Placed in a transparent glass with fine white light to buttress the image, dimming it's shadows to bring out every detail. Prestigious Art Display that would Seal the deal in achieving the exclusive presence, and intriguing atmosphere you want for your .... You decide.
Diving into the world of African Art and it's value in the global market is necessary, so as to track it's importance, it's worth and to balance it's grab in being noted as a successful line of business. Even though the purpose of the art by the artist is to express African cultures, traditions, values and lifestyle, we at iQi see it's greatest potential in competing with other sectors to becoming the most lucrative business with single products that are worth billions.
Currently, the most expensive African art pieces include works by Julie Mehretu, a US-based Ethiopian artist, with her painting "Walkers with the Dawn and Morning" fetching $10.7 million. Other high-priced pieces include a Senufo Female Statue from the Ivory Coast, sold for $12 million, and Marlene Dumas's "The Visitor," which sold for $6.3 million. Others include.
iQi Nigerian Arts Research Team found out that there are artifacts, and art works that date as way back as hundreds of years ago decovered in Ham, Nok area of Nigeria, some parts of Kumasi and Accra, Ghana. Many more scattered across Africa. With an "Arts Search and Rescue" team going all round Africa. Billions of dollars will be realized from all these scattered treasures, art pieces. If discovered and sold right!
An aged piece with African Authenticated details is worth millions of dollars. In the magic hands of a good art dealer, it would be valued more.
The "NJIDEKA AKUNYILI’s ‘BUSH BABIES’ " is worth $3.4 million, standing as most expensive Nigerian Art piece currently.
For your information, there are endless undisclosed and undiscovered art pieces that are or would be worth more.
The missing piece is, African Arts lacks it's market business players. A respectable body that finds these art works, declare their price and sell them in the global highest bidder market. This would change the narrative and the value-worth of these art works will be redefined. Thereby establishing African Arts as one of the next trending list of "expensive things to own" globally.
It is a business grid that operates like Opera or Golf, it has it's strings cutting through hives of billionaires and multimillionaires. It infact registers as an asset. Owning these art pieces is enriching in it's sense. Furthermore, either for collection purpose or as an investment or sometimes for bragging rights, you get richer for having these pieces. As the years go by, like maturing wine, the price goes up.
A lounge that seals the lastest Royce Rolls Phantom as part of its decor has successfully told all the customers walking in, we mean expensive serious business. It is same with having an Art Work worth $1 billion hanging.
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