One question that defiled answer at last week’s art forum organized by the Ben Enwonwu Foundation in collaboration with new art destination house, The Wheat Baker, The Art Exchange Limited and The New Awakening was whether art collection, which for many art lovers came as a hobby could become an investment platform in the present global economy.
In what looks like a dramatic come back to his first love , multi talented artist and the President of WINARC Gallery Ikeja, Archie Abia Godwin penultimate week re opened his gallery for business. The Akwa Ibom state born artist who claims that he came into art by a divine intervention have carved a niche for himself through his brand of arts and ability to convert junk, waste, discarded materials into refined arts pieces.
There are different views and opinions about what the museum stands for. In this part of the world (Africa), misconceptions trails the word “museum” the most prominent reason to explain this is lack of proper education. Many people form the habit of referring to the museum as a place where rejected things (Christians & Muslims) are dumped.
Recent emergence of third tier art market for Nigeria’s visual art has necessitated the existence of a reliable business enlightenment platform for business entrepreneurs who may want to invest their money in the new market.
Last week, Nigerian artists met at the Centre for Contemporary Art, CCA,Yaba, Lagos to review the roles of members of the clime during the infamous one week national strike called by labour to challenge Federal government’s removal of subsidy.
The Nigerian visual art scene is no doubt witnessing interesting times: Apart from the fact that deepened concern has become the lot of the visual art market following global economic recession in the last couple of years, confidence and concern have taken over stakeholders in the emerging market in Nigeria, who are also seriously to evolving other engaging ways with which to sustain the tempo of this market through proper archiving, scholarship and financing.
According to Yoruba mythology, the earth and the first human beings in the city of Ile-Ife were products of divine creative process by the supreme God.
The Igbos of the South East Nigeria or Ndigbo is one of the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria with distinct culture. In fact, they are seen as one of the most organised group in Nigeria with well established democratic system, culture, law and administration, an action that made the Europeans to describe them as having a democratically organized autonomous communities.
The first novel I read in the Pacesetters series was Mark of The Cobra by Valentine Alily. It featured a young Nigerian secret service agent. Set obviously against a western template but with African characters in an African locale, it just blew my mind.
