Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has officially opened the African Culture and Design Festival in Lagos. The festival is showcasing a variety of traditional African art, modern and contemporary art, design installations, lighting design, video installations and other forms of art and design.
The Vice President led a delegation that includes, federal ministers, traditional rulers, members of the IDAN Board of Trustees and notable personalities and celebrities to declare the festival opened.
While on a tour of the exhibition pavilions, the Vice President noted the need for continued efforts in giving Nigerian art and design its befitting place in the global scene.
Okechukwu Enelamah, minister of Industry, Trade and Investment also commended the organisers.
“Hosting the African Culture and Design Festival and the World Design Congress has gone ahead to show the world that Nigeria is not only opened for business but opened for art.
The International Federation of Interior Architects (IFI), led by its President Sebastiano Raneri and the President-elect Steve Leung, had a representation of over 100 delegates from across the globe.
“One of the things that attracted me to the festival was the online activities for the showcase and then I got to know that my Sister Bisi Silva happened to be one of the curators for the event,” said Nollywood actress, Joke Silva. “It was at that point that I knew this was something I would not want to miss.”
The Traditional African Art Pavilion was curated by Ronke Ashaye while Bisi Silav curated the Modern and Contemporary African Art. Titi Ogufere curated the Design Pavilion while Azu Nwagbogu curated Video Installation.
IDAN, the brain behind the festival, is a group made of designers, industry representatives, committed to interior design. The group was established to address the major problems that exist in the interior design industry in Nigeria.
The president of IDAN, Titi Ogufere said she was elated at the support the festival received from sponsors which include MTN, Sterling Bank, Dangote Cement, Eko Hotels and Suites, Diamond Bank among many others.
