Artists of Nigeria explores the influence of today's different art systems (museums, cultural institutions, art fairs, galleries, internet) and cultures on the development of modern and contemporary Nigerian art during the past one hundred years. Using a combination of chronological framework, biographical notes, and lavish color illustrations, the book charts the development of modern Nigerian art, and surveys the works of significant Nigerian artists and art movements both within and outside the country. This comprehensive overview reveals the variety and vitality of Nigerian artists, and offers them a visibility they are often denied in global publications. These artists work especially in their own country and a lot of work is kept in the National Gallery of Modern Art in Lagos. Most of them studied in Europe or America, such as Benedict Enwonwu, who graduated at Ashmolean College and Slade School of Fine Arts in Oxford; or Chike Aniakor, who received a doctorate in Art History from Indiana University. Other artists have shown their work in galleries and museums, such as Uche Okeke at the Sherman Gallery of Boston University, and Sunday Jack Akpan at the Contemporary Art Museum in Lyon, France. The most important, however, is Olowere, whose exotic works are on show at the British Museum in London, at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and at the Smithsonian Institution.