Art Market insights and Deep Dives and African Contemporary Arts
From Art Basel to AKAA 2025, Africa shines through the Art weeks : Between Maturity and Emerging Challenges
From London to Paris, African presence shone once again during the October 2025 Art Weeks. From the aisles of Frieze London and Art Basel Paris to the corridors of AKAA, and through Nigerian Modernism, the historic exhibition at the Tate Modern, artists, curators, and institutions demonstrated a new level of maturity and a renewed energy in the market. A look back and reflections on the season’s most significant events.
Sitor Senghor : “People need to buy and come back” towards a bolder and more ambitious AKAA
Dans cet entretien exclusif, Sitor Senghor, directeur artistique d’AKAA, dévoile le nouveau chapitre de la foire à travers un discours lucide, ambitieux et sans détour. Incontournable de la semaine de l’art à Paris, AKAA se trouve aujourd’hui au cœur d’un tournant, entre désir de renouveau et volonté de consolidation commerciale.
Fair Trade ? The Art Fair equation : Between rising costs and visibility; what future model for galleries ?
Beyond the glamour of global exposure, art fairs are becoming an increasingly expensive operation, with many galleries reporting shrinking profit margins in recent years. Drawing from recent art market data and economic reports, we explore how rising costs are reshaping gallery strategies, particularly for smaller businesses and specialists in African contemporary art, who must now rethink how to protect their artists and sustain their practices.