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Ife Exhibition Press after London Opening
March 8, 2010Dynasty and Divnity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria also known as Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures from West Africa has been getting phenominal reviews after its opening at the British Museum in London.
The Telegraph--"The quality of the West African sculpture in the British Museum's show is flabbergasting."
Reuters.co.uk--"Critics laud art from Africa's ancient Ife Kingdom"
The Oxford Times--The exhibition "tells the story of Ife through some of the most refined and beautiful sculptures ever found in Africa. And that is no hyperbole. "
The Guardian--"Hopefully this exhibition will be the starting point for new archaeology. It elicits awe. To behold these royal heads is to travel to a fabled realm far beyond your imagination, a place richer than Atlantis."
The Guardian--Footnote to a Life Well Lived, "It is quite incredible: 100 sculptures created between the 12th and 15th centuries, depicting the great, the good and the bad, from Ife, Nigeria – once a great trading city and still the spiritual centre of the Yoruba people."
The Guardian Blog--"Harmonious and humane, the sculptures of this lost African city have a greatness that any civilisation would recognise"
The Times--"Head sculptures on show at the British Museum are so stunning that our ancestors said they couldn’t be African"
The Sunday Times--"A glorious display of Ife sculpture has arrived at the British Museum. Nobody — and I mean nobody — in Britain should miss it. "
The Independent 3.4.2010
The Independent 3.14.2010--"Clearly, this is one exhibition I'll have to keep going back to."BBB.co.uk--"Exquisite example of brass, copper, stone and terracotta sculpture from West Africa."
West African Discovery Blog--"The £8 entry fee was worth every penny and I would recommend the exhibition to anyone."
Nigerian Best Forum--"The variety of artefacts on display is certainly impressive and the collection captures the complexity and mystery of the kingdom of Ife, a powerful and wealthy West African city-state in what is now the south-western region of Nigeria."
