April 20th, 2021
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Rakeb Sile and Mesai Haileleul, the co-founders of Addis Fine Art, started out as art consultants in London while simultaneously running a gallery in Addis-Ababa, which they founded in 2016. Last year, Addis Fine Art joined Cromwell Place, the gallery hub in South Kensington. “We need to make sure this region is included in the conversations and narrative around contemporary and Modern art; there’s a huge gap,” Sile says. (Photo: Courtesy of Bandele Zuberi and Addis Fine Art)
The Art Newspaper
As the market for their artists booms, African galleries take control by expanding to the West