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The Arts Calendar, This Week, Next Weekend, Upper Week
…Compiled by John O Goetzinger & Macson Obojemuinmoin
Contacts: info@bookartville.com; toyin@bookartville.com
May 28, 2022
IN THE GALLERY
Fragile by German Artist/Photographer Wolfgang Tillmans, at Art Twenty-One, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Lagos.
“Following on stops in Kinshasa, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Addis Ababa, Yaoundé, Accra and Abidjan, German artist Wolfgang Tillmans’ Fragile comes to Lagos. The work of Wolfgang Tillmans occupies a prominent position in the contemporary art world. His oeuvre encompasses pictures of club culture in the 1990s, abstract works based on extreme formal reduction, the beauty of the everyday and pictures of the sublime, a sensual gaze full of physical desire and an analytical perspective with great social and political awareness. His approach can be seen as an appeal for freedom and invitation to meet the other fearlessly and with open-minded curiosity. For Tillmans, acceptance of the fragility that determines us as individuals and that plays into our relations with each other is not a weakness – it is a great strength”-Art Twenty One Gallery.
May 28, 2022
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Story Time and Paint Session
Children’s Day Celebration featuring Smile with African Style by Mylo Freeman
Date: Saturday, May 28, 2022; Venue: Crepaway, 2, Agoro Odiyan Street, off Adeola Odeku, Victoria Island, Time: 1-3pm
May 29, 2022
IN THE GALLERY/ARTIST TALK
Richardson Ovbiebo Addresses Questions at Bloom Art
Richardson Ovbiebo discusses the hows and whys of his playful sculptural pieces, on view at Ugoma’s Studio Office & Art Salon, 275, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island. The talk brings to a finale, the exhibition, which has run at the venue since… The viewing is organised by Bloom Art Gallery. A sculpture graduate of Yaba College of Technology, Ovbiebo experiments with the use of found and industrial objects, including metal, wheels, doors and perspex to create images that highlight actions around simple chores of daily living. Phone: +2347034030683, +2349082068403.
The event:
Richardson Ovbiebo; Artist Talk
Date: Sunday, May 29, 2022; Venue: Ugoma’s Studio Office & Art Salon, 275, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island.VI, Time: 4-6pm
Ongoing Show
IN THE GALLERY
Junkman shows “Waiting for Bus” at Alliance Francais
Dil Humphrey-Umezulike, better known as Dilomprizulike (born 1960 in Enugu, Nigeria) is a contemporary artist working in sculpture, performance and painting who has adopted the moniker “The Junkman From Africa“. In his work he recycles and transforms heaps of old clothing and other detritus found on city streets, creating sculptural installations and performances that reflect the disenfranchised situation of many African people. He created the “Junkyard Museum of Awkward Things”, a sculptural environment built up from found objects, in Lagos and has also made a version of it for the Oriel Mostyn Gallery in Llandudno, Wales.
Waiting for Bus, his latest installation, is on view at Alliance Francais, Mike Adenuga Centre, 9 Osborne Rd, Ikoyi
Ongoing Show
THE GALLERY/OVBIEBO @ Bloom Art
An exhibition of Richardson Ovbiebo’s playful sculptural pieces, organised by Bloom Art Gallery, continues until May 30, 2022. The show can only be seen on reservation by appointment. RSVP & INFO: Instagram-@bloomartlagos. Phone: +2347034030683, +2349082068403. Bloom Art Gallery is effectively located at Ugoma’s Studio Office & Art Salon, 275, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island
May 29, 2022
MUSIC
SUGA’S Sunday Show @ Shades
Lagos City’s largest indoor Bar plays host to the widely acknowledged O’Suga Band this Sunday. The group christened: Sugarman &The Crossroad Band, is beloved in the barroom circuit for the extensive strumming antics of its acoustic guitarist. But the singers are also as comfortable with rendering afrobeats (Naija Hip Hop, Naija R&B) as the guitarists are adept at stretching the rock effect, so the band delivers a full bodied, diverse sound range, fit for the multiracial crowd at the Shades bar on Sunday evenings.
Venue/Dates/Show Time: Shades, No 1, Anifowoshe Street, Off Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island: May 29, 2022. Time: 7pm.
June 3, 2022
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Keith Richards, Toni Kan, Headline an Evening of Readings and Conversations at Oxford University
Keith Richards, author of Never Quite the Insider, a searching insight into the social dimension of doing business in Nigeria, will spar with Toni Kan, he of the riveting, best-selling short story collection, Nights of the Creaking Beds at an evening of readings and conversations organized by the James Currey Society at Oxford University. The event is titled Glass Ceilings & New Vistas.
Date: Friday, June 3, 2022
Time: 3-5pm
Venue: African Studies Centre, F3, Bevington Road, Oxford, OX2 6LH
June 5, 2022
The STAGE/Comedy
Pashun LIVE: ‘Beast of The Mic’
An uproarious group of comedians threaten to set the stage on fire with ultra funny jokes..
Date: June 5, 2022
Venue: Shell Hall, Muson Centre
Time: Red Carpet 4pm
Main Show : 6pm
Tickets
Standard : 5,000 Naira
VIP : 20,000 Naira
Gold Table: 500,000 Naira
Premium Table : 1Million Naira
June 5, 2022
MUSIC
Gospel Singer, Tim Godfrey, to deliver a concert themed: Fearless/Bloody WinFEARLESS
Date: June 5, 2022
Venue: Eko Hotel & Suites
Time: 4pm
Tickets
Standard : 3,000
VIP : 10,000
Gold Table: 1Million
Royalty : 2Million
June 5, 2022
MUSIC
Gospel Singer, Tim Godfrey, to deliver a concert themed: Fearless/Bloody WinFEARLESS
Date: June 5, 2022
Venue: Eko Hotel & Suites
Time: 4pm
Tickets
Standard : 3,000
VIP : 10,000
Gold Table: 1Million
Royalty : 2Million
June 6, 2022
FESTIVAL
2022 Edition of the Niyi Osundare Poetry Festival is a Double Celebration
The 2022 edition of the Annual Niyi Osundare International Poetry Festival will coincide with the 75th birthday of the Festival Honoree.
Date: 6 June 2022
Time: 9 am.
Venue: Archbishop Abiodun Adetiloye Hall, Fountain Hotel, Iyin Road, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State
Chairman: Professor Toyin Jegede, Head, Department of English, University of Ibadan
Theme: Pandemic, Lockdown and the Poet
