Other cities have game, but springtime in the Big Apple brings a concentration of fairs, auctions and shows without parallel. Sometimes it seems as though the collectors, dealers, curators and advisers who power the art world will fly anywhere on…
Photography
Storyteller: photography by Tim Hetherington – in pictures
The Imperial War Museum is to open its first exhibition dedicated to work of the multi-award-winning conflict photographer Tim Hetherington, who died 13 years ago on assignment covering the Libyan civil war A young rebel fighter and hand grenade during…
Benin Debuts First-Ever National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Everything Precious Is Fragile is an opportunity to collapse the conventions that define the nation in the global popular imagination. VENICE — Still in 2024, inclusion in La Biennale de Venezia remains an honour. It’s a symbol of recognition, legitimacy even,…
‘The model loved the departure from traditional portraiture’ – Kamzy Nuel’s best phone picture
The vibrant colours of Lagos take centre stage in this bold image by the Nigerian photographer When location scouting for this shoot, Kamzy Nuel was primarily hunting for colour. He settled on the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. “There are so…
PICTORIAL: Inside the most expensive school in Nigeria
Inside Charterhouse Lagos, A newly commissioned primary school in Lekki with its secondary school underway that charges N42m as a fee per annum. Charterhouse Lagos is the first British independent school in West Africa and part of the prestigious Charterhouse…
Russian invasion of Ukraine begins – in pictures
Vladimir Putin announces a military operation in Ukraine with explosions heard across multiple cities and outside eastern regions held by Russian-backed rebels A view shows the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service site damaged by shelling in Kyiv region Photograph: State…
Jobfished: the con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency
The Zoom call had about 40 people on it – or that’s what the people who had logged on thought. The all-staff meeting at the glamorous design agency had been called to welcome the growing company’s newest recruits. Its name…
Is Modern Landscape Photography Really Art or Is It Fake?
You can learn so much about yourself and photography by briefly getting familiar with art history. But is photography art in the first place? Since I became a landscape photographer, my enjoyment of visiting art museums has increased by a…
Are Photographers Even Artists?
Have you ever heard the argument that photography isn’t art, because everyone can do it? That’s bull. All forms of photography need artistic thinking to some extent. Craft and Art It seems like an unspoken agreement that photographers don’t like to…
Art is Nigeria’s inexhaustible resource, gateway to world
Prof. Duro Oni is former Deputy Vice Chancellor, Management Services of the University of Lagos. The theatre technician and administrator spoke with GREGORY AUSTIN NWAKUNOR on arts these past 59 years and what are the issues that matter to the…