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Tafeta + Partners is a London-based visual arts agency specializing in the promotion of African, and more specifically Nigerian, art within the United Kingdom and Europe.
Tafeta + Partners serves individuals, institutions and corporate bodies across the private and not-for-profit sectors and the consultancy is committed to the development of African visual culture through the representation of contemporary artists in all media. In recent years we have represented a number of significant Nigerian collections of African modern art, particularly works of the little-known but highly influential Oshogbo School of painting that emerged in the eponymous Nigerian town in the mid-1960s.
Nigerian art – indeed sub-Saharan African art more broadly – remains largely neglected or misunderstood in the UK , barely represented in UK museum collections. However, it is our firm belief that just as modern and contemporary Indian, Chinese and Russian art have attracted enormous attention in recent years, stimulating cultural activity in those countries and deepening the understanding of those cultures among European audiences, African art has the same potential.
Tafeta is continually seeking partners in the museum and galleries sector in the UK to develop innovative educational exhibitions of African modernism so that museum visitors can experience something of the vibrant visual culture that has provided the stimulus and inspiration to today's contemporary artists. We believe that a better representation of African modern art through small, well-edited and well-documented exhibitions will also attract new constituencies of visitors to UK museums and galleries.
Tafeta + Partners serves individuals, institutions and corporate bodies across the private and not-for-profit sectors and the consultancy is committed to the development of African visual culture through the representation of contemporary artists in all media. In recent years we have represented a number of significant Nigerian collections of African modern art, particularly works of the little-known but highly influential Oshogbo School of painting that emerged in the eponymous Nigerian town in the mid-1960s.
Nigerian art – indeed sub-Saharan African art more broadly – remains largely neglected or misunderstood in the UK , barely represented in UK museum collections. However, it is our firm belief that just as modern and contemporary Indian, Chinese and Russian art have attracted enormous attention in recent years, stimulating cultural activity in those countries and deepening the understanding of those cultures among European audiences, African art has the same potential.
Tafeta is continually seeking partners in the museum and galleries sector in the UK to develop innovative educational exhibitions of African modernism so that museum visitors can experience something of the vibrant visual culture that has provided the stimulus and inspiration to today's contemporary artists. We believe that a better representation of African modern art through small, well-edited and well-documented exhibitions will also attract new constituencies of visitors to UK museums and galleries.