Encompassing the Diaspora at the 1-54 Fair

 A critic’s pick of galleries from Africa and the Caribbean offer exciting and haunting work.

 

 

 "Among the plethora of art fairs this week in New York City, there is still only one dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair was founded in 2013 by Touria El Glaoui, a former telecom salesperson raised in Morocco by an artist father and a French mother, who noticed a gap in the market where local artists were being ignored by the mainstream. The exposition follows El Glaoui’s own trajectory, making yearly presentations in Marrakesh, New Yok and London."

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 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/arts/design/1-54-fair-art-review.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GU8.8uig.9XG2FPzPChyG&smid=bs-share