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'{{Infobox Museum |name = National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos |image = [[File:National arts theatre (19799909141).jpg|thumb|]] |map_type = |map_caption = |coordinates = {{coord|6.476456|3.369343|display=inline}} |established = |location = [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]] |visitors = |director = |publictransit = |type=[[Art Museum]] |logo=|former_name=}} The '''National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos''' ('''NGMA''') is a major art gallery in [[Lagos]], the largest city of [[Nigeria]]. It is a permanent exhibition of the National Gallery of Art, a [[parastatal]] of the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation. The gallery is located within the [[National Arts Theatre]], at Entrance B.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nga.gov.ng/ |title=Welcome |publisher=National Gallery of Art |access-date=2011-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508094616/http://www.nga.gov.ng/ |archive-date=2011-05-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Location== The National Gallery of Modern Art is located on two floors below the huge auditorium of the National Arts Theatre. The upper level features a showcase of [[contemporary art]], including colourful abstract canvases by [[Bruce Onobrakpeya]] and bronze [[Bust (sculpture)|busts]] by [[Ben Osawe]]. There is also a bookshop and library.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://nigeria-vacation.com/users/profiles.php?id_usr=186&tong=3 |work = Nigeria Vacation |title = National Gallery of Modern Art Lagos |access-date = 2011-05-22 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101126030128/http://nigeria-vacation.com/users/profiles.php?id_usr=186&tong=3 |archive-date = 2010-11-26 }}</ref> [[File:2009 National Arts Theatre Lagos Nigeria 6350723082.jpg|thumb|The National Gallery of Modern Art, [[Lagos]]]] ==Exhibits== The Portrait Gallery section includes both modern and earlier portraits of prominent, including all Heads of State. It includes portraits of artists such as [[Aina Onabolu]], Chief [[Hubert Ogunde]], [[Chinua Achebe]], [[Wole Soyinka]] and Professor [[Ben Enwonwu]]. The section holding the works of the masters and other Nigerian artists includes work by [[Akinola Lasekan]], [[Erhabor Emokpae]], Professor [[Solomon Wangboje]], Bruce Onobrakpeya, [[Haig David West]] and [[Gani Odutokun]].<ref name=Self/> The modern sculpture section presents recent Nigerian sculpture, showing continuity with earlier forms such as the [[Nok culture]] but now no longer ritual and mystical in character. Other sections are devoted to ceramics, artwork from friendly nations, a comparison of media and styles, glass painting and textiles. Modern textile art in Nigeria draws on rich traditions from the [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]], [[Hausa people|Hausa]], [[Igbo people|Igbo]] and other peoples of Nigeria. Even modern textile art may draw heavily on folklore and use traditional symbols, colours and patterns.<ref name=Self/> ==See also== * [[Virtual Museum of Modern Nigerian Art]] ==References== {{reflist |refs= <ref name=Self>{{cite web |url = http://www.nga.gov.ng/ngma.html |title = National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Lagos |publisher = National Gallery of Art |location = Nigeria |access-date = 2011-05-22 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110613013300/http://www.nga.gov.ng/ngma.html |archive-date = 2011-06-13 }}</ref> }} [[Category:Museums with year of establishment missing]] [[Category:Art museums and galleries in Lagos]] [[Category:Contemporary art galleries in Africa]] [[Category:Modern art museums]] [[Category:National galleries|Nigeria, Modern Art, Lagos]] {{Lagos|state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}}'