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1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, The Only International Art Fair To Open In London This Autumn
October 9, 2020 [...] 1-54 launched in London in 2013 as the first major international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. Taking its name from the 54 countries... -
Buoyed By Interest in Young African Artists, London’s Only IRL Art Fair 1-54 Shows the Value of In-Person Events
October 9, 2020 [...] Addis Fine Art, which is focused on artists from Ethiopia and its diaspora, has just opened an outpost in South Kensington at the emerging gallery hub Cromwell Place. “2020... -
Frieze fair goes virtual as art crowd stays home due to Covid
October 7, 2020 [...] London's art world usually comes alive in the first week of October as the international art fair crowd arrives in the capital for Frieze week. Last year, 125,000 visitors... -
6 Black-Owned Spaces Shaking Up The London Arts Scene
September 1, 2020 'Even though it’s less than five years old, Addis has already been named as one of the “Most Important Young Galleries in the World” by Artsy. Founders Rakeb Sile and... -
How Ethiopian art secured its spot on the world's stage
July 31, 2020 [...] Over the last five years contemporary Ethiopian artists have been making a name for themselves on the global art market, but it's been a long time coming. After almost... -
When He is Not in His Painting Studio, Tadesse Mesfin is Training the Next Generation of Ethiopian Artists
May 23, 2020 [...] A PROMINENT FIGURE in Ethiopian Modernism, Tadesse Mesfin thrives on two creative fronts: making paintings and training the next generation of artists. Women are the protagonists in Mesfin’s ongoing... -
‘Absolutely Vile’ or ‘Powerful’? Christoph Buchel’s Migrant Boat Is the Most Divisive Work at the Venice Biennale
May 16, 2019 [...} At the Venice Biennale last week, artist Christoph Büchel unveiled his most provocative work thus far: Barca Nostra (Our Boat), the rusting hulk of a barge that sank in... -
In Addis Ababa, Creative Entrepreneurs Look Toward Ethiopia’s Future
April 30, 2020 [...] One standout pioneer in collective creativity is Rakeb Sile, cofounder of Addis Fine Art, the first contemporary art gallery in the city to offer artists international representation. Sile spent... -
Wir sind die neuen
March 27, 2020 [...] Addis Fine Art ist mehr als eine kommerzielle Kunstgalerie. Unsere Galerie ist die einzige White-Cube-Galerie in Addis Abeba, die eine internationale Dependance hat. Keine andere Galerie aus der Region... -
8 Galleries Opening in 2020, from New York to Rome
February 2, 2020 Cromwell Place, London 1–5 Cromwell Place Opening May 2020 A 19th-century building in South Kensington promises to become a new London art hub this May. Called Cromwell Place, the site... -
An Ethiopian Gallery Enriches a Global Art Conversation
December 3, 2019 [...] With a trip to the Untitled fair in Miami, Addis Fine Art adds to the connections it’s building between Ethiopian artists and the rest of the world. “I called... -
The Most Important Young Galleries in the World
June 11, 2019 [...] It took an art dealer in Los Angeles and a business consultant in London to create Ethiopia’s most exciting young gallery. Our main space in Addis Ababa is the... -
Ethiopia’s Art Scene Has Long Suffered From a Disinterested Government. But Shifting Politics Might Soon Make Culture a
July 23, 2019 [...] Amid Abiy’s wide-ranging reforms is a renewed interest in art and culture and a general desire to bolster Ethiopia’s image at home and abroad. But it will be an...
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