The date was Sunday, the 12th of February, 2020. While the sun blazed on, several young people sat somewhere in...
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.
Nigerian art has been missing a critical element, sculpture has been relegated and Rele has opened up a critical conversation
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
A successful child is every parent’s dream and Rele was in celebratory mood as it opened the Young Contemporaries Alumni...
Stolen and looted artefacts from the Benin Kingdom are finding their way home. After decades of insistent cultural diplomacy...
The first time an artist and a liquor company collaborated on a bottle was in 1985. Absolut was a Swedish...
Lagos is a city of ironies. Its highs and lows often create a fine (im)balance that can easily leave a...
In Africa, only a glutton feasts alone. That truism has been highlighted in stories and myths across the continent from...
Rele art gallery presents “You May Enter” a solo exhibition by contemporary Nigerian artist Tonia Nneji from 2pm on November...
Multiple floors. 44 artists And a slew of works that run the gamut from site specific installations to paintings, video...
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?”
