Q & A With Nabila Alibhai: Colour in Faith

We spoke to Nabila Alibhai Director, inCOMMONS (the organisation producing Colour in Faith) about her project, what culture in religion means to her and the question of conscious thinking and religious dialogue in Africa.

LIVE Guest Curator: @kimstagram_kenya Takes Over @UPNairobi Insta for Art@theBus

To start our relaunch off with a bang this weekend, UP Nairobi hosted a Live Newsroom out of Art@theBus and hosted our very first Instagram guest curator. With her fresh style, keen eye and energetic vibe Kim Layden of @kimstagram_kenya captured the energy and multiculturalism that was coursing through the Yard. Life imitates art, when

DJ’s Ride The SA Wave

It goes without saying, there’s a lot of borrowing in the arts: from influences and styles all the way down to specific cadences and brush strokes. We explore how South African electronic music is taking the DJ world by storm.

Visual Artist of the Week- Desta Hagos

Realism and Abstraction both play important roles in the paintings of Desta Hagos. A visionary female artist that comes from Ethiopia.

Q&A with Michael Soi on First Cape Town Showing

Michael Soi makes Kenyans even more proud with his upcoming exhibition at the Nini Gallery in Cape Town

Black Panther: The Black Marvel Superhero

Here comes T’Challa- the first black super hero from Marvel and one of the only black comic characters type cast as someone with undeniable power and clout. We look further into his backstory.

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