The Arts

Reimagining money in Boluwatife Folorunso’s Cost of Appearance

Reimagining money in Boluwatife Folorunso’s Cost of Appearance

By Osa Mbonu-Amadi  In her work, Cost of Appearance, Boluwatife Esther Folorunso explores the Nigerian currency as a  fashion statement.  With the emblematic title “Cost of Appearance”, the artist primes visitors to expect visual narratives that ride on economic and socio-cultural terms. Cost of Appearance builds on Boluwatife’s previous work with subtitles like “Spent Monuments”, […]
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Engr. Guy Otobo: Interesting narratives of the Roadmaster

Engr. Guy Otobo: Interesting narratives of the Roadmaster

The journey of life and rise to stardom is always determined by many factors, while some made it to the top because they were born with the silver spoon, others were not so lucky, but were able to make it by a stint of hard work and dedication. Which class does Engineer Guy Eboe Otobo belong, how did he handle his challenges of birth and upbringing to become a top class civil servant? These and other issues were what the Government College Ughelli old boy penciled down in his autobiography entitled “Engineer Guy Eboe Otobo , A Life On The Roads”

Art, culture a perfect blend for tourism promotion  – Solomon Ogbonna

Art, culture a perfect blend for tourism promotion – Solomon Ogbonna

BY MOSES NOSIKE Chief Solomon Ogbonna is one Nigerian that can’t do without art, culture and tradition. He advises governments to draw the world to Nigeria for tourism and economic boost through the trio. His vision and passion for artistic invention was an ancestral heritage from the art loving family of late Chief Aguene Nwinyinya […]

Jegede’s New Horizon debuts in Lagos

Jegede’s New Horizon debuts in Lagos

AFTER its successful hosting of 2014 MUSON festival and in line with one of its core mission of developing talents and giving them a platform to express themselves, the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) is set to dazzle its teeming fans, especially lovers of jazz, chambers, classical and pop with a new concert series titled ‘New Horizons’.

VOTC 2015:  60 kids emerge for The Road to Sambisa

VOTC 2015: 60 kids emerge for The Road to Sambisa

The vision of the organisers of The Vision of the Child (VOTC), the visual angle of the Lagos Black Heritage Festival is gradually being realised as more sponsors have joined the major sponsor Diamond Bank to ensure that the programme continues to promote creativity among the children.

Art is my life, it’s what I will  do till I die — Yusuf Grillo

Art is my life, it’s what I will do till I die — Yusuf Grillo

Prof. Adebayo Yusuf Cameron Grillo is one of the founding fathers of contemporary Visual Art in Nigeria. A visit to his Ikeja, Lagos home and studio indicates that the octogenarian and famous Master of Masters is still very much agile, full of life and ready at all times to discuss contemporary art.