Nigeria's biggest city is known for its vibrant arts scene, nightlife and creativity, but street art is relatively unknown.

"Every square meter in Benin City has an artist," Victor Ehikhamenor said with a laugh. He was talking about the capital of Edo, the Nigerian State, which is famed as a historical, cultural and ...

:: "This one, it is knacking (cracking) not drawing. You know, something you draw is different with knacking. Knacking is, you have to get the accurate place you are knacking, you understand, if you ...

Flying Girls” has again landed at the AWAACC. But while it’s certainly one highlight of the exhibit “I Will Belong To Only Me ...

Bruce Onobrakpeya, The Last Supper Tate Modern’s “Nigerian Modernism” aims to disrupt the way we think of art history—not only in Afr ...

Abu Dhabi Art returns this month, featuring 142 galleries hailing from 34 countries, and for the 2025 edition, two of these countries are set to have their own exclusive platform: Nigeria and Turkey.

Many African diaspora watercolorists draw heavily from their cultural heritage. They incorporate traditional patterns, symbols, and stories into their work. This not only preserves cultural identity ...

A street art festival in Nigeria is showcasing the continent’s tradition of public murals. Combining color, creativity, and ...

Emmanuel Item was first exposed to tattoo culture when he played guitar in a heavy metal band in Vienna. Item, who is of Nigerian and Austrian descent, already liked to draw in sketch pads, but after ...

The Museum of African Art, at the Moscow University of Finance and Law, is dedicated to a self-sufficient civilization with a rich ...

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, of DeKalb County and serving Georgia’s Fourth District, attended Friday’s exhibit. The Democrat is an avid supporter of 21 Savage, from helping the rapper with his 2019 ICE ...

*My late mother’s brother-in-law, the late Engineer Idowu Akinde was an Executive Engineer at PWD in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, through whom Dr. Dele Jegede got his first job as a youngster. This provided ...