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...
Victor Ehikhamenor’s Contemporary Magic
Chronicles of The Enchanted World is the title of a selling exhibition of a selection of paintings and sculptural installations by Victor Ehikhamenor, on display 21 May -19 July 2014 at London’s Gallery of African Art, writes SAJID RIZVI. Ehikhamenor’s reputation traverses disciplines. He’s an artist and photographer, raconteur and writer of short stories and, imminently (we hear), a novel.(1) There’s something...
Tate secures Hyundai partnership for Turbine Hall
Tate and Hyundai Motor have announced a major new long-term partnership which secures healthy funding for the gallery and also opens new links potentially beneficial to the world of Korean contemporary art, writes SAJID RIZVI. Confirmed to 2025, the 11-year partnership is the longest initial commitment from a corporate sponsor in Tate’s history, a reflection of Korea’s economic strength in comparison with the current travails of...
African Christian art
Academics and other researchers have been invited to submit abstracts for papers on African Christian art for presentation at the 16th Triennial Symposium of African Art – African Christian Art. A panel titled African Christian Arts: New Fields Opening (Convener: Dr Nicholas J Bridger, Department of Art, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA) will be organised as part of the the Kevin Carroll Conference on African Christian Art, with...
Ibrahim El-Salahi: A Visionary Modernist
Ibrahim El-Salahi: A Visionary Modernist (3 July–22 September 2013) is, for Tate Modern, a ground-breaking event and for El-Salahi, a retrospective that brings together work over five decades. This first major exhibition of the Sudanese artist Ibrahim El-Salahi in the UK brings together 100 works from across more than five decades of his international career, this retrospective will highlight one of the most significant figures in...