Ibeme Laurina’s ‘Fragments of Time’ turns memory into marks, layers and form
Through the intimacy of drawing, the expressive possibilities of painting and the layered nature of mixed media, Ibeme Laurina invites us to look at time not as something we have lost
Ogunwo, Kakandar’s Cutting Edge paintings speak hope for Nigeria
A duo exhibition of recent paintings by Timi Kakandar and Bolaji Ogunwo titled “Cutting Edge” opened to the public yesterday, August 18, at the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, and will run till August 24, 2024.
Grillo’s posthumous celebration of modern art mastery
More than 50 years old paintings, among other mixed media and sculptures, are showing as the first posthumous solo art exhibition of modernist, Yusuf Grillo.
Africa Art Fund, NESG partner for art contest
The visual arts industry in Nigeria is poised for significant growth, especially for artists under 35. In celebration of NESG’s 30th anniversary, the Africa painting Fund and the organisation are launching a novel programme that begins with a nationwide painting competition open to young artists nationwide.
Quramo Writers Prize releases long list of 20 manuscripts
By Prisca Sam-Duru The Quramo Writers Prize (QWP) 2024 has released a longlist of 20 manuscripts for the 8th edition of the prize for budding writers. The prize, established in 2017 and worth N1 million in cash prize, is designed to discover a new breed of unpublished African writers, alongside a publishing contract to kick-start […]
Art exhibition challenging stereotypes of Northern Nigerian life
Arewa is used to describe the northern people of Nigeria, a broad term often homogenizing the cultures and groups of people that make up Northern Nigeria.
