Art and Business is Like Rice and Stew
Art and Business are two elements that every creator of artistic content (movies, comedy, drawings, music etc.) must blend together to be successful. It is one of the hardest things to do as we constantly see people struggle and often compromise one for the other. For example, if the art standard is lowered and you focus […]
ART X Lagos 2017, Bringing to Lagos Art from Across Africa And Beyond
West African international art fair ART X Lagos, which made its debut in 2016 has announced this year’s event. The forum is focused on expanding Nigeria’s connection to contemporary art across and beyond Africa and aims to set Lagos as a centerpiece for culture on the continent. The business of art in Nigeria is taking […]
Arthur Judah Angel: The Ex-Prisoner Transforming the World of Prison with His Drawings and Activism
Nothing on the outside walls of a prison yard is sufficient in aiding one’s imagination on the life that goes on inside. This was so for artist and human rights activist Arthur Judah Angel before his unjust arrest and incarceration. On that fateful day, the 21st of January 1984, a visit he paid to his […]
Call for Applications for Arthouse Foundation Residency Programme 2018
Arthouse Foundation, a non-profit initiative of Arthouse Contemporary, has announced a call for applications for its Artist Residency Programme 2018. The organization runs with the objective of encouraging the creative development of contemporary art in Nigeria. Local and international visual artists working in all mediums and who wish to engage a new artistic project in […]
Career of the Week – Bernard Kalu, Documentary Photographer
Bernard Kalu studied Computer Engineering at Enugu State University of Science and Technology and is presently a documentary photographer with Auxano Photography. CN: What were you doing prior to this? I started photography fresh after school. I did some office work at NLNG during my IT in school days; I think that was when I knew […]
Nigerian Artist Fred Martins Honours Past African Heroes in Black History Month
In furtherance of his project on Africa’s struggles for freedom, Fred Martins has created a butterfly/moth series with human forms to symbolize freedom and power. In an interview with Design Indaba, he explains that the butterflies symbolizes life in many cultures and expresses hope, change and freedom, while the fist represents power, bravery and unity, […]
Career of the Week – Matthew Eguavoen, Portrait Artist
Matthew Eguavoen graduated with a 2:1 in Civil Engineering from the University of Port Harcourt, and is building an admirable career as a portrait artist while searching for an engineering job. CN: When did you first discover your talent? I was 13 years at the time, my elder sister had just registered to train as […]
Archiving Lagos: The Story of a City in Pictures
Lagos is a city that impresses itself on the senses. Golden sunsets brooding over humble slums, the skyline of the Island lit up by a thousand lights at night, the mad rush to beat traffic, and the dance of the Eyo masquerade on the city’s streets. It’s a mix of the simple and the opulent, […]
Rele Arts Foundation Presents Young Contemporaries 2017 Exhibitions on Jan 15th
Come January 15th, finalists of the Young Contemporaries 2017 hosted by the Rele Art Foundation, will be exhibiting their works of art. Founded by Adenrele Sonariwo, the mission of Rele is to “trigger a new found appreciation, followership of and engagement with the arts in Nigeria.” In its second edition, the Young Contemporaries, an initiative […]
Kelvin Okafor: The Nigerian Artist Whose Stunning Portraits Have Captured the World’s Attention
Kelvin Okafor’s hand-drawn portraits are stunning. You could be forgiven for thinking that his pencil-etched works are actually monochrome photographs but they’re not. They are simply the breathtaking products of an artist so dedicated to form and detail as nature lends it to his senses, that he takes great pains to reproduce them with amazing […]
Apply Now For the Ellae Graphic Design Challenge
The Ellae Creative Design Agency is a Lagos-based digital solutions and services company, providing branding and creative design services for businesses and industries. They have put together the Designers Arise Contest, a platform for Nigerian youths and graphics designers to showcase their proficiency and skill in Arts and Design. The initiative is also intended to […]
Victor Ekpuk: The Contemporary Artist Who Blends Art and Writings
Internationally renowned Nigerian-born Victor Ekpuk is set for his first major solo exhibition in Nigeria titled ‘Home Coming’ on the 9th of April in Lagos.
Hyper-realistic Paintings of Oresegun Olumide Trend the Internet
Trending this week on social media are works of Nigerian hyper-realistic artist, Oresegun Olumide. His works portray oil paintings of children washing in water. At first, when one looks at the pictures, they think they are photographed. But indeed, these works are all painted, and each work takes about two to three weeks, and sometimes […]
Painting Tips for New Artists
People paint on different surfaces, on wood, glass, paper, canvas, walls. Each surface you paint on has a certain kind of paint you use on it. Here are beginner tips on some of the items you need in painting. 1. Paint: Oil and acrylic paints: The oil paint is slow in drying because it is […]
9-Year-Old Nigerian Girl Wins German Art Competition
Meet Chioma Mayrschofer. She’s a 9-year-old Nigerian-German artist who just won a recent art contest in Germany. The competition was organised by VR Bank, one of the European country’s biggest banks. Young Chioma was given the wonderful opportunity of showcasing her art at a two-week exhibition as well, along with receiving a cool cash prize of […]
British Council Presents International Arts/Culture Collaboration UK-NG 2015/2016
The British Council is accepting project proposals for grant funding or inclusion in this year’s edition of United Kingdom-Nigeria (UK-NG) 2015/2016. Forty million Nigerians (ages 18-35) will be connected to the United Kingdom in this new initiative which strives to create new audiences in Arts and Culture. It will comprise a total of 30 showcased […]