U.S. Mission Honors Nigerian Art Legends for 50 Years of Artistic Collaboration
Lagos — In celebration of five decades of cultural exchange between Nigeria and the United States, the U.S. Mission in Nigeria honored three iconic Nigerian artists — Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye, Chief Jimoh Buraimoh, and Professor Bruce Onobrakpeya — with the prestigious U.S. Exchange Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award. These legendary artists were first introduced to the […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins 10th PEN Pinter Prize
Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize, a prize in honour of late Nobel laureate Harold Pinter. The prize is awarded to a writer from Britain, the Republic of Ireland or the Commonwealth, who casts an “unflinching, unswerving” gaze upon the world, and shows a “fierce intellectual determination … to […]
Missing Iconic Nigerian Painting Found in London Flat
A missing painting of a Nigerian princess that attained an almost mythical status after going decades unseen has been discovered in a north London flat. Ben Enwonwu’s 1974 painting of the Ife princess, Adetutu Ademiluyi, known as Tutu, is a national icon in Nigeria, with poster reproductions hanging on walls in homes all over the […]
Meet the Adorable Puppy That’s Helping the MFA Boston Protect and Preserve Its Collection
File this one under “news of the adorable”: The latest staff member at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is Riley, a 12-week-old Weimaraner puppy. The institution hopes his impressive olfactory skills can be harnessed to detect insects and bugs, to prevent infestations that might threaten the preservation of museum objects. Riley belongs to the […]
Check out the arts scene on the UNL campus
It is so easy to forget how vibrant the arts scene is on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Independent films, world-class performers, Broadway musicals, theater, visual arts and cultural events, all within a two-block radius, are available free or for reasonable prices, open to the public and ready to help you view the world differently. […]
Art notes: ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ exhibition at Joslyn
At some point in our lives, we’ve all made a mark on a piece of paper.Whether using a pencil, crayon or pen, we all can relate to drawing or, at the very least, doodling. That’s why the works in “Marks of Genius: 100 Extraordinary Drawings from the Minneapolis Institute of Art” at the Joslyn Art […]
Tomi Adeyemi Nigerian writer, lands ‘seven-figure’ movie deal with Fox Studios
Tomi Adeyemi, a 23-year-old Nigerian writer, has secured a movie deal with Hollywood studio, Fox, for her book ‘Children of Blood and Bone’. The lucrative deal with Fox Studios is said to be in the seven-figure region, Deadline reports. Although Adeyemi’s ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ is the first instalment of a trilogy, Fox is interested enough […]
The Tyranny of Art History in Contemporary Art
Installation view of A Sixty-Two-Year Photo-Biography of Ye Jinglu, discovered by Tong Bingxue, 1907–68. Photo: Maris Hutchinson / EPW Studio The art world likes to ask big art-centric questions like “Can art change the world?” We usually answer “Yes.” I usually disagree. Art can’t stop famine in sub-Saharan Africa or cure Zika. But art does […]
Arts: Africa, Europe, Asia meet in Abuja
In spite of the difference in our humanity, and peoples of the world, there is no doubt that art speaks universal language, appeals to all humanity and irrespective of source; serves as a catalyst for unity among people of different races and cultural background. Many countries around the globe have begun to realize the importance […]
ART: Goodbye Norma Jean: ‘Forever Marilyn’ Sculpture Comes Down
The 25-foot sculpture of Marilyn Monroe by Seward Johnson, which returned to Grounds for Sculpture last year, was taken down Monday. For now, the sculpture has been taken to The Seward Johnson Atelier for restoration. Johnson’s curator is currently in negotiations with a museum in Australia and a site in Seoul, South Korea to find a […]
ART: Stolen Picasso Painting “La Coiffeusse” Returned after 14 Years
A $15 million Picasso, reported stolen 14 years ago by the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris, was formally turned over to the French embassy in Washington on Thursday. The painting, “La Coiffeusse” (“The Hairdresser”) was found in a shipping container labeled a “low-value handicraft” and valued at €30 euros ($33.42) by Immigration and […]