ARTHOUSE HOLDS 16TH MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART SALE
by Ladun Ogidan
On May 9, 2016, Arthouse Contemporary Limited will hold its 16th Modern and Contemporary Art Sale at The Wheatbaker, Ikoyi featuring 116 lots by celebrated and emerging artists from across Africa.
The highlight of this year’s sale is Ben Enwonwu’s 1990 oil on canvas, Obitun Dancers, 102 x 76cm estimated between ₦18,000,000-22,000,000. Others are Yusuf Grillo’s 1999-2002 oil on board, Threatened Innocence, 122 x 61cm with an estimate of ₦15,000,000-17,000,000; Demas Nwoko, Senegalese Woman, 1965, gouache on paper, 63.5 x 48.5cm estimated between ₦4,500,000-6,000,000; and Amon Kotei, Untitled, 2005, oil on canvas, 140 x 81.5 cm with estimates ₦4,200,000-4,500,000.
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Ladun Ogidan
Ladun Ogidan is the Deputy Editor of Omenka Africa’s first art, business and luxury- lifestyle magazine. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication from Covenant University, Nigeria. Ogidan is also Operations Manager at the Omenka Gallery, and Chief Operating Officer at Revilo Company Limited, a leading art publishing company in Lagos. She has co-ordinated several exhibitions at home and abroad.
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