1-54 Art Fair October 2021

©KatrinaSorrentino - Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery’s booth at 1-54 London 2019

©Rocio Chacon - 50 Golborne Gallery’s booth at 1-54 London 2020

About 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 

With annual editions in London, New York and Marrakech, 1-54 is the leading international art fair  dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. Drawing reference to the fifty-four countries  that constitute the African continent, 1-54 is a sustainable and dynamic platform that is engaged in  contemporary dialogue and exchange. Initiated by Touria El Glaoui in 2013, October 2021 will mark its  ninth consecutive edition at Somerset House, London. 

About Touria El Glaoui, Founding Director of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 

Touria El Glaoui is the Founding Director of the leading international art fair, 1-54 Contemporary African  Art Fair, which takes place in London, New York and Marrakech every year. Touria El Glaoui was listed  amongst the 50 most powerful women in Africa by Jeune Afrique magazine in 2015, 2018 and 2019.  She is Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française since February 2020.  

Born and raised in Morocco, El Glaoui completed her education in New York before beginning a career  in the banking industry as a wealth management consultant. After 10 years, she relocated to London,  where she initiated 1-54 in 2013. Parallel to her career, Touria has organised and co-curated exhibitions  of her father’s work, Moroccan artist Hassan El Glaoui, in London and Morocco. She has spoken widely  and chaired numerous discussions on contemporary African art and women in leadership at  international organisations. 

About Dr.Omar Kholeif, 1-54 Forum London 2021 Curator 

Born in Egypt to Egyptian and Sudanese parents, Dr.Omar Kholeif is a writer, curator, cultural historian,  and Director of Collections and Senior Curator at Sharjah Art Foundation. Trained as a political scientist,  Kholeif’s career began as a journalist and documentary filmmaker before entering the picture palace of  museums. Concerned with the means through which technologies intersect with debates around QT,  postcolonial, and critical race theory. They have curated more than one hundred exhibitions of art,  design, and architecture on six continents and are the author, coauthor, or editor of thirty-three books,  which have been translated into twelve languages. Recent volumes include Goodbye, World! Looking at Art in the Digital Age (Sternberg, 2018); The Artists Who Will Change The World (Thames and  Hudson, 2018) and Art in the Age of Anxiety (SAF/Mörel/MIT Press, 2021). They are currently at work  on a monograph entitled Internet Art: The First Thirty Years (Phaidon, 2022) and an anthology of essays  entitled Code-Switchers: The Art of Being Invisible (2022). 

About Somerset House 

London’s working arts centre 

Somerset House is London’s working arts centre and home to the UK’s largest creative community.  Built on historic foundations, we are situated in the very heart of the capital.  

Dedicated to backing progress, championing openness, nurturing creativity and empowering ideas, our  cultural programme is ambitious in scope. We insist on relevance, but aren’t afraid of irreverence, and  are as keen on entertainment as enrichment. We embrace the biggest issues of our times and are  committed to oxygenating new work by emerging artists. Where else can you spend an hour ice-skating  while listening to a specially commissioned sound piece by a cutting edge artist?  

It is this creative tension – the way we harness our heritage, put the too-often overlooked on our central  stage and use our neo-classical backdrop to showcase ground-breaking contemporary culture – that  inspires our programme. Old and new, history and disruption, art and entertainment, high-tech and  homemade, combined with the fact that we are home to a constantly shape-shifting working creative  community: this is our point of difference. It is what we are proud of. And it is what makes the experience  of visiting or working in Somerset House inspiring and energising, urgent and  exciting. www.somersethouse.org.uk  

About Christie’s 

Christie’s, the world's leading art business, had auction sales in 2019 that totalled £4.5 billion / $5.8  billion. Christie’s is a name and place that speaks of extraordinary art, unparalleled service and  international expertise. Christie’s offers around 350 auctions annually in over 80 categories, including  all areas of fine and decorative arts, jewellery, photographs, collectibles, wine, and more. Prices range  from $200 to over $100 million. Christie's also has a long and successful history conducting private  sales for its clients in all categories, with emphasis on Post-War & Contemporary, Impressionist &  Modern, Old Masters and Jewellery. Alongside regular sales online, Christie’s has a global presence in 

46 countries, with 10 salerooms around the world including in London, New York, Paris, Geneva, Milan,  Amsterdam, Dubai, Zürich, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. 

*Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue.  

*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and  are reported net of applicable fees.  

About Artsy 

Artsy is the largest global online marketplace for discovering, buying, and selling fine art by leading artists. Artsy connects 4,000+ galleries, auction houses, art fairs, and institutions from 100+ countries with more than 2 million global art collectors and art lovers from 190+ countries. Artsy makes purchasing art welcoming, transparent, and low-friction with industry-leading technology that connects supply and demand safely and securely at a global scale. Launched in 2012, Artsy is headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Berlin, and Hong Kong. 

About Latitudes Online

Latitudes is an online destination to explore and buy contemporary art from Africa. With a constantly changing, curated selection of art from the continent and the diaspora, the site brings together artworks presented by galleries, curators, studios, not-for-profit organisations and independent artists themselves. 

The first platform of this kind dedicated to art from Africa, Latitudes is designed to help collectors discover creativity from the continent in a non-intimidating and accessible way. With over 800 artists represented on the site, Latitudes is well on its way to becoming the largest online destination for art from Africa. 

Passionate as the organisation is about identifying and nurturing new talent, Latitudes introduced an Education programme in 2021, through which it has mentored and directly benefited over 80 creatives in South Africa. Latitudes Education is set to expand into the continent in 2022.