Editorial

Editorial

Buying a work of art to decorate your home or to add to your collection: what’s the difference?

  © Harouna Ouédraogo   ‘I’m looking for a piece of art for this wall.’ It’s a phrase I hear regularly when someone asks me to help them choose a piece of art. Often, the proces...

Daffa Konaté Aug 19, 2026

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The rise of African collectors: collecting to pass on a legacy

For a long time, when people talked about the African art market, the conversation centred mainly on the artists: their international visibility, their presence at art fairs, in ga...

Daffa Konaté Aug 8, 2026

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Matière à abstraction: my two favourites at the Galerie Christophe Person

A few days ago, I went to see "Matière à abstraction", the latest exhibition at the Galerie Christophe Person. Aside from the exhibition itself, I was also keen to visit this new v...

Daffa Konaté Aug 6, 2026

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The woman in the room: African female artists and the work of being seen

Women are everywhere in the art world. They run galleries, curate exhibitions, support artists, coordinate art fairs, and keep institutions alive. Yet when we look at who enjoys th...

Daffa Konaté Jul 31, 2026

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AI and contemporary African art: the question has changed

Last year I wrote here about the limitations and benefits of artificial intelligence in art. I said then that the technology was inevitable, that it had to be engaged with rather t...

Daffa Konaté Jul 23, 2026

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Saytu: when Alioune Diagne invites us to see things differently

I discovered ‘Saytu’, Alioune Diagne’s new exhibition at the Galerie Templon, a few days before it closed. I’d already been following the artist’s work for several years and was re...

Daffa Konaté Jul 18, 2026

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8 good reasons to give the gift of art

Why give a work of art as a present? Giving a work of art is a special and authentic gift for Christmas, a birthday, a farewell when someone is moving abroad, or any other occasion...

Daffa Konaté Jun 23, 2026

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From architecture to the art world: Monia, a lover of painting and calligraphy

I began by studying Fine Art, but then switched to Architecture to secure a more promising future. Over the years, my interest in the visual arts and art history has grown steadily...

Daffa Konaté May 6, 2026

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Negotiating the price of a work of art, yes. Belittling an artist, no

Recently, someone was interested in purchasing two works by an artist I work with regularly. The interest was genuine. Then came the discussion about the price. Negotiating, in the...

Daffa Konaté Feb 2, 2026

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From Dakar to La Ciotat: the artistic evolution of photographer Nasrine Safa

A professional photographer and videographer for over ten years, Nasrine Safa divides her time between Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, France and the United States. Her career, shaped by d...

Daffa Konaté Dec 2, 2025

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Koudedjatou Diallo: a Malian artist caught between emotion, faith and creative freedom

Art has been a part of Koudedjatou Diallo’s daily life ever since she was a child. During the holidays, her mother would always bring her things to paint, draw or do crafts with — ...

Daffa Konaté Oct 6, 2025

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Colette Diallo: from painting to jewellery design, a new voice in contemporary African art

A self-taught, emerging artist on the contemporary African art scene, Colette Diallo expresses herself through two disciplines: painting and the creation of handcrafted jewellery. ...

Daffa Konaté Sep 22, 2025