Essence: Survival Through Connection opened on Feb. 21 and continues through March 14 at the ShadowBoxX Gallery in downtown ...

:: "This one, it is knacking (cracking) not drawing. You know, something you draw is different with knacking. Knacking is, you have to get the accurate place you are knacking, you understand, if you ...

Artist and festival founder Miabo Enyadike says that artists, as entrepreneurs, must redefine their approach to the rapidly expanding global creative economy. THE creative industry has become a ...

Tokini Peterside-Schwebig understands the power of art. It’s why she created Art X Lagos, the premiere art fair and the only one of its kind in West Africa that brings Nigerian and African art to an ...

Abu Dhabi Art returns this month, featuring 142 galleries hailing from 34 countries, and for the 2025 edition, two of these countries are set to have their own exclusive platform: Nigeria and Turkey.

In October 1960, Nigeria won full independence from the UK, said Anny Shaw in The London Standard. This landmark moment sparked “a period of enormous cultural fecundity”, as artists sought to create a ...

Curved lines and block colors in shades of orange, yellow and blue create the image of an artist, framed by a border of abstract shapes. Look a little closer and you can see the artist’s beret with ...

Kayode Adegbola has been helping build Nigeria’s arts infrastructure for fifteen years through his curatorial platform Adegbola Art Projects. Photo: Jonathan Chambalin. Courtesy Adegbola Art Projects.

Laolu Senbanjo's beautiful story shows that the Nigerian dream stifles creativity and passion. The rigidity of the older generation and societal expectations have frustrated many young Nigerians from ...

Nigeria’s Rele Gallery made its Los Angeles debut earlier this year with Orita Meta, an exhibit of works by Nigerian artists Marcellina Akpojotor, Chidinma Nnoli, and Tonia Nneji. Nneji’s richly ...

Credit goes to Mr. President Ahmed Bola Tinubu for restructuring the former Ministry of Information, Culture and National Orientation by creating a full-fledged Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative ...