Emerging vs mid-career vs established artist — what’s the difference and does it matter?
Building a strong art collection requires an understanding of the art ecosystem as well as the market before deciding on a strategy to build your own. Have you ever heard experts or gallerists referring to artists as emerging, mid-career or established and wondered what it all means? Are there specific criteria to differentiate them or […]
How is the African Art Market faring in 2022?
If you’ve been reading our art market coverage of the African Art Market in articles such as our African Art Market Report 2021 or our ‘Break down of the African Art Market,’ you’ll know that African art sales maintained healthy volume and growth last year. Despite the total restructuring of the global art market due […]
7 Modern Congolese artists you should know
To navigate the history of art of a complex, multifaceted and multicultural continent as Africa, especially if you just got passionate about it, can seem like an overwhelming maze. But no worries, we are here to help you. Follow our series of “Artists you should know or watch” in each country, and you could soon […]
A Breakdown of the African Art Market
As another year comes to a close, the team here at Pavillon54 reflects upon the major happenings in the African art market in 2021. Through yet another unusual year after COVID-19 has been introduced into our lives, the art market as a whole has experienced incredible innovation and a steady comeback after the events of […]
Must-see Art Destinations in Lagos, Nigeria
Oluwarantimi by Polly Alakija, public art project commissioned by Lagos Government. Photo @Tayo Adeoye As the second in our series of not-to-miss art destinations when scoping out the art scenes in Africa, we turn to Lagos, one of the leading art capitals on the continent. Lagos boasts a strong artistic tradition. When higher educational institutions […]
A Guide to Buying African Art at Auction
If you are new to the world of collecting art, you may already know that the two primary means of acquiring art are through galleries and auction houses. Perhaps you know a couple of the famous, international names: Sotheby’s, Christie’s… But entering the auction house arena can be an intimidating feat, especially for new collectors. […]
Pavillon 54 in Conversation With Saint-Etienne Yeanzi
Saint-Etienne Yeanzi’s Studio, 2021. Pavillon 54 had the chance to have a chat with Saint-Etienne Yeanzi: born in 1988, He graduated in painting and photography at the “ Lycée d’Enseignement Artistique “of Cocody and the National School of Arts in Abidjan, in 2012. Yéanzi, a street art enthusiast, worked as a commissioned portrait painter for […]
NFTs: What to know and how they can empower the African art market?
Metarif, a surreal video of 46.5 MB made by mysterious digital artist Pak If you’re a lover of art, you have more than likely come across the term ‘NFT’ in the past few months. From the record-breaking sale at Christie’s of Beeple’s artwork Everydays: The First 5000 Days—the first purely digital artwork offered at the […]
Contemporary African Art: An Arena for the Creation of New Imageries.
What does the notion of ‘contemporary African art’ refer to today? We have previously published an article on the subject, but now we invite you to consider it from a socio-cultural and collective perspective. What is at stake when we frame or understand contemporary art practices within this concept? Undergoing relevant criticism, this notion still […]
Engaging the Story of Art for a Sustainable African Art Market: The partnership between Pavillon54 and Morton Fine Art
Amy Morton at Morton Fine Art gallery As the one-stop global digital platform and community for art from Africa and the Diaspora, Pavillon54 always seeks to enter fruitful partnerships with artists, curators, collectors, and galleries. It became only natural, then, that for the next step of our development, we partnered with some of the most […]