Art Basel marks 20 years in Miami Beach as it opens to the public, and increasing Black representation is at the forefront for organizers planning the show's future.
Eight Black-owned galleries are featured this year, including Afriart Gallery of Kampala, Uganda, and Rele Gallery of Lagos, Nigeria and Los Angeles.
Last year, Art Basel featured four galleries owned by Black Americans and three African galleries, theGallerist Karen Jenkins-Johnson, of Jenkins Johnson Gallery, will be exhibiting several artists of the African diaspora at the Miami Beach show this year, including work byJenkins-Johnson, who was first admitted to the event in 2015, has been challenging art fairs like Art Basel to appreciate and include Black artists.
"If you're not admitted to those fairs and the high-level curators and decision-makers and museums, you get overlooked," Jenkins-Johnson said.Fairs prioritize galleries that have work organizers think will sell, Paddy Johnson, who founded VVrkshop, a company that connects artists with shows, residencies and grants, told Axios in an email.
"Perhaps more than any other industry, art fairs and, more specifically, Art Basel reflect the economic inequality that already exists. Art Basel isn't in the business of building new art markets — rather, it supports and helps build already robust art markets."
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