ArtWa.Africa

Art news from Africa and its diaspora.

[ASIRI Magazine @ASIRIMagazine]

Nigerian artist and Arts promoter Afi Ekong (1930 - 2009) as she paints on a canvas, Lagos, Nigeria, January 1962. (Photo by Pix/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Born: 30 June 1930, Calabar
Died: 24 February 2009. #Amazon #WomenInArts #NigerianWomen

[Zikhona Valela @valavoosh]

One of the beneficiaries of colonial looting, the British Museum, was opened on this day in 1759. The museum holds the largest collection of stolen artifacts & treasures from around the world- mainly the former British colonies. For example the sculptures of the Benin Kingdom.

[Hannah O'Leary @hannah_o_really]

Thank you @BBCWorld ‘Focus on Africa’ for reporting on the contemporary African art market covering our @Sothebys auction alongside our friends @154artfair #sothebysctpafrican

[ArtWa.Africa @adekemitweets]

France’s colonial legacy is being judged at the trial of the activists who attempted to seize an African artefact from the Quai Branly Museum to protest colonial-era cultural theft.
https://t.co/u6LPnqc9FM

[ArtWa.Africa @adekemitweets]

The ceramic artist Magdalene Odundo talks about the influential Nigerian potter Ladi Kwali, who taught Odundo in the early 1970s. Podcast by ‘Bow Down: Women in Art History.’
https://t.co/pc8pSTaYVO

[Johanna Z-Sharp @JohannaZS]

This day, 60 years ago, in Lagos - celebrations and installations at Race Course (now Tafawa Balewa Square) #Nigeria60 #60sAt60 @HornimanMuseum @SeyiAwolesi

[ArtWa.Africa @adekemitweets]

Another dramatic protest against the presence of African cultural heritage in European institutions.
https://t.co/MWKesBoPdt

[ArtWa.Africa @adekemitweets]

“As the pandemic brought a new focus on virtual communication, many artists found themselves increasingly communicating with collectors directly to sell their work, often through Instagram.”
https://t.co/f67fMCzQXD

[Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art (YSMA) @shyllonmuseum]

While ASUU is still on strike, be reminded that @shyllonmuseum has finally reopened to the public for visits.
Our exhibition spaces will be available for tours as from tomorrow the 15th of September, 2020.

[Chika Okeke-Agulu @Chikaokekeagulu]

This is one of the best documentaries so far on the subject. I recommend it!

Africa's looted art | DW Documentary https://t.co/GRnII1IJKx via @YouTube

[Yoruba History - by NNP @YorubaHistory]

This stunning, magnificently detailed three-tier, royal, wood Ayo game box, was executed by Olowe of Ise (1875-1937), the greatest Yoruba carver of the 20th Century, circa 1890.

[ArtWa.Africa @adekemitweets]

A traveling exhibition planned for late 2022 will illuminate African Modernism in America, 1947–1967.
https://t.co/W7rQiLXz7o

[ArtWa.Africa @adekemitweets]

Individuals who are taking restitution into their own hands.

https://t.co/i0WNNuRlyK

[ArtWa.Africa @adekemitweets]

A scaled-down version of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Will hold in October in London, Despite the Cancellation of Frieze.

https://t.co/5lhKoYDS7v

[ArtWa.Africa @adekemitweets]

@deborahsolo @museoreinasofia Interesting!

[Jess Castellote @jesscastellote]

Original work by Kolade Oshinowo (Owambe, 2015) and fake Kolade Oshinowo. Collectively, we need to do something to stop all the rampant forgeries...

[ArtWa.Africa @adekemitweets]

"I confirm that object is a fake, and of the worst quality. You can find a lot of the same type [of objects] on eBay. This story is ridiculous, and a shame for Mexico." Julien Volper, curator, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium.
https://t.co/jaRYhwYf03

[ArtWa.Africa @adekemitweets]

"I hope this museum can serve as a catalyst for art in Nigeria and in the continent,” says Prince Yemisi Shyllon, who is one of Nigeria’s biggest art collectors and the main donor to the university museum.

https://t.co/c7jqig1Bgf

[Kola Aina @kola_aina]

In non Corona news.

One bright spot from this weekend was sharing at home the story of the elegant lady who is the sitter in this portrait by Ben Ewonwu. She presumably and thankfully is still with us here in Abuja. So much history. 🔥 Thanks HO for sharing.

[ArtWa.Africa @adekemitweets]

Dealers Set Sights on Africa at 1-54 Art Fair’s Third Moroccan Edition, in Sign of Continent’s Expanding Collector Base https://t.co/Wrph8RnOLQ via @artnews