Insights
Framing an artwork is a conservation task before it is a decorative one. At the Omooba Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon Art Foundation (OYASAF), apprentices learn to…
In Oyo State, a carved mask is never simply an attractive object made from wood. It may carry a family history, recall an ancestral presence, mark a festival,…
A Yoruba divination tray, or opon Ifa, is more than a carved wooden object. It is a working surface, a symbolic map and a stage for communication between a…
Ulì is a distinctive Igbo visual tradition in which skilled makers use plant-based pigments and fluid line work to decorate the body, walls, household objects…
El Anatsui’s large-scale metal tapestries transform discarded materials into works of remarkable visual force. Made from bottle tops, aluminium seals, copper…
The Nsukka Art School occupies a distinctive place in the history of Nigerian art. Emerging around the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, it gave artists a setting…
Benin bronze casting is often discussed through its celebrated plaques, royal heads and commemorative figures, yet the deeper story lies in the process behind…
Long before European colonial rule reshaped West African borders, metalworkers in what is now southeastern Nigeria were producing objects of remarkable…
For many people, Nigerian and African art remains separated from them by distance, travel costs and limited access to specialist museums. OYASAF, the Omooba…
When Nigeria became independent on 1 October 1960, the country inherited public spaces shaped by colonial administration, imperial symbolism and imported ideas…