By Prisca Sam-Duru GAIA Africa  played host to some of  Nigeria’s most influential women in the art ecosystem on Saturday, November 22, 2025.Held in collaboration with the Society for Art Collection, the exclusive evening with GAIA Africa celebrated women shaping the nation’s art collecting culture. The event brought together respected gallery owners, private collectors, and […]

Biology is undergoing an awakening.
An artful method of conception now exists.

Poem by Olanrewaju Olajumoke Akinla The genealogy of social poverty may be traced to a sore.Left unattended, it rots.The odour thickens.Because you reek, you isolateand watch life from afar.On Tamono’s sixteenth birthday,two women led her to the native theatre.The traditional surgeon—a woman of many halves—arrived.Raiment: half-naked.Body: half-bent.Face: half crumbled.Teeth: half extinct.Breasts: Ichabod—glory departed.She pushed Tamono […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru Esosa Mokwunye’s “Chizam’s Coulourful Journey”, is a children’s literature published in Nigeria in 2025 by WORITAL Global, Lagos. Coming after the publication of her first children’s book, ‘Princess With Scars”, Esosa showcases an amazing creative writing prowess that focuses on helping children understand their identity and be proud of who they are. In 38 […]

Renowned American photographer Reed Davis, in partnership with Nahous Gallery, has opened a new exhibition titled “Textures of Humanity,” a photo book exhibition that explores African culture and culinary art from Reed Davis’s tours across West, East, North, and Southern Africa over more than a decade.

Nigeria’s booming creative economy, spanning music, film, fashion, visual arts, publishing, advertising, tourism, and more, receives a rigorous, multidisciplinary boost with the release of a new scholarly volume titled “Nigeria’s Cultural and Creative Industries: Perspectives, Problems and Prospects”.

The 27th edition of one of Africa’s most inspiring culture feasts, the Lagos Book & Art Festival, LABAF, came to a close last Sunday, November 16, with the customary session known as Art Stampede.

The solo exhibition, “Dialogues from the Past and Present” by Timi Kakandar, which closed yesterday, Sunday, after a four-day run, offers a captivating and emotionally charged exploration of cultural memory and contemporary identity.

In a bold merger of art, culture, and philanthropy, Ecobank Nigeria has partnered with the Yaba Art Museum at Yaba College of Technology to launch a unique exhibition and fundraising campaign aimed at sponsoring indigent students through an innovative art adoption programme.

By Japhet Davidson It was another expression of the beauty, resilience, and ingenuity of African art as visitors were ushered into the Ecobank Pan African Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos, venue of the  Oyo Leather Craft Exhibition. And as would be expected it was like stepping into another world, as it was laced with stories, […]

There are basically three things in the creative picture titled “Harmony in nature: A community among giants”. There is the human settlement, the imposing rock, and the infinite sky. Apart from the beauty it creates, the art tells a story of interdependence and interconnectedness.

Life is a duration between birth and death on earth but eternal hereafter. Life on earth is not perpetual but diminished like smoke,

The Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy has announced the postponement of the 2025 edition of the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST), which was originally scheduled to begin on Saturday, 21 November 2025, in Enugu State.

To mark its 7th edition this year, Irie Vibes returns with the vibrant fusion of music and advocacy, offering an exciting mix of reggae performances and free cervical cancer screenings; a humanitarian tradition that has defined the festival since its inception.

Artistic conversations between different generations of artists reflecting relationships between the past and present of Nigerian art, innovation, mentorship and much more, opened over the weekend at 202 Gallery, Ikoyi Lagos.