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Vision #8 H2 2021
Read the Vision #8 H2 2021 Newsletter Africa First in 2021 a roller-coaster year, higher! With all the uncertainties brought about by the...
Jan 27, 20223 min read


Meet the winners of the artHARARE Africa First Art Prize 2021
Meet the winners of the artHARARE Africa First Art Prize 2021, Wilfred Timire and Franklyn Dzingai. artHARARE team spent time with...
Jan 10, 20221 min read


Artillery Gallery hosts Harare Africa First Art Prize Exhibition
Artillery Gallery is hosting an exhibition of exceptional artists who were shortlisted to win the inaugural artHarare Africa First Art...
Dec 13, 20211 min read
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Nov 26, 20210 min read


Announcing the artHARARE Africa First Art Prize 2021 shortlisted artists.
We are excited to announce the list of the shortlisted artists for artHARARE Africa First Art Prize 2021. This year we saw many...
Nov 8, 20213 min read


FNB Art Joburg Prize Winner Wycliffe Mundopa To Open A Solo Exhibition At Johannesburg Art Gallery
The 2021 FNB Art Prize winner, Zimbabwean painter Wycliffe Mundopa, opens his solo exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery this Sunday....
Oct 28, 20211 min read


Congratulations FNB Art Joburg Prize Winner Wycliffe Mundopa
Congratulations to Wycliffe Mudopa for winning the FNB Art Prize for 2021, arguably the most prestigious prize on the continent. Wycliffe...
Oct 25, 20212 min read


Kelechi Nwaneri artwork from the Africa First Collection Featured on Ted Lasso Apple TV Plus Series
It is incredible news that the first painting by Kelechi Nwneri acquired by the Africa First Collection, almost 3 years ago, has...
Oct 2, 20211 min read


Vision #7 Africa First Special Newsletter
Read the Vision #7 Africa First Special Newsletter Friends and fellow art lovers, As the summer ends and we happily reunite in art world...
Sep 11, 20211 min read


Latitudes Co-curates Global Online Auction Promoting Art From Africa
A partnership between Artnet Auctions and Africa First by Serge Tiroche, Africa Present is a global online auction of contemporary work...
Aug 31, 20211 min read


Vision #6 H1 2021
Read the Vision #6 H1 2021 Newsletter Dear Friends, COVID hasn’t gone away, but we’re learning to live with it, and the art world is...
Aug 4, 20213 min read


Watch Now | GS Convenes: The Art Roundup Series featuring Serge Tiroche
Goldman Sachs' fourth and final episode of "The Art Roundup", a new content series destined for their global clientele, featured Serge...
Jul 20, 20211 min read


Phillips Auction In Conversation with Serge Tiroche
PHILLIPS: In the collection currently being presented for sale we can see a group of works that engage with a range of different...
Jul 13, 20212 min read


Radical Originality: The Artists of Africa First
Extraordinary emerging artists, such as Wonder Buhle Mbambo, Amani Lewis, and Moffat Takadiwa, were acquired for the Africa First...
Jul 12, 20211 min read


Phillips’ London New Now Auction on July 13 Six Works Donated to Benefit the Africa First Residency
Read the full article here Sale on 13 July to Feature Highlights Chosen by Stella McCartney from the McCartney A to Z Manifesto, and a...
Jul 4, 20212 min read


Weekend Homework : Artnet's Africa Present Auction
Dear Friends, Since founding Africa First four years ago, our mission has been to collect, nurture and develop the careers of emerging...
May 4, 20211 min read


Gallery tour of Dawit Abebe "Long Hands" at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, on view until May 29, 2021
Courtesy by Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery
May 2, 20211 min read


Residences and Galleries Help Promote Young African Art
The development of an artistic infrastructure on the Continent has favored the birth of residency centers for emerging talents together...
Apr 20, 20211 min read


A Closer Look: Africa’s Ascendant Art Market
Ahead of artnet's first Africa Present sale on Artnet Auctions, Johannes Vogt, Head of Contemporary Art sat down with ArtTactic founder...
Apr 5, 20211 min read


Vision #5 H2 2020
Read the Vision #5 H2 2020 Newsletter Dear readers, 2020 turned out to be surprisingly robust for financial as well as art markets given...
Feb 25, 20212 min read


Joseph Awuah-Darko and Emmanuel Taku Interviewed by Africa First
February 2021 Established in 2020, The Noldor Residency is Ghana's first independent artist residency founded by Joseph Awuah-Darko, who...
Feb 24, 20219 min read


Serge Tiroche in CAIA Assosiation Webcast "Focus on Africa: Investing in African Art"
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Description: African Art has been one of the developing segments at auctions over the past 15 years. From a...
Feb 24, 20211 min read


PRESS: Artnet's Africa Present Initiative
"As a close observer of the African Contemporary art market and an experienced auction person; with a mind attune to innovation and a...
Feb 24, 20213 min read
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