Despite the recent proliferation of malls and craft fairs around Nairobi, my Christmas shopping last month began how it …
Category: Exhibitions
Kenya’s Longest Running Film Festival Returns
‘One girl. One City. One night. One take’. That’s the tagline of ‘Victoria’, the highly acclaimed German film chosen …
Savouring Matbronze Wildlife Art
I was half-way through my paté before I realised that, after complaining that I had been eating little other …
Celebrating Women with Art
They call it a masterpiece. Well, I don’t know enough about art to call any work a masterpiece. But …
Echoes of Nationhood in the Silent Room
Are you Kenyan? How are you similar to other Kenyans? How are you different from other Kenyans? What makes …
Shootback’s ‘Fallen Heaven’
“I was taking photographs of the people who were killed during the post-election violence,” said Daniel Kamadi, “It was …
Allan Gathuka at RaMoMa
It must have been six years ago that I bought the painting from Allan Gathuka. It is still my …
Hoisting the Bird of Peace
Birds are meant to fly, aren’t they? But not this one. ‘The bird of peace emerging from the stone …
Something New in the Blixen Garden
I don’t think I would have liked Ewart Grogan. Impressed by him, certainly; admired him, maybe. He was certainly …
