As the dust settles on FIAC, we recap on the second leg of our FIAC exploration, which involved proceeding to the Officielle satellite fair organised by FIAC. This is the first Officielle organised by FIAC for young galleries and emerging art. This included contemporary African art, which we covered in our post titled Contemporary African
As the eventful Frieze week in London is starting to become a distant memory, we hopped onto the Eurostar and headed across the English channel to Paris for the last couple of days of the 41st Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain(FIAC) fair and the new Officielle fair.
As part of our FIAC exploration, we were glad to see representations of Contemporary African art at FIAC and the new satellite FIAC Officielle fair for young galleries held in Paris from the 23rd – 26th October 2014.
We concluded the end of our London art week, by attending the last day of the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House and we were not disappointed. 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair is in its 2nd year and is the 1st major fair dedicated to Contemporary African art internationally. The fair showcased both
As the Art world turns to London for Frieze, we decided to visit alternative offerings during London Art week. First of our alternatives, was attending the preview evening at The other art fair and Moniker at the iconic Old Truman Brewery in the East end of London, which hosts numerous art and fashion events throughout
An informative hour in the presence of acclaimed Nigerian Artist Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye. A much loved, celebrated and accomplished female artist and galleriest. Chief Nike provided an inspirational talk at the GAFRA gallery in London, on how her personal life and upbringing in Ogidi Kongi state of Nigeria influences her creative process. The women of
