Soto presents Art of Collecting

Since opening doors to the public in September 2022 , Soto Gallery has been setting new and uncommon pace in the Lagos art scene.

The contemporary art centre dedicated to sharing diverse African perspectives through art is further boundaries for art with its new initiative, Art of Collecting, a series of discussions, which complement its exhibition programmes.

The series of discussions, the gallery hopes to lend fresh insight into the creation and management of private collections and encourage collection practices among new audiences.

For the first edition, Soto will present an exhibition of rare works by established contemporary artists from the collections of three longtime collectors.

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The exhibition will be followed by a panel discussion on the collectors’ varied approaches to collecting and the state of art collecting today from an African perspective. The event, which is sponsored by Leadway Assurance will run from February 9- 22, 2023 at the gallery located at #10 Omo Osagie Street, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Moreover, the series of discussions is timely now that African collectors are making global impact.

In 2019, Sotheby’s fourth dedicated auction of Modern and Contemporary African Art brought in sales of $3.7 million, exceeding its pre-sale estimate.

In an exciting turnout, the auction was dominated by African collectors, who account for 70 percent of the total sales in the category. Increasingly, it is not only the growth of an enthusiastic collector base on the continent, the base now exerts incredible influence on the global market for contemporary African art.

Therefore, Soto considers the task of platforming African art practitioners inextricably linked with improving public understanding of the wider factors that shape African art practice.