NGA, gallery owners, plan bumper fair for Nigeria @ 50 By THERESA ONWUGHALU Thursday, August 19, 2010 The National Gallery of Art (NGA) in collaboration with Art Galleries Association of Nigeria (AGAN) will stage this year’s International Art Expo in Lagos with a difference. This is geared towards celebrating the country’s 50th independence anniversary. The [...]

Tributes as Aderinokun joins septuagenarians club By SOLA BALOGUN and SAM ANOKAM Thursday, July 22, 2010 •A scene from the celebration In these days of endless struggle and low life expectancy, turning 70 years old is no mean feat. And that was why, relations, friends and the art community assembled to celebrate the enigmatic poet [...]

Wonders of Victor Uwaifo’s tourist plazaFrom Tony Osauzo, Benin Thursday, July 15, 2010 The signboard loudly proclaims it – Revelation Tourist Palazzo: The good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful. Come over on a journey through historical events of tragedy, customs and horrors…Revelation Tourist Palazzo is a tourist centre whose concept and content are [...]

Arts Centre moves to Atlanta …as Black race storms Osun on slavery By SOLA BALOGUNThursday, July 15, 2010 Apparently intrigued by a passion to strengthen cultural diplomacy between Nigeria and the United States US, the Federal Government may soon establish an international arts centre in Atlanta, Georgia. This is the fallout of a recent meeting hosted [...]

Why arts should be endorced, by Martin Adaji By SOLA BALOGUN Thursday, July 08, 2010 Martin Adaji At the just-concluded stakeholders forum organized by the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation in Abuja, experts on culture voted for a review of the National Culture Policy. They also canvassed a National Endowment for the [...]