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Oct 17, 20191 min read
PRESS: Serge Tiroche in conversation in the "Chat Room" at ASIA NOW Paris 2019
Friday, 18 October | 3.45-5pm at the ASIA NOW Paris Asian Art Fair Serge Tiroche, will be in the chat room at ASIA NOW Paris to discuss...
Sep 22, 20191 min read
PRESS: Serge Tiroche speaks with Globes about Sotheby's $ 3.7 billion deal with Patrick Drahi
What does billionaire Patrick Darhi look for at the Sotheby's auction house, and why is it worth $ 3.7 billion? START Collection founder...
Sep 9, 20191 min read
PRESS: After Tel Aviv residency, African artists paint new picture of Israel back home
Thank you to The Times of Israel for writing about Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru, his first exhibition in Israel currently on view at the...
Sep 4, 20191 min read
PRESS: Firelei Báez on view at the Mennello Museum of American Art
Firelei Báez presents a survey of paintings in a variety of media at the Mennello Museum of American Art, on view June 7th – September...
Aug 19, 20191 min read
Gallery Talk: The African Studies Gallery August 23
Please join us at the gallery talk at The African Studies Gallery, Tel Aviv, celebrating the exhibition "Beat of Beads" with curator Idit...
Jul 31, 20191 min read
Africa First Collection Sponsors First Emerging Painting Invitational Prize (EPI)
The Africa First Collection is thrilled to be sponsoring the first Emerging Painting Invitational Prize (EPI) 2019. This prize is an...
Jul 30, 20191 min read
Vision #2 July 2019
Read our second newsletter here.
Jul 30, 20191 min read
Past Loan: Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum at Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center
July 12 - October 27, 2019 In July, we were thrilled to sponsor Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum's first institutional solo exhibition in the...
Jul 28, 20191 min read
Current Loan: Nirit Takele at The Norman Hotel
'Be Bound Together' 2018 by Nirit Takele is on long-term loan to The Norman Hotel, Israel's most prestigious retreat in the heart of...
Jul 21, 20191 min read
Cyrus Kabiru Artworks on view at the African Studies Gallery, Tel Aviv
Photo Credit: Idit Toledano We are thrilled to have works created on the Africa First Residency by Cyrus Kabiru on view for the first...
Jul 3, 20191 min read
Press: KUBATANA Exhibition in Bodil Fuhr
A great read about KUBATANA: An Exhibition About Contemporary African Artists, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, is now featured in Bodil...
Jun 27, 20191 min read
Press: KUBATANA Exhibition in Art Africa Magazine
An interview with the curator of KUBATANA, Kristin Hjellegjerde, the exhibition featuring 12 works by 9 Africa First Collection Artists...
Jun 25, 20191 min read
Press: Gallerist Kristin Hjellegjerde Takes On Contemporary African Art, Harpers Bazaar Arabia
Read the full article about the exhibtion "KUBATANA" in Harpers Bazaar Arabia here.
Jun 24, 20191 min read
Serge Tiroche on Selection Committee for the Accessible Art Fair Brussels (ACAF) 2019
We are pleased to have the Founder of the Africa First Collection, Serge Tiroche, be on the selection committee for the Accessible Art...
May 12, 20191 min read
Press: Nirit Takele in Haaretz
Read the full article "The Ethiopian Israeli Artist Whose 'Black Art' Gives Power to the People" by Vered Lee on Haartez.
May 4, 20191 min read
Past Loan: KUBATANA, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium
We are happy to announce the sponsorship of a major survey of Contemporary African Art in Norway. Curated by Kristin Hjellegjerde,...
Apr 15, 20191 min read
Press: Four Africa First Artists to Participate in Biennale Sydney 2020
Lhola Amira, Bronwyn Katz, Misheck Masamvu, and Ibrahim Mahama will be among 33 artists chosen to participate at the Biennale of Sydney...
Mar 12, 20194 min read
Past Loan: Abe Odedina
Abe Odedina's work "Birds of Paradise" was on loan at the Copeland Gallery in London for an exhibition titled after this emblematic work...
Feb 24, 20191 min read
Past Loan: Brownyn Katz at MACAAL
7 Africa First artists on view at the exhibition "Material Insanity" at the Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL) -...
Feb 17, 20192 min read
Mongezi Ncaphayi Awarded the Inaugural Africa First Art Prize for 2019
The AFAP Jury is pleased to award Mongezi Ncaphayi as the 2019 winner by unanimous decision. Following a debate about the 5 highest...
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