Art and Ideas

Art and Ideas

Why artists are important to African society – Adesola Yusuf

Over the past few years, Adesola Yusuf’s work has evolved from digital collages, to digital paintings and now incorporate a blend of digital collage a

Benue Book and Arts Festival explores art and convergence

By Aishah Saleeman with agency report The 2022 edition of the Benue Book and Arts Festival, with Su’ur Su’eddie Vershima Agema and Oko Owi Ocho as dir

Oloruntoba wins Canada’s Griffin Poetry Prize 2022

Tolu Oloruntoba has been announced among the winners of Canada’s Griffin Poetry Prize 2022. While Oloruntoba won the Canadian prize, Douglas Kearney w

I’m on a mission to make futuristic collection of NFTs the norm in Nigeria – Timi Nathus

Nigerian multidisciplinary digital artist Timi Nathus aka NAZQUIAT shares his #Afrotroves NFT collection and explains it as “Each NFT was made from sa

Artist calls for overhaul of art education in Nigeria

One of Nigeria’s contemporary artists, Mazi Dennis Mazi, has said Nigeria’s art educational system should endeavour to keep abreast of the world’s dig