as well as, adults with mental illnesses. He spoke…

For the most part, Nollywood films that have ‘spirit husband’ themes wind up in a Pentecostal church or some juju man’s shrine with screaming scenes of exorcism. In fact, such films abound in their numbers and they come across as some lazy screenwriters and directors’ cinematic approach to a mysterious African phenomenon that defies explanation.…