Nigeria’s ‘moNa lisa’ showN at home

LAGOS: The Nigerian Mona Lisa, a painting lost for more than 40 years and found in a London flat in February, is being exhibited in Nigeria for the first time since it disappeared. “Tutu”, an art work by Nigeria’s modern artist, Ben Enwonwu, was painted in 1974. The owners had called in Giles Peppiatt, an expert in modern and contemporary African art at the London auction house Bonhams, to identify their painting. The family was auctioned for 1.2 million pounds in February. The sale made it the highest-valued work of Nigerian modern art.