by Mary Fisayo More and more investors are looking to the art market as a way to diversify their traditional investment portfolio. This is a market that has seen exponential growth in the last few years, commanding increasingly high prices from investors from across the globe. Sotheby’s inaugural Modern & Contemporary African art auction brought in £2.26m in 2017. This [...]

John Madu, City Girls on Rousseau’s Beach, 2020 I sat down a few weeks ago with John Madu, a painter based out of my very own, Lagos Nigeria. John is a an artist of many forms, most known for his figurative paintings heavy with symbolism and highly influenced by pop culture. I was lucky enough to view John’s pieces at [...]

Osaru Obaseki is a self taught artist from Edo State Nigeria. She is one of the many rising artists in Africa who is making a big wave in the Contemporary art scene. In 2017, she joined Nosona Studios under the Edo global centre platform. This gave her a spring board to broaden her practice and gain immense opportunity. She has [...]

It’s a great pleasure to introduce African Art Wave’s artist of the month, Bright Ackwerh. Bright is an internationally known, Ghanian born, artist. One we’ve been following for many years now. If you haven’t heard of him yet, then we’re glad to welcome you to the Bright club! He’s known for using paint, digital media, illustration and street art to [...]