Tag: Nigeria art
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We can have art and greenery: Benin City’s Black Muse festival inaugurates sculpture park
Opening a new chapter for Benin City’s arts scene In Benin City, a quiet residential stretch in Iyekogba is becoming a landmark for Nigerian art lovers. For weeks, residents watched a 15-metre-high tower rise from the neighbourhood, a domed bamboo pavilion that promised more than architecture: it signalled the opening act of a new sculpture…
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Black Muse Festival Opens Sculpture Park in Benin City
Introduction: A new cultural landmark in Benin City The Black Muse festival is signaling a new era for public art in Nigeria. On the edge of Benin City, residents have watched a dramatic 15-metre-tall tower rise over the Iyekogba neighborhood—a domed bamboo pavilion that has now become the centerpiece of a larger sculpture park. When…