African Art Collectors

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African art collectors.

Nigeria is africa s largest oil producer and is benefiting from high prices on the world s market creating a class of potential art collectors. Nando s has a growing art collection of over 21 000 pieces supporting more than 350 southern african artists. Lewis art collection which he shares with his partner hau ngyuen continues this sense of cultural legacy. Founding collection zeitz museum of contemporary art africa zeitz mocaa in 2008 puma supported 30 americans at the rubell family collection an exhibition looking at african american artists curated by mark coetzee a south african living in miami and working for the rubells.

Primarily centered on black people and black women artists the works range from. My dad alami lazraq founder of real estate firm groupe alliances started collecting art from morocco 40 years ago and then gradually began collecting pieces from the rest of africa as well. New details after channel 2 investigates finds art collection stashed in county maintenance shed. But mcguire s collecting extends beyond personal passion to a commitment and advocacy for african american artists as a decades long trustee at the whitney museum of american art and as.

An african art collection grows in brooklyn. The art and artifacts in the kinsey collection reveal the breadth and depth of the black journey and offer insight and hope for overcoming america s systemic racism. True north series ice project no 9 2006 by isaac julien image. Money telegraph co uk twitter icon.