Reimagining money in Boluwatife Folorunso’s Cost of Appearance
By Osa Mbonu-Amadi In her work, Cost of Appearance, Boluwatife Esther Folorunso explores the Nigerian currency as a fashion statement. With the emblematic title “Cost of Appearance”, the artist primes visitors to expect visual narratives that ride on economic and socio-cultural terms. Cost of Appearance builds on Boluwatife’s previous work with subtitles like “Spent Monuments”, […]
Ishiekwene reveals secrets to making money from writing
Author of the book, “Writing for Media and Monetising It”, Mr. Azu Ishiekwene, Wednesday, during the reading of his book at the Tayo Aderinokun Hall, University of Lagos, revealed the secrets to making money from writing for the media.
Take your goat, Akparemobou
Many decades they abandoned you, leaving you without the yearly pilgrimage.
For many decades no tethered goat
An evening of words, performances at Naija Poetry Fest
It was an evening of words, performances and thought-provoking discussions, when the Nigerian literary community gathered at Alliance Française/Mike Adenuga Center, Ikoyi, recently to mark the world poetry day, under the aegis of Naija Poetry Fest 2.0.
Unmasking the hypocrisy of faith without works
“Promise Kept: My Friend Majek Fashek and I”, Richie Adewusi’s riveting two-volume, reads like a rollercoaster ride of friendships, betrayals, and lessons learned the hard way
I am an experimental artist, Chima says
…shows in ‘City Dwellers’ @ Alexis Galleries By Osa Mbonu-Amadi, Arts Editor A solo art exhibition titled “City Dwellers” showing recent mixed-media works by Uchay Joel Chima will open May 3, 2025 at Alexis Galleries, and run till May 17. Patty Chidiac Mastrogiannis founder of Alexis Gallery, in a statement at a press briefing announcing […]
Art ministry calls for entries for “Nigeria Everywhere” creative collection competition
The Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism, and the Creative Economy has announced an open call for fashion designers and creatives across the country to apply for “Nigeria Everywhere: The Creative Collection”.
PROF délé jẹ́gẹ́dẹ́ @ 80: We should be concerned with quality of life, not age – délé jẹ́gẹ́dẹ́
Prof. Dele Jegede is a Nigerian-American painter, art historian, cartoonist, curator, art critic, art administrator and teacher.
Epic literary showdown as 252 novelists compete for NLNG’s $100,000 lit Prize
The stage is set and as it stands, one out of the overwhelming 252 entries received for the 2025 Nigeria Prize For Literature will, expectedly, emerge victorious come October this year.
‘Nigeria Jaga Jaga’ will continue to be second National Anthem, Eedris Abdulkareem
Controversial Nigerian rapper and activist, Eedris Abdulkareem, has declared that his iconic 2001 protest song, Nigeria Jaga Jaga, will remain the country’s unofficial second national anthem—until the issues it addresses are resolved.
Adeyemi exhibits “Beyond the Veil”
Building on the momentum of the success of the series of exhibitions organized to mark his formal disengagement from the academia in 2024, renowned master artist, Dr. Kunle Adeyemi is again set to thrill art lovers and collectors with unveiling of another extraordinary art exhibition, combining the worlds of art, cuisine, and community at the famous Eric Fayser Restaurant, Ikoyi, Lagos.
