West Africa's 1st International Art Fair to hold this November

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November 2, 2016 4:19 PM

The event will hold from Friday November 4 to Sunday November 6, 2016, at Civic Centre, Victoria Island Lagos.

TP-Collective is pleased to announce the first edition of ART X Lagos, a new art fair designed to widen Nigeria’s connection to the contemporary art scene across Africa and internationally.

Visitors to ART X Lagos will experience the best contemporary art by over 65 African artists from over 10 countries which include South Africa's William Kentridge, Zimbabwe's Kudzanai Chiurai, Ghana's Jeremiah Quarshie, Cameroon's Barthelemy Togou, Mali's Amadou Sanogo and Nigeria's Sokari Douglas Camp.

Others include Rubi Onyiyechi Amanze, Alimi Adewale, George Osodi, Victor Ehikamenor and Lakin Ogunbanwo to name a few.

The line-up of notable speakers at the fair include Professor El Anatsui, Professor Bruce Onabrakpeya and Mark Coetzee, Director of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town.

In addition to this, there will be live art and performance installations at the art fair, featuring some of Nigeria's brightest emerging art stars drawing and painting live at the venue, as well as a special collaboration project with the music industry featuring musical artistes such as Vector, Simi, Ikon and Poe.

Pulse.ng is an official media partner.

Registration is FREE!!!

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