Opposite the Nigerian National Museum in central Lagos once stood a memorial hall which formed an integral part of the city, a popular congregation point that evoked a sense of pride. This year, decades after memorial hall fell into disrepair, a state-of-the-art museum dedicated to Yoruba culture opens…
Senegal’s Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Culture has announced the postponement of the fifteenth iteration of the Dak’Art Biennale of Contemporary African Art by six months. Originally slated for May 16–June 16 of this year, the event will now run from November 7 to December 7. A performance…
Kenyan-British studio potter and Chancellor of the University of Creative Arts, England, Dame Magdalene Odundo is one of the world’s most revered ceramic artists. The Houghton Hall, Norfolk presents her exhibition which showcases existing and new works spanning Odundo’s 30-year career, including a major new commission made while…
The Nigerian Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale emerged as a standout, capturing the attention of audiences and critics alike. ‘Nigeria Imaginary’ Graces Nigeria Pavilion at 60th Venice Biennale. (Photo Credit: Marco Cappelleti Studio.) Courtesy of Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) Dubbed one of the “8 hits…
Art Twenty-One presents Future, Past, a solo exhibition of the body of work by London-based Nigerian fine artist Tejumola Adenuga. The exhibition opened on the 19th of April 19 2024 and will run until the 14th of June 2024, in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Adenuga is a multidisciplinary…
Jonathan Oyiriaru’s, known as Reagle, debut short animation delves into problems of humanity with a modernist sci-fic twist. When the first global Nigerian animation series, ‘Iwaju,’ was released earlier this year, set in a futuristic Nigeria, praise surged for its originality and potential to elevate animation in Africa…
Gerald Annan-Forson was born in London in 1947, to a mother from Kildare, Ireland, and a Fante father from the Gold Coast, an officer with the British West African Frontier Force stationed in the UK during World War II. In London, to hide his color and avoid racist…
Serpentine Gallery opened ‘Suspended States,’ also marking the return of Yinka Shonibare CBE RA after over 20 years with his first solo exhibition in the London public institution. Shonibare, the founder of Y.S.F. and G.A.S., first showcased at Serpentine South in 1992 as a finalist in the Barclays…
Ibrahim Mahama’s new installation, Purple Hibiscus transforms the Lakeside Terrace of the Barbican Centre in London. The work wraps the building’s iconic concrete walls with around 2000 square meters of bespoke pink and purple fabric hand-woven by hundreds of Ghanaian artisans. The commission is part of an ongoing exhibition titled…
Sosa Omorogbe launches 1897, a creative agency committed to amplifying Black and African art globally through collaboration and meaningful discourse. The agency’s name is inspired by the heritage, culture and art of the Benin Kingdom, our Founder’s home. ‘1897’ references the Benin Punitive Expedition, during which the kingdom’s…