An Evening with Oliver Enwonwu

Thu Feb 26 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-05:00

Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | Miami

FIU Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab
Publisher/HostFIU Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab
An Evening with Oliver Enwonwu
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Artist Oliver Enwonwu will be in conversation with Ludlow Bailey (Contemporary African Diaspora Art) about contemporary Nigerian art.
About this Event

Join us for an evening with Oliver Enwonwu, a third-generation artist and the son of Ben Enwonwu MBE, Africa’s pioneer modernist, whose legacy he has extensively researched, curated and championed. Mr. Enwonwu will be in conversation with Ludlow Bailey, Managing Director of Contemporary African Diaspora Art (CADA), exploring his father’s enduring impact on Western art-historical narratives and examining the evolution and global resonance of contemporary Nigerian art.

Dinner will be served.

Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs

Green School International Pavilion

(SIPA II, Room 102)

Florida International University

11200 SW 8th St, Miami 33199


Presented in collaboration with:

Contemporary African Diaspora Art (CADA)

African & African Diaspora Studies Program

Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance

iWitness

Co-sponsored by:

Dorothea Green Lecture Series

Ruth K. & Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series


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Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, 11200 Southwest 8th Street, Miami, United States

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