The Arts

Mind of the Masters to explore Nigeria’s amalgamation through art

By Onyeka Ezike The 1914 amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates of Nigeria by the British colonial administration, under the leadership of Lord Frederick Lugard, is set to receive a fresh interpretation through visual and performing arts. The Mind of the Masters, a Nigerian cultural initiative and curatorial movement dedicated to celebrating and spotlighting […]
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Succour for children with behavioural disabilities

At last, succour has come for children with behavioural challenges, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and other learning and intellectual disabilities as a school Shades Of Life Care, SOLC has graduated its first students.

The African who wants to take over the abstract art scene

The truth of this stems from the ideologies of most Nigerian households. That art isn’t a safe career path, and it really isn’t, but I feel every youth aspiring to be one deserves the opportunity to try. Many Nigerian households will usually push you towards a safer path of design work like Architecture, that it will likely put food on the table

Working through an impasse: Exhibition in response to COVID-19 challenges

At a time when several countries across the world have adjusted to new normal brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was made possible by the infrastructures and policies put in place by governments of these countries, Nigeria and Africa are still struggling to adjust to the current COVID-19 realities

Women take center stage in 2021 Nigeria Int’l Book Fair

Stakeholders in the book industry will converge both virtually and physically for the 20th edition of the annual Nigeria International Book Fair (NIBF) scheduled to hold at Habour Point Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria, from July 27- 29, 2021

Final showdown before Bini bronzes come home

As Nigeria’s Federal Government enters the fray for the custody of the yet-to-be-returned Benin artifacts, the contest takes a new dramatic turn, writes Prisca Sam-Duru

Calibrated Hope: Adeyemi’s and Aladegbongbe’s artworks for revival

As the lull created by the COVID-19 pandemic scare ebbs, the prestigious TY Workspace in Yaba, Lagos is set to assuage the thirst of art enthusiasts via a three-week joint exhibition, featuring the miniature artworks of Dr. Kunle Adeyemi and Dr. Aderinsoye Aladegbongbe of the School of Art, Yaba College of Technology

Unveiling ‘Miss Arts Nigeria’ pageant

Situated in the heart of Ikorodu, Lagos, Oshodi Art Gallery, a choice destination for schools and tourists, recently unveiled a cultural beauty pageant show, ‘Miss Arts Nigeria 2021’

Oleh Book Club flags off book donation campaign

OLEH Book Club has flagged off its books donation campaign to stock up the Delta State Library, Oleh, in Isoko South LGA, Delta State, and neighbouring school libraries, as part of the book club’s corporate social responsibility to the community

Oburu gi: Opata’s exit leap in Africa’s philosophical literature

Oburu gi (if it were you) that has been so much exposed to knowledge, would you not be sad that up till the present time, Africa’s sluggish development has continued to lack originality? Oburu gi that in your 70 years of scholarship, you are yet to create an indigenous theoretical framework but have all the while relied on theories from Aristotle, would you not retire a sad man?

Akinbode debuts with Colours, flavours of Lagos

By Japhet Davidson It is going to be a panaroma of colours for art lovers especially photograhy lovers as one of the foremost promoters of arts, Sylverscreen arts is set to give them a special treat in a photo exhibition tagged The Colours and Flavours of Lagos, a photo exhibition  by Dayo Akinbode. For Dayo, […]

New book unveils top Ogun role models

The 304-page “50 TOP ROLE MODELS (MEMOIRS)” authored by Dada Olanipekun, Femi Olupe and Efosa Taiwo and published by Prestige Newspaper, beams its research torch on another 50 select exemplary citizens of Ogun State with outstanding charisma from diverse fields of human endeavors.

Visual narrative of Korea War

June is the month of Patriots and Veterans in Korea; a period set aside by the country to honour heroes who dedicated their lives to the service of the nation. The month was chosen by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs in Korea to honour the noble sacrifices made by Korea’s heroes of the past

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