When paranoia for controversy clashes with financial ambition Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | In 2010 the first edition of the Controversial Art Exhibition was mounted at Afriart gallery, Kampala. It was a brainchild of the art gallery, under the patronage of Kampala Arts Trust, a creative collective of visual …
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The creative process creates an expanded capacity of joy, love and confidence Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Questions abound how communities across the world can now cope with the increasing numbers of depression in the population. This is as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic which has inspired a …
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Art market maintains surge amidst Covid-19 pandemic Storm Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Well, the Covid- 19 pandemic will not affect the booming art market for contemporary art from Africa. This to many may come as a big surprise compared to how the pandemic has severed several businesses across …
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Los Angeles, USA | XINHUA | Universal’s action film “F9: The Fast Saga” dominated North America box office with a huge 70 million U.S. dollars opening from 4,179 theaters, smashing pandemic-era weekend box office record in the region. According to studio figures collected by measurement firm Comscore, it’s the biggest …
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The art on display suggests a multiplicity of innovative process with traditional and contemporary techniques of art making Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | There was always going to be room for another art gallery on the Uganda Contemporary art scene. This is because of the many emerging artists who …
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An exhibition by Makerere Art School Alumni Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | It is exactly six years now that three fresh graduates of Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fineart got together to mount a show at the Makerere Art gallery. The three artists namely: Patrick Mulondo, Emmanuel Lwanga …
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Laba! Street Art festival was an idea conceived by a group of artists to link the public to art. At the art studios and galleries, few locals were coming to interact and buy art hence, the alternative to this void was to extend art to them by way of creating …
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In a society where art appreciation is understood to be a preserve for the rich and white expatriate community, producing at with familiar themes enables the locals to consume it Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | In a small studio in Najjera, on the outskirts of Kampala, Bernard Omony is …
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The M-Net Movies Fast & Furious Pop-Up Channel Drifts Back to DStv by Popular Demand Ahead of the Latest Film Release Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight movies. Ten days of roaring engines and screeching tires. M-Net Movies welcomes back the legendary street racing crew whose law-breaking talents lead them …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MoTIV, a tribe of talented makers whose aim is to create a growing and thriving creative industry in East Africa has today launched Omwoleso.africa, an online platform which connects makers to a nationwide online market. Omwoleso, a word which depicts a festival or show, …
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