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21/09/2026

The exhibition brings together a diverse selection of works for art collectors, enthusiasts and members of the public to experience the power of art contained within intimate dimensions at affordable prices.

21/09/2026

Between now and December, artists and galleries with roots in Nigeria will appear at some of the world's major art events, from Lagos, Venice and New York to London, Paris and Abu Dhabi. The work ranges from the experimental Oshogbo workshops of the 1960s to recent practices shaped by migration, tex...

21/09/2026

21/09/2026

The Benin Kingdom will spend most of October in celebration. From October 3 to 25, 2026, according to the programme released by the Benin Royal Palace, a series of cultural, sporting, intellectual and social events will mark ten years since the coronation of His Royal Majesty Omo N'Oba N'Edo Uku Akp...

17/09/2026

Lineism, Where Lines Tell Stories is Teiko's first solo exhibition, presented by Artist Alliance at the Artists Alliance Gallery, Omanye House, La, Accra, Ghana, opening Thursday, October 1, 2026. It's a body of work built entirely on the expressive power of the line, and on everything a line can ca...

17/09/2026

Nigerian artist Ayotunde Afolayan will bring his painting, Amongst, to the 2026 Atlanta Art Fair, taking place October 1–4 at Pullman Yards. Paul Conliffe will present the work at Booth D23.

08/09/2026

Shades of Hope: Covid Reminiscences Through Art, written by veteran arts writer and longtime THISDAY arts editor Okechukwu Uwaezuoke and published by Nostalgiamedia, went on sale Tuesday, September 8. Spanning 152 pages, the book gathers first-person reflections from artists who found themselves sca...

06/09/2026

There is a moment, standing before a painting by Dodd Brown Nkpa, when the eye stops trying to resolve the figure into something familiar and instead begins to read it the way one reads a piece of cloth, for pattern, seam, and texture rather than likeness. This is no accident. Nkpa, a Nigerian mixe...

05/09/2026

The choice of venue is intentional, and dates back to ARAMI's founding. Restaurant Director Diana Nwandu has said that from the moment she took on the space, she knew she wanted it to double as a showcase for African art, and brought in Obiago, a longtime...

The show's title carries a deliberate double edge. On one hand, "pure water" nods to Idu's vision of ecological balance, the underwater world his figures inhabit, rendered in oil, acrylic, and delicate watercolour. A direct reference to the plastic drinking-water sachets sold across cities in Nigeri...

04/09/2026

Opening on September 13, 2026, the exhibition brings together Nike Davies-Okundaye, Kelechi Chinwendu, Chigozie Obi, Abiodun Olaku, Ayotunde Ojo, Kainebi Osahenye and Kadara Enyeasi, creating a cross-generational encounter between established and emerging voices in Nigerian art.