Saturday, May 25th, 2013
By Adedayo Odulaja/ Lagos A light-hearted movie, full of drama and spectacle, Weekend Getaway, is the latest movie from the stable of the Royal Arts Academy. Presently showing at cinemas across the country where it is said to be doing very well, the movie was...
Saturday, May 25th, 2013
When the National Gallery of Art, Nigeria’s body in the area of visual art, revealed that a project embarked upon by Nigeria’s friendly bank, GTBank, was not done with its consent, many observers felt the allegation was an unfair hit below the belt. The NGA...
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
By Adedayo Odulaja/Lagos Bearing in mind that the movie yoau are about to see is a cinematic reproduction of Ola Rotimi’s classic play, The Gods Are Not To Blame does not stop you from getting somewhat gripped by the allure of what you see on...
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
By Adedayo Odulaja/ Lagos With the 2013 edition of the World Dance Day, which was recently celebrated at the National Theatre, Iganmu, the National Troupe of Nigeria, has upped the volume of dance as an important and worthy enterprise. The performances of the day titled...
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
By Adedayo Odulaja/Lagos Nigeria’s sole authority in the visual arts sector, the National Gallery of Art (NGA), has detected a fault in the arts promotion drive of foremost United Kingdom gallery, Tate Modern, as it concerns appreciation and promotion of Nigerian art abroad. Stating this...
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
Auctioning, an important means of selling art works to those who are desirous of owning or collecting them returned to the Nigerian art market in 2008, with a marked high value of modern and contemporary art attending the auctions. Ask those who know in the...
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
If only words were enough to make the needed change in this country. If only the authorities would forego listening to foreign cable network stations and lending their ears to a truly Nigerian tune and lyrics, allow their hearts to be pricked by the message...
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
By Nkasiobi Oluikpe/Lagos With various governments and people applying all forms of strategies to achieve unity, the United People of Afrika, a body of artists within the African continent, decided to use arts, which in itself is life, to propagate the message of unity amongst...
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
By Dayo Odulaja/Lagos Among the many that one often comes across in the Lagos art scene, Victoria Udondian is a different kind of artist. That difference or uniqueness comes to the fore through her unapologetic interest in fabrics as an important element of art. With...
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
When, around two years ago, photographer, Adolphus Opara, had few portraits of worshippers of traditional African religion from the Yoruba angle exhibited during a group exhibition titled “Contested Terrains” also featuring works by Sammy Baloji, Michael ManGary and Kalder Attia at the Level 2 Gallery,...
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
It appears respite is coming the way of dancers as some persons with noble interest are set to give them prestige and a name to reckon with. Considering that dancers’ counterparts in the comedy and music industry have solid platforms, Seun Adeleye of Enhanced 360...
Saturday, April 27th, 2013
The Association of Theatre Arts Practitioners (ANTP), Lagos State chapter, recently introduced its executive members to the general public. The official introduction, which was conducted at the National Film Corporation, Ikoyi, Lagos, was in compliance with the injunction of the Ibadan High Court, which ordered...
Saturday, April 27th, 2013
By Nkasiobi Oluikpe Correspondent, Lagos In continuation of its mission to encourage the highest standard of arts in Africa, African Artists’ Foundation (AAF) is presently showcasing its two-week Memory and Metaphor exhibition featuring the tapestry works of Ibrahim Adebayo Lawal, a self-taught artist, with origin in...
Saturday, April 27th, 2013
By Nkasiobi Oluikpe Correspondent, Lagos Artists Collective, a body of stakeholders in the culture and arts industry, recently gathered to vehemently protest the Federal Government’s plan to concession some part of the National Theatre premises to private investors to build shopping malls, hotels and other...
Saturday, April 20th, 2013
By Nkasiobi Oluikpe/Lagos Lost in the thought of what the only country he knows has degenerated into, this legal practitioner and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) went on to pour his heart out to a long-time friend and both of them got engrossed in discussing...
