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Italian Artist, Salvatore Garau Sells ‘Invisible’ Sculpture For $18,000 (Video)
In the world of art, there are no rules, only opinions and preferences, giving reason to why an Italian artist, Salvatore Garau recently sold an invisible sculpture for 15,000 euros ($18,300/N7,389,000).
According to as.com, the…
Germany To Return All Benin Artefacts By 2022
Germany has on Tuesday, May 18 agreed to return all stolen Benin artefacts by 2022.
The artefacts are those taken from the Benin Royal Court following the British incursion in 1849.
Most of the artefacts were looted by British…
Google Arts & Culture’s Eko For Show To Showcase Lagos’s Creative Genius To The World
Google Arts & Culture has announced the launch of Eko for Show, an initiative to showcase and celebrate Lagos state, one of the world’s most vibrant cities for youth, creativity and technology.
Profiling over 100 creatives across the…
Kim Kardashian Slams Critics For Doubting Her 7-Year-Old Daughter’s Impressive Painting
Kim Kardashian has slammed critics doubting that her 7-year-old daughter, North West actually painted an impressive art work that has her name on it.
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star using her Instagram page warned that she's not…
Nigeria Recovers 600 Year Old Terracotta Head From Netherlands
Nigeria has received a stolen Ife Terracotta head, said to have smuggled through Ghana in 2019 to Holland with forged documents.
Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed received the Terracotta head from his Foreign Affairs…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins Women’s Prize For Fiction ‘Winner Of Winners’
Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘Winner of Winners’ for her novel ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’.
The prize which is a one-off award to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Women’s Prize…
Sarah Ezekiel, Paralyzed Artist Creates Artwork With Just Her Eyes (photos)
A London-based paralysed artist Sarah Ezekiel has earned international recognition for her remarkable vivid, life-affirming artworks.
Apart from the beauty of her arts, she has received public attention after it was revealed that she…
Mexico Returns Ancient Bronze Sculpture Back To Nigeria
The Government of Mexico has returned an Ile-Ife bronze sculpture to Nigeria after it seized by customs agents at Mexico City airport for being illegally imported into the country.
The sculpture, from the 6th century southwestern Yoruba…
Fela’s Statue Pulled Down Two Years After Inauguration By Ambode
Fela's statue before and after demolition
The Lagos government has pulled down Fela's statue at Allen roundabout in Ikeja, which was unveiled by the former governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode in 2017.
According to Lagos state chief…
Nigerian Lady Becomes First African To Have Her Work On The Walls Of Cyprus Museum
19-yr-old Nigerian medical student, has made Nigeria and even Africa proud after she became the youngest artist in the world and first African to ever have her work grace the walls of a Cyprus Museum.
This is no small feat. The…
Miabo Brings Her Magic To Miliki
Miabo Enyadike, who has taken part in several group and solo exhibitions in different parts of the world, will hold a solo exhibition in Nigeria titled Inspire.
The exhibition opens on Friday March 23, 2018 at MILIKI on 7B Etim…
‘Salvator Mundi” 517-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci’s Portrait Of Christ Sells For…
Leonardo da Vinci's long lost portrait of Christ 'Salvator Mundi' has sold for a record smashing $450.3 million (about N162billion) on Wednesday at Christie's in New York more than double the old mark for any work of art at auction.…
PRICASSO: Meet The Artist Who Paints With His Manhood
Tim Patch, commonly known by his professional stage name Pricasso, is an Australian artist who is known for using his penis, scrotum and buttocks to paint portraits, landscapes and female nudes.
Patch states that he conceived of the idea…