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The Ife show — co-organized by New York’s Museum for African Art, the Spanish Fundacion Botin and Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments — drops another bombshell.
The rediscovery of Ife heads at the beginning of the 20th century overturned assumptions about the sophistication of African art “Head, possibly a king,” 12th-14th century. On view at the ...
I love a good creation story, and the Yoruba people of the ancient city of Ife, in what is now Nigeria, have a doozy. It involves a god indulging in a bit too much palm wine, a snail-shell full of ...
A collection of more than 100 items of African art is now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the first stop in a U.S. tour of rare art works from Nigeria's Ife region.
From these eight original sculptures then moulded, she said 108 heads were cast in clay sourced from Ile-Ife, by potters from a female potter’s community in the Yoruba town of Ilorin and ...
He added, “The Ife Art graduates are now well-established among Contemporary artists all over the globe. They have excelled in stylistic articulation and the use of new and iconic materials.
Kunle Filani, Tola Wewe, Victor Ekpuk, Olojo-Kosoko, and over 40 other exhibiting artists who are alumni of the Ife Art school will be showcasing their works in the exhibition to mark the 30th ...
The theme of Ife Olowu's art exhibition titled "Metamorphosis: A Journey into the Future" which runs from December 3 to December 15 at Cera Cerni Art Hub, Lekki, has been described as embodiment ...
The Ife art school : history, philosophy and character / E. A. Sheba and O. J. Ajiboye Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Object Details Author Sheba, Ebenezer Aiku Ajiboye, O. J Smithsonian ...
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