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​FEATURE 1: KARO AKPOKIERE

Karo Akpokiere is a Nigerian artist who is seriously pushing the boundaries, when it comes to taking art out of the museum. If you are a fashion lover, you may recognise his print for Nigerian Label, Jewel by Lisa. If shoes are your poison, then you could have spotted his work, Tokeria (Tokyo meets Nigeria) on Bucketfeet >> READ MORE



​FEATURE 2: MODÉ

It reminded me of Nina Simone's 4 women, a track that I had the pleasure of discovering last year. Everything about it made me think of Aunt Sarah, Saffronia, Sweet Thang and Peaches. And the more I looked at it, the more I was convinced that this must have been the inspiration. I love how the artist, Mode used such a delicate medium to depict such complex emotions >> READ MORE



​FEATURE 3: YAW MANTE

I used to paint as a kid. I got my first ever watercolour set when I was 6 years old. Following that, I received a watercolour set in subsequent birthdays. I did however have a hiatus from painting in secondary school >> READ MORE

​FEATURE 4: ONE ARTIST, TWO PLATFORMS

Old newspapers, found paper, ropes, thread, yarn, fibers, burlap, dye, coffee, starch. All these materials have one artist in common, Nnenna Okore, award winning Nigerian artist. In this collaborative feature, Ulimuseum.com teams up with writer & poet, Wana Udobang of Guerillabasement.com in the first of its kind >> READ MORE



In a recent trip to Nigeria, we met artist, Uche Uzorka at The African Artists’ Foundation, Lagos (AAF), a non-profit organisation that is as obsessed with promoting the highest standard of art in Africa as it is with discovering and developing emerging talent >> READ MORE



​FEATURE 5: LINE. SIGN. SYMBOL BY UCHE UZORKA

 

Taiye Idahor has been on the Ulimuseum.com radar since her exhibition at Marker at the Dubai Art Fair earlier this year. We discover her definitive body of works >> READ MORE



​FEATURE 5: DISCOVERING TAIYE IDAHOR
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