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Art-in-Nigeria is a virtual gateway to modern Nigerian art and a major resource centre for students, artists, researchers and art lovers from all over the world.

Beyond hosting the enabling exhibitions and the epochal project, 20th Century Art: A Story from Nigeria which held in Dakar and Lagos, it stands as an interactive monument to modern art in Nigeria.

• Foundation Project/Exhibition

Modern Nigerian art is, perhaps, the richest in Africa. With its plurality of ethnic nationalities (about 200), Nigeria is a marvel of a cultural bazaar. Since the early years...

• Project Update

Artists are responding to the call for entries and other materials relevant to the exhibition and its enabling publications and related documentations...

• The Art Field - journal of Art and Culture
• Directory of Nigeria Art/Artists

NEWS ON NIGERIAN ART

• FUTA hosts creative art conference

• Symposium on Modern Nigerian Art in Ife

• PACA-Nigeria Merit Award 2006

• On the Road to GOLGOTHA

• On History, Biennales, Nnabuife and Selective Amnesia

• European Christian leaders apologise to Africa

• 3rd International Conference on Modern Art in Nigeria

• Commemorative Colloquium Re-imaging the Igbo Traditional Theatre: Mmanwu as a Tool for Socio-Economic Development (Symposium and Mini-Carnival)

• Thinking Japan: Rethinking the Cultural Enterprise in Nigeria

• Programme for the Nigerian Phase of the Project - "Preserving the Cultural Heritage in Africa”

RECENT PROJECTS

A Glimpse into Nigerian Art heraldic exhibition of the project, 20^th Century Art: a story from Nigeria, held at Cheikh Anta DIOP University, Dakar, Senegal May 7 – 10, 2006