It's not simply a subscription. It's a way of discovering, understanding, and supporting African contemporary art differently.
Art Kelen Circle was born from the desire to create a space for sharing around African contemporary artists, works, and art scenes; a space built on curiosity, exchange, and transmission.
African contemporary art is attracting growing interest around the world. Exhibitions, fairs, institutions, and collectors are paying increasingly close attention to these artistic scenes. Yet access to works, contexts, artists, and exchanges remains limited or out of reach for many.
"Art Kelen Circle was born from a simple desire: to create a space for sharing and discovery around African contemporary art, through a more human, accessible, and committed approach."
Through curatorial content, exchanges, recommendations, and encounters, Daffa Konaté shares a personal and committed approach to art rooted in transmission, dialogue, and discovery.
“Art Kelen Circle was born from a simple desire: to create a space of sharing and discovery around African contemporary art, through a more human, accessible, and engaged approach.”Daffa Konaté, Founder
Discovering artists, refining your eye, building a collection with depth and intention
Whether forming your first acquisition or refining one built over decades, the Circle gives you the time, context, and curatorial attention to build with meaning.
- ✶Artist discoveries and curatorial recommendations
- ✶Reflections and analysis around works and contemporary scenes
- ✶Access to exclusive conversations and content
- ✶Invitations to selected events and gatherings
Deepening your engagement with African contemporary art
For curators, gallerists, journalists, institutions, researchers, and cultural actors who want to deepen their understanding of contemporary African artistic scenes.
- ✶Curatorial content and analysis
- ✶Conversations with artists and figures in the field
- ✶Reflections on practices and cultural questions
- ✶Opportunities for exchange and collaboration
Growing your relationship with African contemporary art
No particular expertise required. The Circle is for anyone curious to encounter African contemporary art differently.
- ✶An accessible and immersive monthly letter
- ✶Discoveries of artists, works, and stories
- ✶Educational content and cultural recommendations
- ✶A simple, sensitive, and engaged approach to African contemporary art
All the content in the Circle is imagined and developed by Daffa Konaté, in continuation of the curatorial work carried by Art Kelen.
Every edition, every artist selection, every recommendation, every encounter is conceived with a personal, accessible, and engaged approach to African contemporary art.
Discovery opens the doors. Circle opens the rooms. Both begin with the same commitment.
Daffa’s personal monthly letter. What she is looking at, thinking about, and curating. The most personal artefact Art Kelen produces.
Circle members see new artists and works before they appear on the platform, with the chance to enquire before public listing opens.
A 12 to 20 page report featuring artists, new works, market notes, auction results, and one Daffa essay. Members read the full report. The public sees a preview.
Free entry to all free hosted Virtual Gallery exhibitions. Each show is curated, programmed, and archived as a real venue.
Members only pricing on a rotating selection of marketplace works, alongside a 10 percent discount on Circle eligible purchases.
Full editorial archive, public event listings and registration, and invitations to vernissages, panels, and openings. Across both tiers.