African Modernism Gains Recognition at Tefaf Fair and Venice Biennale

Ayo Adeyinka, founding father of Tafeta Gallery, celebrates the rising recognition of African modernism in worldwide artwork circles. On the Venice Biennale, the works of Twentieth-century African artists, together with Ben Enwonwu and Uche Okeke, had been showcased for the primary time. Adeyinka’s presentation on the Tefaf honest highlights Nigerian artists who blended African traditions with European modernist influences. With rising demand from African collectors, Adeyinka goals to make African artwork extra mainstream, alongside world exhibitions just like the Centre Pompidou’s Paris Noir and Tate Fashionable’s Nigerian Modernism, which rejoice African artwork’s pivotal function within the post-colonial period.

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