Thoughts on restitution and CAA. [Excerpts of an interview with Simon Njami.] Q: How might the recent focus on restitution…
A MASTER OF FON SYMBOLISM: CYPRIEN TOKOUDAGBA. By Nii B. Andrews. To date the work of Cyprien Tokoudagba has been…
ON ART, FASHION AND STYLE. [Excerpts of interview with Kristen Cole] Q: What does art mean to you? A: Everything. I…
By Nii B. Andrews. Zanele Muholi is uncompromising and bold and declares, “In my world, every human being is beautiful”. …
ON DEBATING……. What’s absolutely fascinating, in the pejorative sense of the word, is the number of people who base their…
By Nii B. Andrews. Last week, Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Phillips all held their contemporary art evening sales in London—or London…
THOUGHTS ON NIGERIA. A) The post independence nationalists’ leaders mainly supervised the transition of a corporate machine set up by Britain. …
By Nii B. Andrews. The Liberian born artist, Johnson Weree, produces enigmatic, colorful, full face on heads or busts of…
ON THE ALLURE AND DANGERS OF FAKE HERITAGE. Fake heritage is all around us. Buildings and monuments……are as prone to…
By Nii B. Andrews. The world’s most important CAA fair, the 1-54 founded by Touria El Glaoui, kicked into high…