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ADEDOYIN JOHNSON Carrying one of the designs in her new collection, the Oba Sijuwade Embellished bags (OS by TPS), Princess Debo Odutola stands out of the pack. Each piece in the collection is made from broken pearls. Using needle and thread, the craftsmen meticulously arranged the pearls on each bag…
For the second time in a row, all roads lead to Dakar, Senegal via a Molue Mobile Museum of Contemporary Art (MMMoCA), a residency program for young artists from Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Germany on the move spanning several countries in West Africa. The art initiative themed ‘Stretched…
Spotting a black caftan, Pere Lei strolled into the venue of our photoshoot. In his gentle yet firm voice we exchanged pleasantries. Perhaps, he looked too clean and soft for his kind of business, but Lei could be described as a master craftsman. His finely crafted leather pieces are…
Abolore Sobayo’s Liberation statue of Fela has generated a lot of controversies, but it is a brilliant work that has brought him fame says FUNKE OSAE-BROWN Dressed in a blue fitted Kaftan, Abolore Sobayo stood by his close pal, Asiri, in the warm October sun at the Allen roundabout, perhaps…
If you are flying to New York, you no longer have to worry about lay-overs as Delta Airlines has launched a new nonstop service from Lagos to New York-JFK, linking the financial capital of Nigeria to the financial capital of the world. The New York-JFK route complements the airline’s existing…
Black Opal, popular makeup brand, now has a new name, BLK/OPL. The brand franchisee in Nigeria, Kudirat Fashola, CEO, Kuddy Cosmetics made this announcement at a brand launch party help at the Lagos Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, in March. The launch party was put together to celebrate the brand’s transition…
It will all be about watercolour at the Spring edition of The Content Exhibition put together yearly by Adam & Eve Homeware. The third edition, The Content which will open on April 1 and run throughout the Easter month will feature a top range of artworks that use watercolour as…
Inspiration FM On Air Personality and host of popular programme, Yolanda George-David, also known as Aunt Landa, has been unveiled as the new brand ambassador for Vlisco. The announcement which was made at the Vlisco flagship store, Ikeja City Mall on Thursday is in line with its annual tradition of…
Approximately N26.7million worth of artworks were sold at the annual Arthouse Contemporary Affordable Art Auction which held on March 3, 2018, at the Kia Showroom, Lagos. Featuring 107 lots from emerging and established contemporary artists, the auction brought in a total of NGN 26,668,000 during the evening’s sale, with 62…
ADEDOYIN AMOLE Swiss watchmaker, Richard Mille has teamed up with the luxury automotive company, McLaren for an ultra-exclusive timepiece the RM 11-03 McLaren Automatic Flyback Chronograph. The watch made its debuthis week at the Geneva Motor Show The watch priced at $189,360 is the first collaborative timepiece from Richard Mille…
Comes in just four bottles available in the U.S. Priced at $15,000 Each Whisky was being made the same year Star Wars launched Macallan Fine & Rare Collection has unveiled its rare limited-edition whisky. For the past 15 years, Macallan Fine & Rare Collection has introduced single-malt whisky totalling a…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN Guests started trickling into one of the meeting rooms at The Wheatbaker Ikoyi for what could be termed the auction of the century. The stage was set for bidders to join the live broadcast for the Bonhams African Art auction from London. Gradually, the room began to…
TPS Luxury has unveiled its new collection of handmade bags which pays homage to African royalty. The totes in the collection are made of African prints, Aso oke, Adire perfectly blended with leather and embellished with pearls, broken beads and Swarovski crystals. One of the edgy designs in the collection…
ADEDOYIN JOHNSON Missing but found Ben Enwonwu masterpiece, ‘Tutu’ sells at world record breaking £1,000,000 at the Bonhams African Art auction held in London on Wednesday but broadcast live to bidders at The Wheatbaker Hotel, Lagos. Previously estimated between £200,000-300,000, Enwonwu’s ‘Tutu’ breaks a new world record for Nigerian art.…
Yinka Shonibare’s new work, ‘Wind Sculpture’, (SG) I commissioned by Public Art Fund is now available for viewing at the entrance to Central Park at the Doris C. Freedman Plaza in New York on Tuesday 7th March 2018 to October 2018. This new sculpture by Shonibare is created from fibreglass…
• It comes with a sizeable tube amplifier This new headphone by HiFiMan comes with a pair of electrostatic headphones, which enables sound to be driven by a thin, electromagnetically charged film suspended between two stators with the opposite electromagnetic charge. These stators are rapidly charged and discharged to pull…
It is Ferrari’s most powerful V-8 to date. Ferrari’s new 488 Pista will make its debut at the Geneva International Motor show in March. The new car joins Ferrari’s bloodline of V-8-powered, road-going track missiles, where names like 360 Challenge Stradale, 430 Scuderia, and 458 Speciale are etched in Maranello…
Barely two months after First Bank of Nigeria Limited celebrated the one-year anniversary of FirstGem, its lifestyle offering for women, the bank opened a website specifically designed to build a virtual community of like-minded women in order to encourage interactions among them, whilst importantly focusing on key areas of interest,…
Limited to 30 units in the UK. On sale in the UK from February 2018 and priced N38, 376, 174.87 (£76,675) OTR. BMW celebrates its 30 years anniversary with 30 units limited edition of M4 convertible, an open-top high-performance vehicle. The BMW M4 Convertible, is the latest interpretation of…
You can bid for artworks below N1 million naira at the 2018 edition of Arthouse Contemporary Affordable Art auction, an international auction house that specialises in modern and contemporary art from West Africa. The auction which comes up on March 3, 2018, by 6pm at the Kia Showroom, 308 Adeola…
