Autobayng News TeamMy uncle David Heathcote, who has died aged 94, was an artist, art historian and teacher. After studying at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, he taught for …
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‘We can have art and greenery’: Black Muse festival marks opening of sculpture park in Benin City
For weeks, residents of Iyekogba in Benin City have seen a 15-metre-high tower rising up in the middle of their quiet, residential neighbourhood. On 8 November, the building, a domed …
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‘A palette unlike anything in the west’: Ben Okri, Yinka Shonibare and more on how Nigerian art revived Britain’s cultural landscape
Some primal energy was unleashed among Nigerian artists in the years leading up to independence. The century-long reign of colonialism was nearing its end and the people of Nigeria, with …
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‘This is a west African story’: how modern art tackled Nigeria’s identity crisis
What distinguishes modern Nigerian art from its traditional form? I had this question in mind when I attended a private viewing of Tate Modern’s new exhibition, Nigerian Modernism, which traces …
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Nigerian Modernism review: sacred groves, a shackled king and astonishing hair
Subtitled Art and Independence, Nigerian Modernism is a complicated, contrary exhibition, tracing the development of modern art in Nigeria from the period of British colonial rule to the end of …
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Seeing double: the wooden carvings that celebrate the Yorùbá’s unique connection to twins
When the Nigerian art collector, curator and dealer Kayode Adegbola was given a pair of Yorùbá twin statuettes – ère ìbejì – in 2022 as a reward for a successful …
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‘I like pushing boundaries’: Yinka Shonibare on his landmark art show in Madagascar
Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. Earlier this month I was in Antananarivo, Madagascar, where I checked out the British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare’s first major solo exhibition in Africa. …
