Consistency is Not The Enemy of Depth
There is this argument between artistic style and visual language that is becoming fashionable. It says that style is shallow, […]
Makoko and the Struggle Against a Single Story— A curatorial essay on ‘The Witness’, A Recent Series by Damilola Opedun
Damilola Opedun, ‘The Meeting Point I’, 2026. I have a love-hate relationship with Makoko. On the one hand, the contextual
Are-ona Kakanfo Afonja
NIGERIAN ROYALTY SERIES Afonja of Ilorin Are-ona Kakanfo of the Oyo empire · c. 1750–1823 South-West Zone · Ilorin· Ancient
The Costume Is Not the Art — On masquerade, performance, and the problem of preservation
The masquerade is more than spectacle. Unpack the sociology behind Nigeria’s most powerful performance traditions — and what bad archiving erases.
Ogiso Orroro
NIGERIAN ROYALTY SERIES Ogiso Orroro Alt. ‘Orhorho’. 8th Ruler of Igodomigodo · r. c. 600–618 CE South-South Zone · Edo
On Cultural Memory, the Grounded Self, and Why Nigeria Needs Its History Back
There is a particular quality to people who know where they come from. It is not nostalgia or performative pride. It is…
Why Galleries Will Never Go Away
Why Galleries Will Never Go Away Space is one of the most fundamental components of art, though it is often
Olu Atorongboye (Sebastian I): A King Between Worlds
NIGERIAN ROYALTY SERIES Olu Atorongboye Sebastian I · Sixth Olu of Warri · r. c. 1597–1624/25 South-South Zone · Niger
