By Nii B. Andrews Last year Lubaina Himid won the Turner Prize in ground breaking fashion. Since then she has…
By Nii B. Andrews. Nigeria’s premier auction house for contemporary African art (CAA) – Arthouse Contemporary, will mark its 10th…
“The greatest artistic emotion I have felt was when I was suddenly struck by the sublime beauty of the sculptures…
By Nii B. Andrews. Cyrus Kabiru with his “surreal and phantasmagorical creations” of hand fabricated wire spectacles has made waves…
By Nii B. Andrews The Zairean (now DRC) artist, Bodys Isek Kingelez (1948 – 2015), lived in Kinshasa – a…
MILES DEWEY DAVIS III BIRTHDAY. During the last decade of his highly productive and colorful life, the jazz colossus –…
[ON CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART] “The art schools are so-so, the governments are so-so, the basic structure for action to happen…
By Nii B. Andrews Within the walled courtyard of a 200 year old home, there is a covered splash pool…
By Nii B. Andrews Azu Nwagbogu, has been appointed as executive director and chief curator for the Zeitz MOCAA. He…
[On African photographers] “Gifted and experienced photographers from the continent continue to be marginalised. Lack of recognition by powerful organisations…