Africa makes a scene: Best contemporary art fairs of 2020

Africa makes a scene: Best

contemporary art fairs of 2020

From South Africa to Morocco, fairs including

new and established creatives are drawing art

lovers and buyers alike.

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African art has been having a very long

moment. Over the past 10 years,

contemporary artists from the continent -

from the Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui

to Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu to South

African photographer Zanele Muholi - have

continued to build their names on the

international stage.

African artists have been presenting in major

museums and galleries across Europe and the

United States , while increasing numbers of

African countries have shown at the

prestigious Venice Biennale, including

Ghana's critically-acclaimed debut this year.

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attention

Both Sotheby's and Bonhams auction houses

meanwhile have set up their own African

contemporary and modern art departments,

signalling that the market is paying attention,

too.

"Going into the new decade, I feel we are

starting from a stronger foothold,"

said Marwan Zakhem, the founder of Gallery

1957, in Ghana's capital, Accra. "The

international art scene has woken up to the

wealth of creativity offered across Africa and

the diaspora," Zakhem told Al Jazeera.