1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, the leading international art fair dedicated to promoting contemporary art from a diverse set of African perspectives, has just announced a new edition to be held in Marrakech, Morocco.
The Art Fair season begins this week with START art fair and runs till late October taking in London, Paris and now New York. Below is FAD’s guide to the 9 art fairs to visit.
This week Somerset House has played host to the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair which showcases the worlds most interesting artists and galleries at the forefront of contemporary African art.
The African Art Fair has returned with a stronger second edition
Artsy and 1:54, the Contemporary African Art Fair, are pleased to announce their partnership in bringing the fair—Europe’s leading international fair dedicated to contemporary African art, now in its second year in London—online to a global audience.
‘This work is attached to tradition but at the same time it’s very edgy and contemporary’
As a Frieze week special and on top of his usual Top 5, Tabish Khan brings you five art fairs in London to visit this week. Each one comes with a short synopsis to decide whether it’s for you.
‘Where is Africa on the stage of this “global” art world? What does it mean to talk about an “international art scene”?’
