national museum of Kenya to host prince Yemisi Shyllons on march 23 at Nairobi Gallery

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Nairobi National Museum to host Africa's leading collector Inbox x MuseumArt-Kenya via mail75.atl51.rsgsv.net  12:17 AM (12 hours ago) to me Top collector Prince Yemisi Shyllon... Email not displaying correctly? CLICK HERE AFRICA'S TOP ART COLLECTOR VISITS NAIROBI MUSEUM              rd 23 MARCH 2pm to 5pm  At The Nairobi Gallery FREE ENTRY   CLICK HERE for map to The Nairobi Gallery... (Above) A section of Prince Yemisi Shyllon's backyard in his private museum in Lagos and (below) Prince (Engr) Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon   THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA IN COLLABORATION WITH HERMAN BIGHAM & ASSOCIATES INVITE YOU FOR A PRESENTATION BY PRINCE (ENGR.) YEMISI ADEDOYIN SHYLLON D.Litt   Wednesday March 23rd 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM The Nairobi Gallery Topic:  “African Culture as the Basis of our future societal & economic progress”.   Prince Shyllon is one of Africa's leading art collectors. Has presented many lectures on various topics in museums & universities around the world.  __________________________________________ ABOUT  Omooba Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon is a Prince of Ake in Abeokuta (Nigeria) from the Sogbulu and Ogunfayo lineage of the Lararun ruling house of Ake in Egbaland who unsuccessfully contested for the throne of Alake of Egbaland in 2005. Omooba Shyllon is a Legal practitioner, chartered engineer, marketer, stock broker/investment analyst with an MBA degree. He is widely acknowledged as the leading promoter of Nigerian art and culture and the largest private collector of visual art in Nigeria. He is reputed to own the most balanced art collection with well over 7,000 artworks of sculpture, painting and other media, as well as over 55,000 photographic shots of Nigeria’s fast disappearing cultural festivals. His collection ranges from traditional, modern and contemporary art. He annually sponsors  scholars, curators and art historians from outside Nigeria to visit and study his art collection, interact with other  Nigerian art collectors scholars and artists to research into Nigerian art  and culture and...Read more _________________________________________ Prince Shyllon will also give a presentation on Tuesday March 22nd AT KUONA TRUST ART CENTRE TIME: 2:00 PM TOPIC:  “The Tension between the artist as creator & cultural preserver and the need for Commercial success." Kuona Trust , Hurlingham,  Likoni lane off Dennis Pritt road National Museums of Kenya: www.museums.or.ke Herman Bigham & Associates: hblj2@aol.com 0733-368-880