In these two books, Yoruba Art And Language: Seeking The African In African Art written by Rowland Abiodun, formerly, Professor of Art at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and currently Professor of ...
Even while museums are closed due to the coronavirus, art matters in our lives. In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with ...
A new exhibition opening at the Hope College Kruizenga Art Museum on Friday, Jan. 17, will feature a variety of artworks made and used by the Yoruba people of Nigeria and West Africa. The exhibition, ...
KALAMAZOO-- Surely, in a career which spans four decades, African wood sculpting artist Lamidi Fakeye has seen a lot. However, his long-time colleague Bruce Haight seems to find something intriguing ...
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My vision is to take Yoruba oral art global — poet
A Yoruba oral artist and poet, Oluwafemi Olawale, popularly known as Aremo Oro, has said his vision is to project Yoruba oral tradition onto the global stage while preserving its authenticity.Known ...
The government of Mexico repatriated a rare bronze sculpture to Nigeria last week after it had been illegally smuggled out of Africa. But now experts say the sculpture, thought to be a 1,500-year-old ...
Deep inside a luscious grove in Nigeria, a community of artists preserves otherworldly monuments to Yorùbá spirituality ...
Following up on the success of the 2018 kits, Nike tapped into Yoruba traditional art movements to design the new kits. Two years after stoking world-wide admiration with the successful Super Eagles ...
Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yoruba Tradition' is the first monograph dedicated to the 50-year career of the Nigerian artist Moshood Olusomo Bámigbóyè (circa 1885-1975). One of the most ...
Àkọsẹ̀jaiyé, which loosely translates to 'feet in life', also known as Ẹ̀sẹ̀tayé and Ìkọsẹ̀daiyé, is a traditional Yoruba religious ceremony done three days after the birth of the child. It is ...
The focus of Blier’s book is on works she categorizes under Florescence and Post-Florescence eras. She ties the Florescence era to Obalufon II, an Ife king noted in Yoruba tradition as a major art ...
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