... and we are going to Africa.

An eventful mónth of March has begun. Two trade shows, an exhibition in the Rep. of Congo and several publications are our current hot themes. We hope you enjoy this newsletter, where you will be able to view our Current News page and come to visit the fairs or our gallery in Berlin. You will be hearing and seeing a lot of art from Africa in the coming year. Hold tight.

Contemporary Art from Africa and the Diaspora

Nicole Guiraud - Goddy Leye - George Osodi - Amouzou Glikpa - Ransome Stanley - Chéri Samba and Daniel Kojo Schrade

We will be exposing paintings, sculptures, photography and videos. Our passion for conveying African art led us to exhibit sculptures from Nigeria's Benin-Culture with as highlight: Pende-Mask, depainted by the Maestro Pablo Picasso himself. 4.-7. März.

Contemporary Art from South Africa

During the exhibition Yvette Mutumba and Dorina Hecht will alternately be your guide at the show. Both are experts in African art. Yvettes book Die (Re-)Präsentation zeitgenössischer afrikanischer Kunst in Deutschland, published by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations can be purchased at the exhibition. You can read Dorine's articles in the Portal Kunstgeschichte in the Afrika-Post or on our web-pages. Both are currently promoted by the Foreign Office.

26.-28. März. Our third presence at the Johannesburg fair. We are delighted to take part in this small but fine fair in this lively metropolis. We will present:

Nicole Guiraud - Goddy Leye - George Osodi - Amouzou Glikpa - Ransome Stanley - Chéri Samba and Daniel Kojo Schrade

Germany is one of South Africas most important trade partners. Within the art and culture branches more and more self-initiatives have sprung up and born their fruit over the last year. Many Germans that are interested in art, live in South Africa, more and more of which belong to our growing community of customers. Humour is also present at the fair, as one can read in the 2009 Fair magazine: Gandalf the Grey)

In co-operation with the 'Centre Culturel Français' we exhibit 2 Afro-german painters.

What few people know is that in Germany, as well as artists from Africa, there are a few Afro-german artists who are succeeding in their international career. Not only Ludwig van Beethoven had ancestors from Africa, also Daniel Kojo Schrade and Ransome Stanley.

The exhibition has a flavour of French-German relations, which we have actively promoted over the last 2 decades.

until 20. März 2010

Afrika Post

The focal point in African contemporary art with an article by Peter Herrmann and a recesion from Dorina Hecht concerning 'Global Icons' by Lydia Haustein.

The entire collection of articles by Christian Hanussek about Cameroun, Verena Rodatus about Dakar, Yvette Mutumba about Germany, Dorina Hecht and Sophi Eliot in interview with Manuela Sambo, Wolfgang Bender about Chéri Samba and Peter Herrmann about German markets. Sketches by Ransome Stanley, Daniel Kojo Schrade, Achillekà Komguem, Joseph Sumegne and several more. (Texte) - The Afrika-Focus upto page 29 as pdf. 3,3 MB

Kunstmagazin (english)

Text: Peter Herrmann / Translated by: Brian Poole
Images: Ransome Stanley and George Osodi

In the 90s of the last century the magazine “Capital” published a comprehensive study of the internatio-nal art market, dividing the market up into segments. How astonishing that, over the last one hundred years, the complicated market of old art from Africa has had the most stable price structure.....

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