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Abayomi Barber (1928-2021): Legacy of a modernist’s studio mastery
ONE of Nigeria's modernists, Prof Abayomi Barber (1928-2021), had his last strokes of life when his death was announced yesterday, leaving behind a profound legacy revered!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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‘Gigantic’ brushings of Ekefrey capture masked faces in lockdown
Photo: 'Nsibidi Mascurade' (40 X 84 inch)
GENERATING painterly perspective to the new normals of the second decade of the 21st century is Masked Faces In Lockdown, a solo art!-->!-->!-->…
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Sylvester Stallone reveals he used to sell his paintings for $5 to pay for the bus to school
* Actor-turned-artist opens third museum show in Germany with experimental works painted almost 60 years ago
By Anny Shaw
THE Rocky and Rambo actor-turned-artist Sylvester!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Nigerian artists in Germany
By Folakunle Oshun
OVER the last two decades, an uncanny relationship between Nigerian artists and Germany has evolved, with an influx of Nigerian artists arriving in Germany!-->!-->!-->…
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What I buy and why: Olusanya Ojikutu on building a stellar African art collection…
'...why he acquired a double-sided painting'
Artnet News
LEAD PHOTO: Olusanya Ojikutu with artwork from his collection. Photo: Emma Howells. Courtesy of Olusanya Ojikutu.
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Why Nigeria needs gallery edifice – Shyllon, others
OmoOba Shyllon delivering the keynote
By Ozolua Uhakheme
FOR the umpteenth time, stakeholders in the visual art sector of the creative industry have strongly canvassed a!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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‘We sell for the same prices here that we sell at Basel’: Nigerian collectors hunt for West Africa’s…
*The art fair closed its physical iteration on Nov 7
By Rebecca Anne Proctor
AS crowds of visitors entered the slickly-constructed white-tented fairground of the sixth!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Unfolding Nigerian art economy in era of ‘The Content’ exhibitions
Lead Photo: 'Bed Time Blues' (30 X 40"), by Lekan Onabanjo
WHEN 'The Content: Harmattan Edition' made its debut in 2017, freshness in art presentation and appreciation was!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Power of attitude in Chidi Kwubiri’s ‘Footprints’
*Exhibition continues till Nov 10 at Nike Gallery, Ikate Lekki
(Being text of critique of the works in the exhibition, FOOTPRINTS by Kunle Adeyemi, MFA, Ph.D., FSNA, as!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Jelili Atiku: ‘The body is a sacred material for community memory, deeply philosophical,…
* 'Performance gives you that possibility of transforming into things you want to'
Freshly returning from yet another of his many international trips, Nigeria's leading!-->!-->!-->…
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