In Charcoal, Edosa Ogiugo Captures Movement

By Udemma Chukwuma

Some drawings only work if the artist trusts their own hand: no erasing, no second-guessing, just a willingness to let a line be wrong in service of being alive. Six recent charcoal studies from Nigerian artist Edosa Ogiugo make that case well. And one thing you cannot take away from Ogiugo is the bold strokes in his painting and drawing.

One Artist’s Experiment That Changed Nigerian Art

By Joy Eke 

Title: Madam Kofo (acrylic on canvas, 2020 by Abiola Akande

Araism Movement is marking 20 years of its formal existence with a special anniversary lecture examining its place and influence within Nigeria’s visual arts landscape. Organised by Ara Studio, the lecture, titled “Araism: Its Impacts on Nigeria's Visual Arts Space,” will take place on Thursday, August 27, 2026, at 11 a.m. at the first floor of Kongi's Gallery, Freedom Park, Old Prison Ground, Broad Street, Lagos, Nigeria.

ORI Brings 30 Nigerian Sculptors Together at Quintessence Gallery

By Udemma Chukwuma 

What can the human head tell us about who we are, what we inherit and who we are becoming? These questions lie at the heart of ORI II, the second edition of the biennial of contemporary Nigerian sculpture, which brings 30 Nigerian sculptors, masters and rising talents alike to Quintessence Gallery in Lagos, Nigeria.

"Fragments of Our Existence" Brings Four Artists Together at Alexis Galleries

By our reporter 

Fragments of Our Existence, a group exhibition, brings together Ebuka Anyiam, Celesta Jonah, Idris Olabode Opeyemi and Okediji Femi at Alexis Galleries in Lagos, Nigeria, this September. The exhibition opens on Saturday, September 19, 2026, and runs until October 3 at Alexis Galleries, 282 Akin Olugbade Street, off Idowu Martins, Victoria Island. 

Chris Tembele Turns a Vacant Lot into an Altar of Ashes

By Udemma Chukwuma 

Chris Tembele enters already transformed, his body wrapped and his face entirely obscured beneath a fan of palm fronds. In a costume that reads less like disguise and more like abdication, he empties himself of his own individual identity so that he can become an officiant, a vessel through whom grief for absent parents can move rather than a performer grieving on their behalf.