Summit in Senegal

Siddhartha Mitter | Artforum | 29th May 2018

Peering through the jargon it seems that Dak’Art, Africa’s largest biennale, was a success. African art is growing in appeal to Western collectors but local galleries, museums and writers are emerging only slowly. The market’s “nerve center” is in distant London. Without more supportive infrastructure, says the Dak’Art curator, African art “will continue to be invisible”.