Nigerian arts and culture takes centre stage in the heart of Paris as the Embassy of Nigeria hosts France business community and friends of Nigeria to … Continue reading The Nigerian Creative Arts Exchange to feature Lanre Da-silva, Ituen Basi, Adekunle Gold and more
Lost for over twenty years, Nigeria’s most expensive painting, ‘Tutu’, was discovered in a flat and has sold for a record £1.2 million (about $1.68 million). … Continue reading Ben Enwonwu’s ‘Tutu’ painting sells for £1.2 million
Synthwave is a genre of electronic music influenced by 1980s film soundtracks and video games. Aesthetically, synthwave gives a retrofuturistic perspective, sometimes compared to cyberpunk. It … Continue reading Synthwave – #December29 #wéréhouse
Celebrating Africa’s largest metropolis through its most iconic color. The Yellow of Lagos is on a mission to have us look at Lagos through different eyes: … Continue reading Yellow is the New Black
Science fiction, Hugo award winner and Marvel Author, Nnedi Okorafor recently spoke at TED Talk about her take on Afrofuturism and the effect her cultural background has had on the genre. On her book she asked; ‘So what if a Nigerian-American wrote science fiction? Growing up, I didn’t read much science fiction. I couldn’t relate to these stories preoccupied with xenophobia, colonization and seeing aliens as others. And I saw no reflection of anyone who looked like me in those narratives.’ She spoke a little more about the book “In the “Binti” novella trilogy, Binti leaves the planet to seek … Continue reading Nnedi Okorafor talks Afrofuturism and Sci-Fi on TED Talk
Sponsored by Absolut Nigeria (@absolutng), ART X Live! is a dynamic showcase that fuses live art and sound in an interactive audio visual performance.⠀ This year, … Continue reading William Chechet and Wavy the Creator to feature at Art X Live
Hugo Award winning Nigerian-American novelist, Nnedi Okorafor, will write her story on the futuristic kingdom of Wakanda with art from Andre Auraho. The sci-fi and … Continue reading Nigerian novelist, Nnedi Okorafor set to write ‘Black Panther’ Comic
The month of September delved into a lot of reflection into photography and played with a little bit of mixed art. In an anti-orthodox attempt to … Continue reading VISUAL NON-ISSUE 1
It’s not uncommon to see rollerbladers in Lagos, Africa’s largest metropolis plagued with congestion, street urchins, half-angry pedestrians and uncertain asphalt. You can usually find them … Continue reading WafflesNCream Is setting the Scene for Nigeria’s Skate Culture
Art X lagos: announces participating exhibitors, artists, and more for its 2017 edition Launched in 2016, ART X Lagos is West Africa’s first international art fair which was designed to showcase … Continue reading The Art X Lagos 2017 line-up announced
At a time were cinematography more than ever is as important as the quality of concept in film directing, Lagos based musician Santi takes a different … Continue reading Watch the music video for Santi’s Jungle Fever
We're popping up at @16by16 selling Funtua tees and other design and art objects — We sampled @showdemcamp Oliseh for this one. — Come shop and … Continue reading This is Us Pop Up Shop @ 16×16
