Arts

From an array of Nigerians came the verdict that the Federal Government failed woefully to meet their expectations in the outgoing 2018. As far as they are concerned, 2018 remains a year to regret as killings, unemployment and insecurity jolted the nation, just as the economic fortunes of the country nose-dived, climaxing with President Muhammadu…

The genius in adapting a written work—in most popular forms, a novel—to screen is the unquestionable ability to bring the same creative intentions and emotional pulls to fore in the minds of viewers as contained in the original form it is adapted from. Hollywood screenwriting legend Syd Field in his book Screenplay: The Foundations of…

High-level talks, which precede endorsement and subsequent signing of film co-production agreements, have reached advanced stages between Nigeria, France, Norway, Morocco and other countries.

The ugly fate suffered by actors Stephen Odimgbe (Flash) and Martins Nebo (Abadnego), two prominent characters in the Globacom-sponsored television drama series, Professor Johnbull, in this week’s episode of the programme brings to the fore once again the negative aspects of social media.

This position was one of the resolutions reached at the end of a two-day Annual Roundtable on Cultural Orientation (ARTCO), organized by the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO).

Guillermo del Toro's fantasy romance "The Shape of Water" took home best movie at the Producers Guild Awards on Saturday, putting it in pole position for Oscars glory in March. The movie bested leading Academy Awards contenders including "Call Me by Your Name," "Dunkirk," "Get Out," "I, Tonya" and "Lady Bird." In a crowded field,…

As investigation into the cause of fire that gutted Arts and Crafts Village, Abuja, continues, Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe, has blamed arts and crafts dealers for the incident.    According to him, Police preliminary report indicted owner of Shop 47, whose electric cooker, which was not turned…

The filmmaker Omoni Oboli is perennially busy. She got Okafor’s Law and Wives On Strike out in 2016 and just as 2017 was about to end, she had turned up with the sequel to the latter. While Wives On Strike is a thumbs down on Child Marriage, Wives on Strike: The Revolution is a damning…

Fela and his Kalakuta Queens, the new stage production on the Fela Years, had sold out even the one weekend extension as of Friday, January 12, 2018. The musical drama ran through the holiday season at the Terra Kulture Arena on Victoria Island, and was expected to have closed on January 7. But the sold…

Arthouse Contemporary’s twice-a-year auctions have become a way to gauge the prices of Nigerian artworks, but they contribute quite a small part of the volume of works traded in the country in the year, in the opinion of a keen art collector. “I don’t think that auctions and even the (large fair) ArtX contribute more…

When last did you, as a parent, take your children to a bookstore and actually buy them books? No, not textbooks for class work, but books for leisure or storybooks, as they are often called? In fact, when did you go to the bookstore last to get yourself a book for leisure reading? What about…

Many dignitaries are expected at the reception organized to honour the immediate past Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Rahmon Bello. The programme, which holds February 3, at the Rotary Centre, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, is organised by the Yewa Development Forum, led by its National President, Alhaji Ayo Adeyemi. Speaking on the essence…