National Gallery of Zimbabwe presents Harare Conversations

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ZIMBABWE

In partnership with GWANZA

Presents

Harare Conversations

‘BREAKING BOUNDARIES OF ART, GENDER, AND CULTURAL CONCEPTIONS’

WEDNESDAY 25th AUGUST 2010

10:00h to 15:30h

SPEAKERS:

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TAPFUMA GUTSA (Deputy Director NGZ)

CALVIN DONDO FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF GWANZA

VALERIE KABOV VISITING ACADEMIC, ART HISTORIAN AND ART CRITIQUE

TONY MHONDA NATIONAL GALLERY OF ZIMBABWE EDUCATION OFFICER, ART CRITIQUE, ARTIST, POST COLONIAL SCHOLAR

SIMONE LEIGH ARTIST (USA) New York

JAMES ALLAN GREEN NEW MEDIA ARTIST, CANADA

CO-MODERATORS

Raphael Chikukwa

National Gallery of Zimbabwe Curator

Thomas Pasirayi

National Gallery of Zimbabwe Assistant Curator

BOOKINGS: please contact the Curatorial team TEL: 04 704666/7, E-MAILS, chikukwa@yahoo.com, pasirayit@gmail.com

Benin1897.com at the University of Ibadan

INVITATION

Benin1897.com: Art and the Restitution Question

By

Peju Layiwola

Exhibition to be declared open by

Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, LLB, BL, S.A.N

President of the Nigerian Bar Association

DATE: 20 August-October 10, 2010

OPENING CEREMONY 20 August, 2010 @4.00pm

VENUE: Museum, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan,

Oyo State, Nigeria

To commemorate Nigeria at 50 and also as Post inaugural Exhibition in honour of Professor Dele Layiwola, Immediate Past Director of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

OTHER DAYS Weekdays 9-4pm daily, Saturday 10am-2pm (Closed on Sunday)

RSVP: 08023236410 Catalogue available

Visit the website here

Nigeria's Art Collectors in the news

A Nice New Market

IN A suburb of Lagos, Nigeria’s business capital, Yemisi Shyllon lives in a house full of bronze statues of African tribal rulers and brightly coloured beadwork landscapes. He may be Nigeria’s biggest art collector, with some 6,000 pieces by his count. “I don’t go out much,” he says, “I have enough to look at here.” Read more