Olaolu Slawn welcomes me into his studio by pretending to shoot me in the face. His finger-gun remains high, and his facial expression, solemn, until I initiate a pound hug, at which point he ...

This very extract inspired me to ask Olaolu Slawn – an omnipresent Nigerian-British artist I boldly named “the Jean-Michel Basquiat of our time” – about his own choice of footwear during ...

UK-based Nigerian artist Olaolu Slawn, known simply as Slawn, is on an impressive creative trajectory. His artwork 'Alara, Ajero and Orangun' recently sold for an astounding £31,750 (N55,566,500 ...

Artist Olaolu Slawn’s monumental installation for the 2024 edition of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair. Photo by Ben Montgomery/Getty Images A double-decker bus spray-painted with cartoon ...

The Brit Awards 2023 trophy design was entrusted to London-based, Nigeria-born artist Slawn. As the design is revealed ahead of the 11 February 2023 event – with such renowned predecessors as Vivienne ...

The youngest entries on our list are tennis star Jack Draper, 22, and Olaolu Slawn, the 24-year-old British-Nigerian artist and king of spray painting. Draper, from south London, climbed to a ...

Think celebrities and watches and minds tend to default to the six figure bling guys like Chris Hemsworth rock on the daily. But A-listers dig affordable watch brands like Timex, Casio, Swatch and ...

“I just have no interest in my art. I make it so I can f*** about”. Olaolu Slawn, the latest enfant terrible of the London art scene is notorious for his satirical spray-paints. The Nigerian-British ...

Starting in Ireland, when you raise a glass of Irish whiskey, the classic toast is “slàinte,” pronounced “slawn-cha,” a ...

This very extract inspired me to ask Olaolu Slawn – an omnipresent Nigerian-British artist I boldly named “the Jean-Michel Basquiat of our time” – about his own choice of footwear during my recent ...

The youngest entries on our list are tennis star Jack Draper, 22, and Olaolu Slawn, the 24-year-old British-Nigerian artist and king of spray painting. Draper, from south London, climbed to a ...