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Touria El Glaoui: The Rise of African Art and the Story Behind 1-54
In this episode of Inside the Art World by Art Meets Culture, Ade Sanusi sits down with Touria El Glaoui, founder of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair.
Touria shares the story behind building 1-54, the misconceptions the global art world has held around contemporary African art, and why African art is much bigger than a market trend.
The conversation explores visibility, infrastructure, collectors, institutions, diaspora, sustainability and what still needs to change for artists from Africa and the African diaspora to be properly supported on the global stage.
This episode is for artists…
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