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Nnena Kalu Becomes First Learning-Disabled Artist to Win Turner Prize

12/11/2025

Nnena Kalu Becomes First Learning-Disabled Artist to Win Turner Prize Glasgow-born Nigerian artistNnena Kaluhas been named the winner of the 2025Turner Prize. Considered the UK’s most prestigious award in the field of the visual arts, the prize comes with a …

Метки : искусствотурнеровская премияинвалидностьвыставканигерияскульптура

Protesters Storm Nigeria's New Museum, Forcing Abrupt End to Event

11/11/2025

After more than five years in development, Nigeria’s glitzy Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City was set to host a series of preview events this week ahead of a grand public opening on Tuesday. Instead, it was …

Метки : музейпротестызападная африканигерияискусствоистория.

Museum of West African Art Opening Delayed by Protesters

11/11/2025

Museum of West African Art Opening Delayed by Protesters The opening of theMuseum of West African Art(MOWAA) inBenin City, Nigeria, originally slated for November 11, has been postponed after a group of some twenty protesters disrupted a preview event on …

Метки : нигерия#культурапротестмузейсанкцииискусство

Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art to Open in November

07/04/2025

Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art to Open in November TheMuseum of West African Art(MOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria, will officially welcome the public to its campus on November 11, the same day it unveils its MOWAA Institute. Designed by …

Метки : нигерияискусствомузейвыставка#культураафриканское искусство

MFA Boston to Rescind Promised Gift of Benin Bronzes

04/23/2025

In an unprecedented move for a United States arts institution, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will return a promised gift of Benin Bronzes and close the collection’s dedicated gallery on April 28. The gallery will ultimately transition into a …

Метки : искусствобенинреституциямузейнаследиенигерия

Netherlands Will Repatriate 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

02/21/2025

Netherlands Will Repatriate 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria The Dutch government will return 119Benin Bronzesto Nigeria, making the Netherlands the latest country to repatriate the priceless works of art, part of a trove of thousands of brass, bronze, and ivory …

Метки : репатриацияискусство#культуранидерландынигерияистория.

El Anatsui Wins Tate Turbine Hall Commission

02/15/2023

Ghanian-born multimedia artist El Anatsui, widely known for his fluid, cascading tapestries constructed from bottle caps and copper wire, has been tapped to create the next Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, London. “Repurposing found materials into dazzling works …

Метки : нигерияхудожник

Samuel Fosso Awarded 2023 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize

06/10/2023

Cameroonian-born Nigerian photographer Samuel Fosso has won the 2023 Deutsche Börse Foundation Photography prize for his self-titled retrospective exhibition at Paris’s Maison Européenne de la Photographie, tracing nearly five decades of his career. Fosso was presented with the prestigious £30,000 …

Метки : фотографнигериякамерундеше_борсепрем

Nigeria Reveals Plans for 2024 Venice Biennale Pavilion

10/24/2022

Nigeria has pulled back the veil on plans for its pavilion at the Sixtieth Venice Biennale, to take place April 20–November 24, 2024. This will mark the second time the country has participated in the event, following its inclusion in …

Метки : нигериявенецианская биенналефедеральное мин

Mary Evans Named Director of the Slade School of Fine Art

11/11/2023

Nigerian-born British artist Mary Evans has been chosen to serve as the next director of London’s prestigious Slade School of Fine Art, effective October 4 of this year. She is the first Black person to occupy the position. Evans arrives …

Метки : нигерияхудожницабританиямэри эвансдир