User:Czar/drafts/African art

Introduction edit

  • scope, background

Western approach edit

  • academic study, Western aesthetic use, colonialism, historiography

Production edit

Imagery edit

Forms edit

Materials edit

Regions edit

  • + diaspora?

Contemporary edit

As of 2016, 80 percent of African art collectors are based in the United States and United Kingdom, and works have seen tenfold value increases. Works of contemporary artists Julie Mehretu, El Anatsui, and Irma Stern have sold for millions of dollars.[1]

Collections edit

  • museums, libraries, collectors, market, shows, exhibitions, forgery

Notes edit

  1. ^ Gbadamosi, Nosmot (October 14, 2016). "Your next art purchase will come from Africa". CNN. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

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