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Nigerian-born, London-based multidisciplinary artist Tejumola Adenuga conjures an African utopia with components from its previous in a brand new exhibition, 'Future, Previous'. The opening of the exhibition came about at Artwork Twenty One, in Lagos, on Friday, April 19, 2024. Consisting of portraits and minimalist design components, the exhibition is impressed by a mythology a few small river in its origins in Ijebu Ode and the characters who formed its existence and take into account it a supply of creativity and life. It evokes a spot that’s alive and vibrant with a revered divine entity inside Yoruba mythology. Among the…

Via Jimisayo Opanuga April 29, 2024 | 10:26 PM Alliance Française de Lagos, the French cultural middle in Nigeria, collaborated with the Society for the Performing Arts in Nigeria (SPAN) to have fun Worldwide Dance Day 2024 and supply alternatives to aspiring dancers. The occasion, which held on April 28 on the Mike Adenuga Centre, Ikoyi, featured energetic Afro Hip Hop strikes from… Alliance Française de Lagos, the French cultural middle in Nigeria, collaborated with the Society for the Performing Arts in Nigeria (SPAN) to have fun Worldwide Dance Day 2024 and supply alternatives to aspiring dancers. The occasion, which…

To mark the tenth anniversary of Port Harcourt World Ebook Capital, the Rainbow Ebook Membership, the mission managers of the programme, have launched two new initiatives. These initiatives, Speaking Books Africa and the ROAR Africa sequence, will revolutionize the literary panorama. Speaking Books Africa, a month-to-month, digital, reside dialog with authors, kicked off with novelist Chibundu Onuzo, writer of 'Sankofa' as a visitor. The ROAR Africa sequence, however, will deliver to life the biographies of notable Africans for younger readers. ROAR, in collaboration with UNESCO, begins with Nobel Prize winner Professor Wole Soyinka, who turns 90 in July. Port Harcourt…

FOR the third consecutive 12 months, the nation's solely collective administration group for audiovisual works, the Audio Visible Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS), has distributed copyright royalties to its members. AVRS has persistently paid out royalties since 2021, and the latest distribution additional reaffirms its dedication to defending the rights of its members and making certain they obtain honest compensation for his or her inventive contributions and investments. Members of AVRS embody producers, administrators, screenwriters and actors. Asserting the distribution, the Managing Director of AVRS, Mrs. Olubukola Adeyemi, assured that the CMO stays steadfast in its dedication to offering complete…

Poet, critic, translator and president of the World Group of Writers, Margarita Al, shares her experiences translating Wale Okediran's 'Travels of a Troubadour', a set of travelogues, into Russian. ON February 2, 2023, in Cairo, Egypt, Nigerian author Wale Okediran was introduced because the laureate of the sixth Open Eurasian Literature Pageant (LitFest-2023). In response to the competitors rules, the laureate will obtain the chance to take part within the pageant and a voucher for publishing a ebook within the “Golden LitFest. Writers of Eurasia” collection. For the primary time, the prize went to a novelist, as beforehand it was…

The Ekiti State Commissioner for Arts, Tradition and Artistic Economic system, Professor Rasaki Ojo Bakare, has been elected Chairman of the Discussion board of Commissioners for Tradition, Tourism, Arts, Heritage and Artistic Economic system in Nigeria. The election befell through the Discussion board assembly in Abuja the place different officers have been additionally elected. Prince Stan Ifeanyi Ogbuewu of Ebonyi State emerged as Vice Chairman, whereas Hon. Nagombe Joseph from Taraba State was elected Secretary Common. Hon. Bolanle Olukoju of Kwara State was elected Treasurer, and Hon. Robert Abubakar Ewa from Cross Rivers State turned the Public Relations Officer. Hon.…

The Lagos State Authorities, in partnership with Naija Model Chick (NBC), has finalized plans to arrange a three-day tourism and hospitality commerce honest within the state, with the intention of securing N5 billion investments. Particular Adviser (SA) to the Governor on Tourism, Arts and Tradition, Idris Aregbe, disclosed this on Thursday throughout a joint press convention with NBC, which held on the Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, to present highlights on the three-day occasion that can happen between June 14 and 16, 2024. Aregbe, whereas unveiling the occasion, described the partnership as a milestone that marks a major departure from conventional…

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has disbursed the sum of N20 million to practitioners of the humanities, tradition and artistic economic system sectors within the state to spice up their companies. The governor, who spoke whereas handing over the letters to the beneficiaries via the Ekiti Arts Endowment Fund, defined that his administration is dedicated to supporting the inventive sector within the curiosity of the native economic system. Oyebanji, represented by the Head of Service, Sunday Komolafe, famous that the disbursement would proceed in order that extra practitioners may benefit from the mortgage to broaden their companies and likewise guarantee…

In preparation for its flagship artwork competitors, Artwork Grasp Africa, BIC has known as on creatives from throughout the area to depict their interpretation of Ubuntu (or One Africa), the theme of this yr's competitors, utilizing the long-lasting BIC ballpoint pen . Nonetheless, this yr's theme invitations artists to precise what unity and interconnectedness inside Africa means to them. Up to now, Artwork Grasp Africa has linked with greater than 6,000 creatives from throughout the area. Submission of entries commenced on April 19, 2024 through the BIC Artwork Grasp Africa web site. Entrants have three months to finish their art…

By way of Karem Aziz April 21, 2024 | 3:42 PM Hyperrealistic work are a comparatively trendy style, transferring past works that exhibit an astonishing, lifelike high quality, usually deceptive viewers into mistaking them for actuality. From a distance, hyper-realistic work or sculptures can simply be mistaken for actual images or bodily objects, a deliberate manipulation by artists to create an phantasm of actuality via specialised strategies. Hyperrealistic work are a comparatively trendy style, transferring past works that exhibit an astonishing, lifelike high quality, usually deceptive viewers into mistaking them for actuality. From a distance, hyper-realistic work or sculptures can…