Why African-American artists are becoming art market superstars

Six out of ten auction records last year were set by African-American artists. Their star is also rising in Switzerland: Eva Presenhuber and Hauser & Wirth, two major galleries, are showing art by African-American artists this month. We look at why this genre is increasingly in the spotlight.
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[@jacariabickham5426]

Did he say “come back alive ,make a few things then die again”😂umm what

[@wearewell5268]

What I find a bit uneasy about the art market, is how much collectors can’t wait for the artist to die. It’s like the only way the value of art increases exponentially, especially when the artist is dead. So it’s like selling your soul basically. It’s not you they want, it’s your story. They promise you some disillusionment of immortality, “you live forever through your art”. Lol so you mean to tell me that artists sole purpose is to spend their entire lives creating stunning masterpieces that may never be truly cherished whilst they still alive but will definitely boost the art market once they dead? 😂 it’s not even funny, it’s scary tbh. Anyway that’s just my opinion, either way I will always appreciate and embrace art as a form of expression. As a matter of fact I recommend everyone to embrace art, it can be very therapeutic and insightful. You don’t even have to be an aspiring artist, just make it for yourself and loved ones, it can be very fulfilling.

[@SweetArt360]

Exactly, that's so sad and I agree art can be therapeutic!

[@leststoner]

Yeah it's BS. But that's for artist who fall for the bait and become "market" artist.

[@mcraystudios]

Nice sales technique to sell the complete exhibition or place them in a museum.

[@BlackArtStream]

What market forces determine a particular genre's viability and worth?

[@jendalmart1039]

good question !

[@bobrew461]

The price that someone is prepared to pay.

[@risingarts3272]

I think value is placed on an Artwork based on the narrative, and the ability of the artist to express an emotional connection to a piece

[@patrickkasokaart]

I also wish to sale my Art work at high prices at Christie's good way to do business.

[@carlettagoodrich-mann1377]

A multi-media production of black and white synergy . I would sell each artistic piece separately . Creating portals for a circle of infrastructures .

[@celetsmarshall1252]

I love Panting

[@kivenbenoit7342]

Celets, I supply some interesting African tribal art collection. I could be your supplier.

[@SpecialEdDHD]

So how much is he selling the 20 paintings for?

[@Rod-bp8ow]

The wonderful pieces of art and culture as they are known eversince. One must experience strokes of colors, hues, as well as the gravity of every masterpiece. It is what the matte, the Latte's of grains of every strand, felt, experienced, experiences in many places. They are also avenues in the vastness of the everlasting. Keep going with these, it is freedom and independence that speaks aloud, and full of vibrant energies, skillfully perfected, preserved. It caters, it is to cater, to deliver, for it does not hinder growth. Piece by piece they are memorabilias, they are fiascos of treasures in many museums, the way feathers, buds, faunas and barks embarks their pieces of art. Everyone are accounted, sought after pieces. The Hall of Galleries for the Time Hunters.

[@khanyisabrancon8565]

it’s the vuvuzela struggle for me 😭😭

[@spiceboxify]

so what these white people up to now...all of a sudden our work has value ......i get nervous about things like that.

[@brunosinga]

"the sector is booming" 😐

[@indianartcraftschool758]

So nice 🌹🌹🌹

[@creativeartbyluvensky]

Art is for share with others. Anyways your concept is awesome Adam.

[@NaturesUrbanPeace]

Uber cool 😎

[@stevewapner9061]

White guilt is paying off for these artists. Art institutions are paying reparations.

[@Watkinsstudio]

Such bitterness and self-pity... all you're able to do about these artists' success is whine. And some say there is no God. Lol!

[@kojoman75]

ARTIST; ENTREPRENUERS: My worse fear on returning to America after living and earnings a living in west-Africa eleven (11) years as a jewelry-craftsman were to depend on someone or organization for a job.. And All praises to the Creator, it wasn't necessary.. Thanks to the wisdom of a dear friend, Dr. Margaret Burroughs who during one of her visits to Ghana, I enquired as to could I earn a living as a craftsman when I return to America? "Kojo, no one gonna give you a job unless you've been authenticated, so your best bet is to do as you have done here (Africa) MAKE YOUR OWN JOB. which eased my mind on the matter. 1st, seek out Afro-centric minded Americans that supported Black Artist & their Artworks. Long story shorten; Checkout My Online Art-Galleries: mysankofa2012.artspan.com/ If only www was around 30 or 40 years ago :-)

[@nyrethepoet9852]

Art is beauty , all art come from pieces of within.✏

[@Rod-bp8ow]

@@nyrethepoet9852 The lakes and makes of an artistically inclined, perfected through the ages.

[@kingfrozt2305]

Cool!😎

[@southafricaismyhome814]

I struggle to get my art in Gallerys in Southafrica us black men

[@gravesbruce]

More pretentious minimalism.

[@shivamaharaj2788]

No skills .. At all... band wagon collectors ...

[@mirjahansdah51]

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[@Watkinsstudio]

Such jealousy... all you can do is whine. And some say there is no God. Lol!

[@BlackArtStream]

Great work..

[@jeffbeaumont5879]

Its called patronizing. Thats why.

[@AkwaIbomDoll]

sure because hundreds of random collectors over the course of several distinct auctions anonymously agreed to ‘patronise’ African Americans. you sound incredibly dumb, bitter and ignorant and clearly know nothing about the art market and the economics surrounding following trends to make a quick buck.

[@Watkinsstudio]

Art always has patrons.

[@VagoniusThicket]

These guys laugh all the way to the bank . The BS of idealizing scribble is always a puzzle to any real talent . What is art to one is cat crap to another .The mutual admiration society has been doing this for decades .

[@brunosinga]

I mean you can look at this artists biography and see his representational work. But I doubt you want to understand. This is where artists get to after building tons of renditions which take a long time. It comes from tiresome years

[@SpecialEdDHD]

@@brunosinga its crap lol

[@Watkinsstudio]

@@SpecialEdDHD Nah, but a few crap comments have been made.

[@hajiabdalla5772]

Because are used a comon sense. Not from to chalkboard

[@SpecialEdDHD]

seriously lol

[@rogerrtewwr4723]

who gaf about their skin color?

[@jasminepearls1047]

It affects their art. A lot of these people have parents from the caribbean and africa.

[@rogerrtewwr4723]

@@jasminepearls1047 you look at art and think "oh I wonder what their skin color is", congrats, you're racist

[@xokhaliah]

hmm idk...probably the long history of black people being shunned and left out or stolen from and copied in the art scene?.......times change and that should be celebrated

[@rogerrtewwr4723]

@@xokhaliah nah, I will continue to celebrate people on their work, not their skin tone, thanks for your hypocritical input ;)

[@rogerrtewwr4723]

@Mike Alderman "your a racist because you dared to bring up race" literally the definition of racist, and by the way something else that fits the definition is assuming people are "white" over the internet and smearing people "white supremacists" with zero evidence or basis, thanks for playing loser ...