Colours, culture on display as Victoria Island carnival lights up Lagos
By Prisca Sam-Duru & Onyeka Ezike Victoria Island Lagos’ daily activities, usually marked by deafening sounds from corporate engines, horrific traffic and noise from several commercial activities are being replaced by a different kind of vibe – entertainment. This is as Downtown Promotions lights up the streets of Victoria Island with its unveiling of the maiden […]
How art and culture echoed at AKWAABA 2017
Lagos, the city of cultural splendor, centre of art and hospitality, played host to African Travel Market fair tagged AKWAABA ’17.
Art, artists and Nigeria @ 57
What are the roles of art and artists in the struggle for freedom, justice and emancipation of a people from dictatorship? “Art and artists have always been in the vanguard of the struggle,” answers Dr. Kunle Adeyemi, Dean, School of Art, Design & Printing, Yaba College of Technology.
The world looks up to Kaduna for a grand NAFEST
Malam Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna State governor, has high regards for arts and culture. He believes that “arts and culture form the core values of people’s being and the essence of their existence.”
Ascension: visual contest of nudity and subtlety
Mydrim Gallery in Ikoyi, recently played host to two prolific painters, Wallace Ejo and Jefferson Jonahan, products of Yaba College of Technology and Auchi Polytechnic respectively in an art exhibition tagged ‘Ascension”. It is a creative journey of two painters in a stunning juxtaposition of raw and real rendition that runs from September 22 to October 6.
Artists celebrate Bruce Onobrakpeya & Kunle Filani
iIt was an exhibition, not of artworks, but of some old generation of artists and founders of Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA), when T.A Fasuyi in association with SNA, last Friday celebrated Professor Bruce Onobrakpeya at 85 and Dr. Kunle Filani at 60.
