A window on Ben Enwonwu’s African modernism
Anyone on a learning curve while approaching contemporary and modern African art is likely to be startled by the use of the term ‘modernist’ for an African artist. Ben Enwonwu (1917-1994) , honoured by Queen Elizabeth II and posthumously worshipped as an African modernist, died unrecognised by many bastions of European art establishments. A handful of western exhibitions and eulogies in his lifetime cannot and indeed...
African art collecting picks up
More African individuals and businesses are spending on or investing in art than a few years earlier, with the focus on contemporary art produced by artists on the African continent or in locations elsewhere , anecdotal evidence and art market trends suggest. There’s also an emerging trend toward restitution of historical cultural materials now outside Africa. At Bonhams’ sale 21 May 2014, entitled Africa Now and billed...
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