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...
Africa Remix at the Mori Art Museum
The recent showing of Africa Remix: contemporary art of a continent at Tokyo’s high-rise Mori Museum sheds new light on how location and audience can impact on an exhibition of art seen elsewhere in different settings and aimed towards other audiences. Download article, EAR53_AfricaRemix