LAGOS (Reuters) - The haunting stone sculptures have stretched bodies with enlarged heads, mask-like faces and elongated chests - the kind of sharp, geometric qualities that inspired the works of ...

The protests that derailed the Museum of West African Art’s opening reveal that neocolonial donor money and weak local ...

Nigeria West Africa Museum A man speaks to guests to calm down during the soft launch of the new, state backed, Museum of West African Arts, that was disrupted by protesters in Benin City, Nigeria, ...

When the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) was first announced for Benin City, the numbers told a seductive story: a $25 ...

Editor’s Note: Ugoma Adegoke is the founding director and curator of Bloom Art, Lagos. She is a creative entrepreneur, a vocal arts advocate and collector. Lagos CNN — When people think about the ...

As Art X Lagos celebrates its tenth anniversary this week, the event has evolved into more than simply an art fair-it's become a cultural movement. Since its inception, the fair, which runs November 6 ...

In 1999, the Louvre Museum in Paris, France purchased from a Belgian art dealer a collection of 2,000-year-old Nigeria’s Nok terracotta sculptures for about $400,000. Is Nigeria sustaining the ...

Despite the economic challenges across Africa, the 2023 edition of Art X Lagos — an international art fair that showcases innovative contemporary and modern art by African artists — recorded a huge ...

A new HBO documentary explores the impact of Wizkid's music — internationally and in his native Nigeria. Music Box: Wizkid: Long Live Lagos traces the artist's roots and Nigerian identity, and how his ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Protesters in Nigeria have disrupted this week’s opening of a major museum of West African art, where local disputes over the world-renowned Benin Bronzes have already kept them ...