Voices in Tobiloba Awogbemila’s Rhythms of Home
By Osa Mbonu-Amadi Against the backdrop of widespread violence in many countries, Nigerian painter and fine art photographer, Tobiloba Awogbemila explores themes that resonate with topical socio-cultural issues. In this body of work, entitled, “Rhythms of Home – Musical Collection”, Tobiloba draws images from the domains of music and law to not only entertain, but […]
Nike Art Gallery’s twist climb of the auction stake…
AT last, the planned maiden edition of the 1st African Art Auction by Nike Art and Culture Foundation held last Saturday on the ground flour of the gallery at Lekki. The Nike organized art auction came in the heels of other auctions conducted by ArtHouse Contemporary and Tribes Art Gallery
Benin1897.com presents an impression of the cultural rape of Benin, says Peju Layiwole
Today at the main Auditorium Gallery of the University of Lagos, a historic traveling exhibition titled, Benin: 1897.com packaged around the historic plundering of the rich treasures of the ancient city of Benin by the British invading forces will be kick started by His Royal Highness, Prince Edun Akenzua, the Enogie of Obazuwa.
Performing arts: To rebrand Nigeria
It will be a great responsibility squarely placed on the Nigerian artists head but the ministry of arts and culture bears the full responsibility of holding up the neck on the shoulders.
Zino Orara’s landscape of Bridges and Boundaries…
AFTER his last successful exhibition titled, An Exhibition of World Class Painting at Thought Pyramid Centre for African Arts and Kulture, Abuja in 2008, Zinno Orara, the Painter is back again with another exhibition that attempts to offer solutions to series of disagreements in the world.
Whip not the weeping child
The high rate of child abuse and corporal punishment in the country has been attributed to lack of awareness on the part of the government, parents, guardians and teachers. Despite the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, many States and not only in Africa still use corporal punishment as the only way to disciplining children.
