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The EMOWAA (Edo Museum of West African Art) Trust has announced the appointments of Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu, Nigerian art historian and Professor of African and African Diaspora Art and Director of the Program of African Studies at Princeton […]
Initiated in 2016, the programme identifies, mentors and promotes early-career artists from Africa, by equipping them with tools and resources for artistic development. Each year, the Foundation guides artists via its virtual boot camp and
Rele Arts Foundation launches the 8th Young Contemporaries in Lagos Read Article
The National Museum Lagos has been selected as a beneficiary of the Bank of America Arts Conservation Project 2022 and is among 19 major global art conservation projects to be selected. Funding from the grant will be
Spanning two sites across Lagos and the Ecology Green Farm in Ijebu, the non-profit cultural centre provides public programs, exhibition opportunities, and workspace for artists. G.A.S Foundation, Lagos, Street View. Photographer: Andrew Esiebo. Courtesy G.A.S
ART X Lagos – the leading international art fair in West Africa – returns from the 4th until the 6th of November for its seventh edition at The Federal Palace, Lagos, with 31 African and
10 artists to watch at the 7th edition of ART X Lagos Read Article
The African Artists’ Foundation encourages the expansion of African art on its continent and beyond – organising exhibitions, festivals and residencies working to expand awareness of known and unknown African artists. Two new exhibitions focus
The exhibition is a comprehensive examination of Nigerian sculptor Moshood Olúṣọmọ Bámigbóyè 50-year career E. H. Duckworth, Moshood Olúṣọmọ Bámigbóyè Holding a Portrait Bust. Ìlọfà, Kwara State, Nigeria, ca. 1940. Danford Collection of West African
Yale University Art Gallery to showcase the greatest Yorùbá carvers Read Article
Established in 1998, the annual Callanan Excellence in Teaching Award honours a high school, college, or postgraduate teacher’s dedication and commitment to their students and field. © Uche Okpa-Iroha, 2022 Teaching Award Recipient Educators in
Uche Okpa-Iroha, Nlele Institute, Nigeria, receives Callanan Teaching Award Read Article
Western canons often present art and science as existing in completely independent spheres of inquiry; but in African epistemology, there is a seamless exchange of ideas between both aspects. Memories are not stored whole in
Somi Nwandu curates a traveling exhibition series exploring reimagined African futures through the arts. Themed: AFROFUTOURISM: FIRST. FEMALE. FORWARD. It is an all-female digital artist international exhibition featuring 11 black female artists from different parts
AFROFUTOURISM at Red Door Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria Read Article
