‘Looking Beyond’ Satellite Image Exhibition, Mar. 31 2023 @ Creativity Gallery, Nairobi National Museum.

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Opening: March 31, 2023

Venue: Nairobi National Museum

Time: from 6 PM

Entry: Free (Prior Registration Required)

About

“Looking Beyond” is an exhibition of satellite images curated by Filippo Maggia, promoted by the Italian ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency and Telespazio/e-GEOS. 

Through a series of images acquired by the Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellite constellation owned by ASI and the Italian Ministry of Defence, the project offers an opportunity to reflect on the contribution of satellite technologies to Earth observation, the promotion of sustainable development and the protection of natural and cultural heritage.

In order to attend the event on Friday 31st March, it is necessary to register by 29/3 by sending a confirmation email to Italian Cultural Centre, Nairobi.

Further, we remind that on all other days it is possible to visit the exhibition by purchasing a regular museum entrance ticket.

[Extended] Exhibition: In Vitro by Leo Coimbra, Until Jan 31 2020 @ Nairobi National Museum

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Brazilian visual artist Leo Coimbra presents to the Kenyan and East African public her most recent installations as well as a retrospective of her work.

Opening Date: December 1, 2019
Venue: Creativity Gallery, Nairobi National Museum
Time: 5 pm
Free entry to the opening

Exhibition runs until 31st December 2019 January 31, 2020
Time: Daily 9 am to 5 pm
Entry: Normal museum rates apply

About
Brazilian Visual Artist Leo Coimbra presents to the Kenyan and East African public her most recent installations as well as a retrospective of her work. She has previously exhibited in New York, Washington, New Delhi, Quito, Lima, Mexico and several Brazilian cities.

The “In Vitro” show at the Nairobi National Museum follows a successful solo exhibition held at the Museum of the Republic in Brasília, in February 2019.

The installations present in reused and recycled jars and glass containers a fascinating collection of objects and images, inspired by the Victorian “cabinets of curiosities” and “rooms of wonder”. In the artist’s words, they represent “a narrative of survival”.

The retrospective also contains paintings, collage, textile and assemblages from previous series. In “circulars”, the artist explores the many meanings and interpretations of the circle and circularity: the circle of life, the eternal beginning. In “healing work” and “prayer flags”, Leo Coimbra explores forms of devotional popular painting common in the rural areas of Latin America and Asia, the concept of Art used as Cure or as the staging of the cure. Her “boxes”, inspired by Joseph Cornell, talk of the “poetic theater of memory”

Leo Coimbra is currently residing in Kenya

Exhibition: The Essence of Time by Jimmy Kitheka and Nedia Were, Oct. 19 – Nov. 19 2019 @ Creativity Gallery, Nairobi National Museum

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Dates: Until November 19, 2019
Venue: Creativity Gallery, Nairobi National Museum

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An exhibition that is set to educate on past lifestyles and social behavior of Kenyan citizens from 1900s to 1990s.

The exhibition is timely as Kenya celebrates Mashujaa day(heroes day) on 20th October.

The Other Kind of Beauty – A Major Exhibition of Recent Works by Nadia Kisseleva, Oct. 3-30 2018 @ the National Museum

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The Other Kind of Beauty – A Major Exhibition of Recent Works by Nadia Kisseleva

Opening: October 3, 2018
Venue: Creativity Gallery, National Museum of Kenya
Time: 12 PM to 5.30 PM
Entry: Free

Dates: Until October 30, 2018
Entry: Museum Rates Apply

“These works are based on my life in Kenya. In the past artists used to say: ’My art is my life.’ and nowadays they say: ‘My life is my art.’ These paintings are about the latter and this is the first time I take this approach – reflecting on my life. I found it is a really big theme that takes my work from ‘private’ to the ‘public’ and political. I would like to develop it more in the future.” Nadia Kisseleva