“And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not..” John 1:5. Tega Akpokona is so young but...
Walking into the large hall that sunny afternoon, the first thought in my head was, “O boy! This is huge!”...
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
Lagos is a city of ironies. Its highs and lows often create a fine (im)balance that can easily leave a...
On Wednesday November 13, 2019, award winning BBC journalist, Nancy Kacungira writing on twitter via her handle @kacungira tweeted: So...
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.
Kainebi Osahenye is soft spoken, self-effacing but prodigiously talented. Usually not the tallest man in the room, he however produces...
"One day, I spilled coffee on paper and when I looked at it I realized I could make art from it."
The first time an artist and a liquor company collaborated on a bottle was in 1985. Absolut was a Swedish...
‘For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.’ – Elie Wiesel, holocaust survivor After the Federal Government of...
Ike Ude’s portrait of Nollywood’s actors, actresses and directors is currently showing at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art...
If you follow the ongoing debate around repatriation and restitution of stolen art works especially from the Bini Kingdom, one...
