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·February 2, 2025·2 min read

Ameh Egwuh’s “Pink // Blue” subverts cliches and riffs on gender fluidity – Toni Kan

Ameh Egwu’s subjects are clearly men as is discernible from their physiognomy but peer as close as you want you cannot make out their facial features. The obscured facial features heighten that sense of the taboo because unable to discern their features, the men seem to be hiding albeit in plain sight.

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·November 3, 2024·2 min read

Young artists shine at Kokab’s Inspirit Art Exhibition

“At Kokab's House of Art, we believe in nurturing creativity and encouraging young minds to express themselves,” says Mrs. Kokab Farrukh, founder and curator of the exhibition. “This exhibition is more than just a showcase; it’s an opportunity for our students to share their vision with the community, to inspire, and to spark conversations about the world around us.”

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·February 25, 2024·1 min read

Call for Book – Music – Movie review submissions to thelagosreview.ng

With almost 1,000 book, music, movie, and sundry reviews and essays published over the past four (4) years, we remain resolute in our belief that reviews offer us the first critical engagement with a work of art, books, movies, music, plays etc, because they help shape opinion, excite conversation, and push engagement.As we enter our 5th year, we remain committed to providing a unique space for interrogating our literary and artistic output and providing a handle for the audience and those in the academia to assess these works of literature and art.

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·November 5, 2023·4 min read

“Lagos Peckham Repeat” exhibition has ended but the echoes remain – Toni Kan

Her experiment anchors Folakunle Oshun’s words in his introduction that “at the heart of the exhibition is an exploration of the complexities of shifting notions of home and identity.” The “Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage To The Lakes” was a reminder that the immigrant is often no more than a tortoise and no matter how far the journey, he or she will always bear his or her home on her back.

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·October 12, 2023·3 min read

Ken Nwadiogbu stakes his artistic claim with “Fragments of Reality” – Toni Kan

The works reflect the thoughts process of the émigré but where a less competent artist would have presented gloomy and depressing images we have an exuberance borne out of his choice of colours which manage to save the portraits from depressing the viewer.

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·August 6, 2023·4 min read

Victor Ehikhamenor pulls an Andy Warhol with Johnnie Walker — Toni Kan

The first time an artist and a liquor company collaborated on a bottle was in 1985. Absolut was a Swedish...

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·November 10, 2024·3 min read

1-54 Art fair 2024: African Art Shines bright in London – Toni Kan

This year featured a rich mix of artists and galleries, both new to 1-54 and a lot of those making their returns. A diverse range of 160 artists amd 60 exhibitors from across Africa, Brazil and beyond. There were the conventional, the zany and the envelope pushers but what seemed clear was that every iteration of 1-54 Art fair is a referendum on contemporary African art

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·September 22, 2024·2 min read

“I came from a very Black Power situation” says Zak Ovè in conversation with Peju Oshin – Toni Kan

A 1987 graduate of Film as Fine Art from Central St. Martin's School of Art, Zak Ove worked in film and music, collaborating with bands such as Soul 2 Soul. Fascinated by the new direction of black music, he said he engaged often with the question of “how do I translate the screaming of hip hop music like Public Enemy into something static; how do you make a sculpture scream?”

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·February 18, 2024·2 min read

Meet Ekene Ngige: The coffee artist – Toni Kan

"One day, I spilled coffee on paper and when I looked at it I realized I could make art from it."

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·October 22, 2023·4 min read

Echoes from Frieze and 1-54: A writer’s diary – Toni Kan

This is my third time at 1 -54 since it was launched in 2013 by Touria El Glaoui, as the pre-eminent international fair dedicated to providing visibility to contemporary art from Africa artists and those in the diaspora. 1-54 holds three editions every year—in London, New York and Marrakech with a pop-up fair in Paris

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·October 6, 2023·3 min read

Yinka Shonibare Frees the Wind at Stephen Friedman Gallery – Toni Kan

In Africa, only a glutton feasts alone. That truism has been highlighted in stories and myths across the continent from...

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·May 14, 2023·3 min read

Meet Derrick Ofosu Boateng: Wave making Ghanaian photographer – Toni Kan

Mr. Boateng styles himself as the apostle of Hueism, a photographic style that privileges the black body and subject presented with/in a burst of bright colours and joy.

‘Olamide’: Olamide’s self-titled album is a playlist of half-hearted songs — Michael Kolawole

The Feast – Falz’s Most Intimate Offering Yet – Michael Kolawole

Femi Kuti’s “Journey Through Life” Is a Bitter but Repetitive Reflection on Nigeria’s Woes

Of Tradition & Transition: Review of ‘The Village Priest’ by Remmy Nweke — ‘Gbenga Sesan

Love, Interrupted: A review of ‘These Letters End In Tears’ by Musih Tedji Xaviere — Akumbu Uche

Will Affliction Arise a Second Time?: A Review of Lola Akinmade’s ‘Bitter Honey’— Olukorede S Yishau

Red herrings and misdirections in Yemi Morafa’s ‘The Party’ – Chinonso Nzeakor

‘Landline’ Review: A bold, promising, yet flawed film – Precious Nzeakor

RMD’s Radio Voice Finds Strength in Subtlety and Social Insight – Michael Kolawole

LAMDA’s production of James Baldwin’s “The Amen Corner” interrogates Christian charity – Toni Kan

Intriguing Insights into Reincarnation: A review of Cheta Igbokwe’s “Awele” — Nenye Okoye

With “Wedlock of the Gods,” professor brings Nigerian storytelling and culture to USC main stage — Chinyere Amobi

Tribute to Ngugi wa Thiong’o, my literary hero — Andrew Maina

I Thought I Could Speak French Until I Arrived in France – Odueh Dorathy Ngozi

Chimamanda’s male characters: A parade of villains and “thieves of time” – Chinonso Nzeakor

Africa’s brave new ancestor called Ngugi — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Adrien Brody’s “Red Chip” revolution beyond the box office

I try to find that sweet spot between substance and form — Michael Afenfia

Toni Kan in Conversation with Nels Abbey who says – My favourite book would be The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah.

Jurors reach verdict in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial after 7 weeks of testimony

Durban FilmMart 2025 reveals dynamic programme to unite global south storytellers

Poet Selina Tusitala Marsh named inaugural Commonwealth Poet Laureate

Art Reviews

Ameh Egwuh’s “Pink // Blue” subverts cliches and riffs on gender fluidity – Toni Kan

Young artists shine at Kokab’s Inspirit Art Exhibition

Call for Book – Music – Movie review submissions to thelagosreview.ng

“Lagos Peckham Repeat” exhibition has ended but the echoes remain – Toni Kan

Ken Nwadiogbu stakes his artistic claim with “Fragments of Reality” – Toni Kan

Victor Ehikhamenor pulls an Andy Warhol with Johnnie Walker — Toni Kan

1-54 Art fair 2024: African Art Shines bright in London – Toni Kan

“I came from a very Black Power situation” says Zak Ovè in conversation with Peju Oshin – Toni Kan

Meet Ekene Ngige: The coffee artist – Toni Kan

Echoes from Frieze and 1-54: A writer’s diary – Toni Kan

Yinka Shonibare Frees the Wind at Stephen Friedman Gallery – Toni Kan

Meet Derrick Ofosu Boateng: Wave making Ghanaian photographer – Toni Kan

Cardi B’s ‘Outside’ marks her biggest UK hit in years ahead of new album

Miranda July’s ‘All Fours’ radical erotic novel divides readers

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