Auction houses, dealers and advisers are betting on the Middle East to play an outsized role in the next art-market ...

Amid global economic downturn, Africa's art market has hit a decade low. But there are reasons for optimism. Auction sales of work by artists from the continent fell 36 percent between 2023 and 2024.

It’s estimated that the African art market could reach around $1.5 billion this year, driven by a growing number of collectors, patrons, investors, ...

A recent report from the London-based art market research firm ArtTactic has revealed that global auction sales for Modern and contemporary African art contracted by 8.4% in 2023.

This could be another burst of momentum for the African art market, following the sale of the fabulous Périnet collection, which shattered all records at Christie's in 2021 (€66 million, with ...

Travel the world without leaving New Mexico at the International Folk Art Market (IFAM) in Santa Fe. The event, now in its ...

Building the Market for African Art in France: An Interview With Sitor Senghor, Artistic Director of AKAA In our conversation, Senghor discussed the nuances of that market and why it has lagged ...

A Survey of African Arts deals with three primary ideas: Africa (the place), Art (human expression, its creation, use and interpretation) and History (over time). The course will look at the forms, ...

The economist Clare McAndrew has found that the global art market grew $3.7 billion between 2019 and 2022, ultimately reaching a high of $67.8 billion. Some saw the fresh enthusiasm for Black ...

An African art collection might finally find a new buyer now that an auction date has been set, again. In April, officials halted a sheriff’s sale after the collection's owner, Sam Njunuri ...

The global art market is estimated to be worth around $68bn. London-based research firm ArtTactic says work by African artists currently exceeds a combined annual value of $72m, more than double ...