NPL: How three authors turned pain, history and faith into poetry
By Prisca Sam-Duru The 2026 edition of the Nigeria Prize for Literature nears its climax parading three poets, three different obsessions, but one common urgency — to hold a mirror to Nigeria. James Ngwu Eze writes against fear and silence. Tares Oburumu interrogates the colonial name we still bear. Ogaga Ifowodo asks a disturbingly simple […]
O’DA Art Gallery presents Idahor’s I See (Wo)men As Trees
STEPPING out with her first solo exhibition in Nigeria in a decade, Taiye Idahor’s I See (Wo)men As Trees, presented by contemporary art gallery, O’DA, is a poetic visual meditation on ancestry, identity and the feminine experience.
A Curator, who unveils African Art’s unsung heroes
Driven by a passion to right the art world’s perceived wrongs, curator Iheanyi Onwuegbucha is spearheading a crucial shift in the art world’s narrative.
Nigerian artist Omon Sophia exhibits in Paris’ Holy Art Gallery
Paris-based Nigerian artist, Igbinovia Omon Sophia, is participating in the ongoing Physical and Digital Open Exhibition by the Holy Art Gallery in Paris
Book by Ajogwu and Castellote tackles new challenges facing visual art
As part of their commitment to enriching the conversations on art collection and creation, Professor Fabian Ajogwu, OFR SAN, and Dr. Jess Castellote had an exclusive reading of their latest collaborative work, “Creating Art: Authenticity and Ownership in the Visual Art” at an intimate gathering held recently at MILIKI, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Odetomi’s portrait art of sparkling colours
Whoever thought that black identity in painting, which has found broad acceptability among young artists recently would go away so soon may be wrong.
