Art
Art for Africa: Two coalitions working to change the continent's fortunes
SOUTH SOUTH and African Art Galleries Association are taking different routes to establishing the continent as a competitive force on the global art scene
02 May 2021 - 00:00
The economics of the art world are weird. It seems incomprehensible that anyone would shell out hundreds of millions on a painting, like the infamous $450m (R6.5bn) paid for the "Last Leonardo" in 2017 - which may not be by Da Vinci after all...
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