Tate and MoMa `playing catch up` in collections of modern African art
(The Guardian Culture News)

Art fair founder says western institutions belatedly investing in contemporary art from AfricaMajor western culture institutions - including Tate and MoMA - are `playing catch up` to create truly global collections that recognise modern art from the Africa, according to the founder of an influential art fair devoted for contemporary African art.Touria El Glaoui, the director and founder of 1-54, said that only in the last decade have institutions begun to take it seriously. Continue reading...