Les yeux sont clos. Sur une indicible douleur. Ils nous invitent à voir, à regarder au-delà des ténèbres. Ce que l’on entend, c’est le chant intérieur de ce chœur silencieux. Un chant venu de loin. Des temps anciens. Du chaos…
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Alexis Peskine: Collective Ambition
Building on his own heritage and personal experiences, Alexis Peskine’s relief and multimedia work addresses the complexity of themes impacting people from Africa and its diasporas. His signature artworks, large-scale mixed media ‘portraits’ known as Power Figures and Fire Figures, are rendered…
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Nú Barreto, The Fascination of Red
Multidisciplinary artist, Nú Barreto draws attention to political and social issues on the African continent. His work resonates strongly with the #EndSARS movement currently shaking Nigeria. Few weeks before the opening of the 5th edition of ART X LAGOS during…
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Lola and Deen Solebo: Fostering a Legacy for Art
Lola Ogunnaike is a Nigerian American features and entertainment journalist. As a reporter for The New York Times, she lead its entertainment coverage and wrote for the paper’s Arts and Leisure section. Lola and her husband, Deen Solebo, are art…
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Kofi Setordji: Telling Our Own Stories
Kofi Setordji is a multidisciplinary artist, born in 1957 in Accra. Largely self-taught, he is arguably one of Ghana’s most successful artists, widely exhibiting his work internationally. Setordji is also an active member of Nukube, a foundation for the promotion…
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