1:54 Contemporary African Fair abre este mês

Foto: Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Untitled (Musclemen series), 2012

Este mês, Londres recebe a sua primeira feira internacional de arte contemporânea africana. 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair pretende promover a visibilidade dos artistas e o debate crítico e será inaugurada na mesma semana que a Frieze Fair, a 16 de Outubro. 

"Quem são os públicos e potenciais clientes desta feira?", perguntaram à comissária Touria EL Glaoui.

"The general public, museums, artists, curators, writers and collectors are all key constituents of the target audience for this new fair. The art world today is a very diverse community with a growing number of new museums and collections as well as collectors in centres ranging from New York and London to China, South America, the Middle East and Russia amongst other places. Collectors are by nature curious and always looking for new artistic experiences & there is every reason to believe that given the right platform, African art will draw the focus and attention that has recently been lavished on other new art markets such as China and Brazil."

Leiam a entrevista na íntegra aqui.