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Yoruba Palace door. Carved by the Olowe of ise. Early 20th Century. Source:
20/02/2020

Yoruba Palace door. Carved by the Olowe of ise. Early 20th Century.
Source:

Had the pleasure of visiting the The first university museum in Nigeria located at the Pan Atlantic University dedicate...
20/02/2020

Had the pleasure of visiting the The first university museum in Nigeria located at the Pan Atlantic University dedicated to facilitate academic interest in art. The architecture of the museum is impeccable and its intricate arrangement is fascinating.
The museum has several categories of works on display — it features various significant collections of historic and contemporary art from paintings to artifacts. It was an amazing experience to see relics of the past from such close proximity.

Obiora Anidi. Ancestral forest....Granpa iii, 2006. Cement and steel wire. As seen at the
20/02/2020

Obiora Anidi. Ancestral forest....Granpa iii, 2006. Cement and steel wire. As seen at the

A Brooklyn museum quest to find the origin of a yoruba Egungun masquerade dance costume worn to honour ancestors and the...
20/02/2020

A Brooklyn museum quest to find the origin of a yoruba Egungun masquerade dance costume worn to honour ancestors and their living descendants stolen seven decades ago from ogbomosho Oyo state Nigeria. The origin of the custom was traced back to the Lekewogbe family from whom it was stolen from. The family permitted the museum to keep the costume because the masquerade had been stripped of it's spiritual forces. This approach Indicates an ethical method of engaging with cultural objects and the history of communities connected to them.

•Art Tech• “Portrait of Edmond Belamy” was made through Artificial Intelligence called Generative Adversarial Network us...
20/02/2020

•Art Tech• “Portrait of Edmond Belamy” was made through Artificial Intelligence called Generative Adversarial Network using an algorithm which combed through a collection of historical portrait, then generated a portrait of its own and was printed on canvas. It was sold at Christie's for $432,500 signaling the arrival of AI art in the world auction stage.

Aina Onabolu. Awaiting the verdict. Charcoal on paper. 1932.
20/02/2020

Aina Onabolu. Awaiting the verdict. Charcoal on paper. 1932.

Carved tusks in Benin city taken as loot by the british army in the infamous punitive expedition of 1897. Source: excerp...
06/02/2020

Carved tusks in Benin city taken as loot by the british army in the infamous punitive expedition of 1897.
Source: excerpts from capt. Herbert Sutherland Walker’s journal via the New York Times.

Officers from the British raid in Benin city in 1897 with some Benin looted bronzes in the background. Source: excerpts ...
06/02/2020

Officers from the British raid in Benin city in 1897 with some Benin looted bronzes in the background.
Source: excerpts from capt. Herbert Sutherland Walker’s journal via the New York Times.

Piles of ceremonial tusks taken by the British army in Benin city in 1897. Source: excerpts from capt. Herbert Sutherlan...
06/02/2020

Piles of ceremonial tusks taken by the British army in Benin city in 1897.
Source: excerpts from capt. Herbert Sutherland Walker’s journal via New York Times.

Carved Benin ivory mask.
06/02/2020

Carved Benin ivory mask.

Gallery owners in Paris plan to return looted artefacts looted from Benin more than 120 years ago back to their original...
06/02/2020

Gallery owners in Paris plan to return looted artefacts looted from Benin more than 120 years ago back to their original owners.
The artefacts are expected to return to Abomey, Benin City after the construction of the Benin museum by 2021.

Head with horns sculpture formally attributed to Paul Gauguin has been deemed a fake and pulled from The Getty Museum pe...
06/02/2020

Head with horns sculpture formally attributed to Paul Gauguin has been deemed a fake and pulled from The Getty Museum permanent display.
Source: Artnet. Photo via Getty images.

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