As My Father’s Shadow opens in French cinemas, director Akinola Davies Jr. reflects on Lagos, absence, and the fragile ties that shape us. Nigerian-British filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. belongs to a generation of directors redefining how stories about Africa are told on screen. Working…
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In Delhi, art does not whisper; it collides, transforms, negotiates with history. At the heart of this restless city, Pristine Contemporary has quickly become one of its most agile platforms. Founded by Arjun Butani and his partner Arjun Sawhney, the gallery moves…
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“Lagos is a mix between… it’s the talking drum competing with a sax solo with a Jimi Hendrix on Acid coming to join the session. At some point. At some point. And all of them finding a spot Where they don’t collide…
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Few Nigerian creatives have bent as many disciplines to their will as Daniel Obasi. A self-taught graphic designer turned stylist, photographer, and filmmaker, he first earned global attention with Fashion Eye Lagos for Louis Vuitton (2022), a book-length visual ode to his city’s layered realities.…
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This summer, Nigerian artist Ken Nwadiogbu presents a major solo exhibition in London, offering new works that push the boundaries of figuration, memory, and black identity. Known for his hyperrealistic yet conceptually rich portraits, often marked by cut-out gazes, fragmented figures, and…
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Samuel Animashaun Perry, widely recognized by his stage name Broda Shaggi, is a dynamic force in Nigeria’s entertainment scene. Born in 1993, in Ikenne, Ogun State, Nigeria, he has carved a niche for himself as a comedian, actor, musician, and content creator. With a…
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At just 27, Franco-Japanese artist VictorTakeru is emerging as a quiet force in contemporary painting. Trained in graphic design, self-taught in fine art, he’s developed a delicate, introspective visual language he calls “ambient music painting.” A conversation with a soft-spoken painter whose…
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At London’s National Portrait Gallery, an exhibition reveals a master of mise-en-scène obsessed with beauty and haunted by what it conceals. At the National Portrait Gallery, the exhibition devoted to Cecil Beaton feels less like a retrospective than a slow drift. A…
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From the streets of London to the cafés of Paris, from Lagos to notebooks filled with fragments, riffs, and visions, Keziah Jones has always been in motion. The inventor of “Blufunk” (a genre where Yoruba rhythms collide with funk, blues, and jazz)…
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