1-54
contemporary African art fair
Marrakesch · United Kingdom
🗓️ When?
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No date recorded — please check with the organiser.
- Founded
- 2013
📍 Where?
- Town
- Marrakesch
- Country
- United Kingdom
- How precise?
- coordinate of the venue
This position is the town's, not the festival ground's.
ℹ️ Details
- Genre
- contemporary African art
- Website
- 1-54.com
- Status
- unclear
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📖 Excerpt from the Wikipedia article
1:54 is an annual contemporary African art fair held in London, England, during the October Frieze Week since 2013. It was organized to improve the representation of contemporary African art in worldwide exhibitions, and is the foremost art fair dedicated to contemporary African art in the primary art market. By 2016, the show had become three times the size of the original exhibition, with 130 artists represented. A spin-off, pop-up show, 1:54 NY, has been held annually in New York City during the May Frieze New York since 2015. A third location, in Marrakech, began in 2018. Critics have described 1:54 as a highlight of the Frieze event, and wrote that the show's publicity for contemporary African art outweighs the issues of lumping disparate geographic traditions together. The fair's representation from African galleries has improved as the international market for African art expands.
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