The Arts

Reimagining reality from Yusuf Durodola’s New Gaze

Reimagining reality from Yusuf Durodola’s New Gaze

Durodola explains his motivation in framing perception as both a subject of interest and method, saying, “While the eyes allow us to see, it is perception that enables us to negotiate the presence of our reality.”
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CHERECHI ANIGBO: Amazing dancer, choreographer 

CHERECHI ANIGBO: Amazing dancer, choreographer 

She is sleek, agile and full of energy. Ever since Yemi Olaniyan, professor of musicology at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, described the mesmerizing traditional dances of Eastern Nigerians, especially of people from Enugu axis, as “green leaves vibrating in the wind”, I have kept close watch on the musical tradition of Enugu people and their enthralling dancers.

PL, Rainbow Book Club host playwright finalists

PL, Rainbow Book Club host playwright finalists

The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), and the Rainbow Book Club last week in Port Harcourt, held a bookfest in honour of three shortlisted playwrights for the 2023 edition of the Prize.

Lunacy, language, archetypal representations in Kekeghe’s Broken Edges

Lunacy, language, archetypal representations in Kekeghe’s Broken Edges

Kekeghe’s Broken Edges is a beautifully scripted play which borders on lunacy. The mild and extreme maladies, which flood the scenes of the play, are metaphoric reflections of the effects of administrative failings and marital brokenness in the Nigerian sociopolitical space.

Art meets design @Abuja exhibition

Art meets design @Abuja exhibition

BoConcept, the international furniture company, joins forces this month with Nomadic Art Gallery to present an exhibition titled “Art meets Design”.

Dutch art detective recovers stolen Van Gogh

Dutch art detective recovers stolen Van Gogh

A Dutch art detective has recovered a precious Vincent van Gogh painting that was stolen from a museum in a daring midnight heist during the coronavirus lockdown three-and-a-half years ago, police said Tuesday.