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Albert Potrony, Artist in Residence at CCA,Lagos In another pioneering initiative Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos is pleased to present a collaborative international art residency programme. ...

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J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere:Sartorial Moments and the Nearness of Yesterday continues... Due to the unprecented interest the exhibition Sartorial Moment and the Nearness of Yesterday has been exte...

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WORK-IN-PROGRESS CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, LAGOS re-launches the professional development platform called Work-in-Progress on Saturday the 20th of November 2010. 2pm WIP provides an opport...

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First published in 1982, Fela: This Bitch of a Life is the authoritative text on the life and times of Africa's greatest ever musician. In just under 350 pages, the reader is invited to the ...

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The Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos has, over the course of the last year (2009-2010), tailored all of its programming to interact with notions of post-coloniality and its related ambivalen...

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Call for Artists Applications!!! CCA Lagos / Triangle Arts Trust Workshop - Nigeria October 4 -17, 2010, Lagos CCA Lagos and Triangle Arts Trust are organising the first Triangle Workshop at St...

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ZIMBABWE In partnership with GWANZA PRESENTS HARARE CONVERSATIONS ‘BREAKING BOUNDARIES OF ART, GENDER, AND CULTURAL CONCEPTIONS’ WEDNESDAY 25th AUGUST 2010 10:...

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INVITATION BENIN1897.COM : ART AND THE RESTITUTION QUESTION BY Peju Layiwola Exhibition to be declared open by MR ROTIMI AKEREDOLU, LLB, BL, S.A.N President of the Nigerian Bar Associ...

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A Nice New Market IN A suburb of Lagos, Nigeria’s business capital, Yemisi Shyllon lives in a house full of bronze statues of African tribal rulers and brightly coloured beadwork landscapes. H...

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The Global Africa Project Explores the Impact of African Visual Culture on Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design around the World Groundbreaking Exhibition Challenging Traditional Conceptions of ...

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art-iculate: lectures on contemporary art and visual culture Sunday 25th July 2010 3pm Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos has initiated a dynamic platform for discussions on visual art and...

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Towards A Double Consciousness:NSK Passport Project. 26th - 31st July, 2010 NSK Passport, 1993, courtesy IRWIN Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos is pleased to host the internationally re...

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UNTIL 21ST JULY: PRET A PARTAGER featuring the works of 17 artists, photographers, fashion designers from across Africa and Germany continues in 3 venues: Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, Sabo...

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The Curator as Culture Broker (A Critique of the Curatorial Regime of Okwui Enwezor in the Discourse of Contemporary African Art). I presented this essay recently at the University of Californi...

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It is rare to read informative write up on studio visits to artist on the continent let alone get it into a 'mainstream' platform. Here's a good one. Painting as Politics: A Studio Visit with Ka...

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Found this as I surfed around the net and a nice blog too. Check it out. MAY 11, 2010 - INSPIRED last sunday afternoon at 4pm, i found myself at the new museum. bisi silva, the director/found...

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CCA,Lagos is pleased to collaborating on an international project for the second time with the Fine Art Department at Yaba School of Art and Technology . The first time was in 2008 with the Picha...

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Interview with Bisi Silva by Marian Nur Goni Independent curator and art critic, founder and director of Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA, Lagos), a centre promoting contemporary art op...

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Exhibtion Dates 3rd - 18th July 2010 Artists’ talk: 3rd July 2010 at 3 pm Opening : 3rd July 2010 at 5 pm Venue:Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos 9 McEwen Street, Sabo, Yaba. Centre for C...

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It has been too busy since I got back from the States in hmm... May but I still want to write about the wonderful experiences. Since then I have on and off a plane, trying to meet deadlines and c...

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Beyond the White Cube II: International Networks NEXT Talk Shop, 7th Floor Converge Curators Forum, Art Chicago May 1, 2010 5-6:30 pm How can the expansion of curatorial networks and collab...

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Bisi Silva (left) and Alitash Kebede I had barely landed in New York after a 24hour journey from Lagos, but somehow I managed to catch a bad bout of flu. However, this did not stop me fighting ...

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I am really pleased and privileged to have been invited as the first touring curator for Independent Curators International. This new programme hinges on the premise that in addition to circulati...

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The Walther Collection opens in June 2010 with "Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity," introducing works from its African collection. Under the curatorial direction of Okwui Enwezo...

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I am always happy when I learn that visual artists or any group of artists are on the move - especially by road - within their region and within Africa. On one hand it is a serious challenge not ...

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