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Questions of Ownership of Benin Treasures (I)
Many persons thought the period of colonialism was long over! Western reportage about handling the return of Benin treasures by the Federal Government of Nigeria shows a lack of sensitivity and understanding of the cultures looted of their valuable cultural...
Lanre Bamidele reviews “INDIGO REIMAGINED” edited by Patrick Oloko
PEJU LAYIWOLA’S “INDIGO REIMAGINED” A REVIEW BY LANRE BAMIDELE Let me state from the beginning that the title of the book INDIGO REIMAGINED is an exhibition installation that is curated by Peju Layiwola between 2018-2019. The installation is described as a product of...
Opening Speech of Prince Aghatise Erediauwa at the ‘I Miss you’ exhibition at the RJM in Koln on the 29th April 2022
https://youtu.be/F0G9FwLyIjo
Peju Layiwola’s Indigo Reimagined: Rethinking Adire in Yoruba Fashion and Textile Modernity
Peju Layiwola’s Indigo Reimagined: Rethinking Adire in Yoruba Fashion and Textile Modernity Publisher: Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos ISBN: 978-978-990-855-4 Copyright Year: 2021 Editor: Patrick Oloko Peju Layiwola’s Indigo...
Let Us be Reminded that Benin Art is Court Art
I have been watching the scenario unfolding over the repatriation of Benin artefacts and I am surprised at some of what I read and watch on television. It shows that either we have no sense of history or we have decided to set facts aside in pursuit of self-interest....
Excerpt from the ‘Body Blue’ Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5p0FhYFuy8&t=2s
2021 LSA Distinguished Scholar Award goes to Peju Layiwola
2021 LSA Distinguished Scholar Award The Lagos Studies Association (LSA) is pleased to announce that Peju Layiwola, Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Lagos, is winner of the 2021 LSA Distinguished Scholar Award. Previous recipients of the award...
Peju Layiwola becomes President of the Art Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA)
In November 2004, the first-year students of the Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, attended an art seminar at the university guest houses. It was the first formal academic gathering for the students of that set – lectures had not resumed at the period....
Resist! The Art of Resistance at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne, Germany
Finalising plans for the curation of 'It's Yours' gallery in the exhibition, Resist! The Art of Resistance at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne, Germany which opens in January 2021. This exhibition opens with the inspiring poem by Christie Akumabor on Benin. It...