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View highlights from extensive personal collections in our
'Collector Spotlights'.

"The question is not about location but ownership."

Okeke-Agulu on the Looting, Market, and Restitution of Igbo Alusi Figures

June 26, 2020 By: Adenike Cosgrove

Chika Okeke-Agulu, Professor of African and American Diaspora Art at Princeton University, is calling for the halt of the sale of two Igbo alusi figures in the upcoming Christie's sale. We speak to him to find out why.

Parcours des Mondes 2020

Interview with Fair Director, Pierre Moos

June 24, 2020 By: Adenike Cosgrove

Despite the COVID-19 crisis, Parcours des Mondes is going ahead this year, much to the surprise of many. Have the organisers done enough to ensure visitor safety? You decide.

Collector Spotlight

Simi Launay, Portugal

May 28, 2020 By: Adenike Cosgrove

"Find something that you connect with and love because then it becomes something that you want to learn about. It becomes a new passion. It's not just about art... There's so much more to it. It opens up this door of learning that you can't tire from."

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African Child Figures Are (Usually) Not Dolls

May 22, 2020 By: Herbert M. Cole

They are often not "dolls." Collectors and dealers should know better than to perpetuate an inaccurate label for widely used, spiritually sanctioned 'child' figures that belong to hopeful African mothers. Let's get rid of an erroneous stereotype.

Collector Spotlight

Leinuo Zhang, Milan

May 07, 2020 By: Adenike Cosgrove

"You see how you look in the mirror, but you see exactly who you are in art. I feel myself, I see myself in African art. This is a vital reason that I began collecting. I feel that I cannot live without them."

Collector Spotlight

Anna Demina, Milan

April 10, 2020 By: Adenike Cosgrove

"To reduce the human form to its basic elements and do it perfectly... you immediately understand this is the human body and only geometrical forms are left of it."

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