Dora Akunyili’s daughter wins American art prize

by Kolapo Olapoju Njideka Akunyili Crosby, the 32-year-old daughter of late Dora Akunyili, has won the 2014 James Dicke Prize Contemporary Artist Prize. The Smithsonian American Art Museum released a statement announcing Akunyili Crosby as the winner of the award which comes with $25,000, saying the prize “recognizes an artist younger than 50 who has produced a... Read More