Those who knew the proprietress of Quintessence Art Gallery Ikoyi Lagos, Chief Mrs. Aino Oni Okpaku who died in her home country Sweden on December 26, age 81, are drawing affinities between her and Susanne Wenger (1915 – 2009), the Austrian-Nigerian artist who lived a substantial part of her life in Osogbo and worshipped Orisha, a Yoruba god.

ONE of the events that shaped the art space in Nigeria in 2019 was the Life in My City Art Festival (LIMCAF), an annual art festival that brings people from all parts of the country to the coal city state.

SENATOR Dino Melaye, the former Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial Zone can be described as a man of many parts.

By 5.00 p.m., Sunday 29, 2019, the stage was already set inside Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island, surrounded by plush trees and flowers. Dede Mabiaku’s Afrobeat band was playing the kind of music Fela invented. Some of the guests were already seated, enjoying drinks, small chops and pepper soup, ordered from the numerous caterers lining along one side the park.

As the light fades on 2019, it is gratifying to note that the year has been blissful for arts and culture. Reminiscing on the panoramic presentations that characterized the reviews, one readily observes that art, culture and entertainment are intricately intertwined and inexhaustibly wide.