By Prisca Sam-Duru Since the news of the passing away of Nigeria’s first female federal permanent secretary, poet, singer, and art supporter, Mrs. Francesca Yetunde Emanuel, was broken, the arts community has been thrown into mourning. Mrs Emanuel who died on Tuesday night of natural causes was aged 86. She is survived by husband, Chief […]

Co-author of popular early learners English handbook, Brighter Grammar, Ajibola Ogundipe has died at the age of 92. Ogundipe died on 27 March 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States, where she was buried on the same day. A statement by announcing the death read, “We are sad to announce that on March […]

Nigeria’s Bob-Nosa Uwagboe’s fame has risen rapidly as Africa’s foremost protest artist. Since he hit the international limelight through his distinctive style of painting, concepts, and curatorial skills of OUT OF AFRICA’s Acosta Sorella and Malgorzata Paszylka-Glaza, Curator of the Modern Art Department, The National Museum in Gdansk, Poland, he has been a regular feature in exhibitions in Europe, especially in Spain and Poland.

By Japhet Davidson Just from the city of  Wuhan, the capital of Hubei  China, COVID-19  came like a plague and ever since it appeared, the world has not known peace as the  pandemic has continued to ravage the entire world, forcing many governments/organisations to lock down. Ordinarily, the arts and culture events are regarded as […]

Japhet Davidson DESPITE the economic crunch coupled with the Covid 19 crisis that is changing the plans of many organisations especially people in the art industry, one gallery that is bent on maintaining its programmes is Alexis galleries. And in line with art lovers, promoters, collectors are set to explore the best of artistic creativity […]