Globally, the weather may be cooling, following a particularly hot, record-breaking July, but in the art world, temperatures are rising. According to rumours, Christie’s and Sotheby’s, the two most popular auction houses, are in a race to take up the estate of Emily Fisher Landau, art collector, …
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Create a One-of-One Art-Inspired Timepiece with Vacheron Constantin and The Louvre
What do art and horology have in common? A lot, as Swiss watchmaker, Vacheron Constantin and The Louvre, France’s national art museum, will tell you following their newest collaboration. ‘A Masterpiece on the Wrist’: a Vacheron Constantin x The Louvre collaboration years in the making Per Vachero…
In Conversation with South African Artist and World Traveler, Reggie Khumalo.
Prior to my conversation with South African artist, Reggie Khumalo, who is as celebrated for his travels as he is for his art, I had seen his work. I was immediately struck by how profound each of them are, despite a perceived simplicity of appearance at first glance. Reggie is like that. On the …
ASPIRE Ones to Watch, 2022
2021 was such a year of hope. We had just exited the worst of a global pandemic and, for Africans living on the continent, an additional uncertainty heightened by protests and economic instability. We daresay almost everyone approached the new year with some level of positivity, as to do otherwis…
Iké Udé: Nollywood Portraits puts African Beauty and Fashion on Display at the Smithsonian
This Black History month, learn more about Africa’s biggest movie industry, Nollywood via Iké Udé: Nollywood Portraits, an exhibition by the Nigerian-born multimedia artist that will be live at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art from February 5 2022 till February 2023. On display wi…
From the Editor: The Best of ASPIRE in 2021
Happy New Year!!!! May 2022 grant us all the best of life and its blessings! You might be right to say that it’s too late in the year for new year greetings, but then again…just one more from a brand you love should not be too much, right? 2021 was definitely an interesting year! We […
Johnnie Walker celebrates African Creatives in The Ones Who Keep Walking
In 2020, premium Scotch whisky brand, Johnnie Walker, debuted a documentary celebrating the life and times of its eponymous founder. Aptly titled The Man Who Walked Around The World, the film captured the beginnings of the business as well the entrepreneurial journey of the man behind the drink. …
A New Jean-Michel Basquiat Exhibition, featuring over 200 Rare Artworks, will hold in 2022
It is 2021, and the artist who is dominating global news is Jean-Michel Basquiat, with at least 18 works sold publicly so far to the tune of over $250 million. The catch? Basquiat, whose artistic career spanned eight short years, has been dead for 33 years now. And if the events of this year are …
Art X Lagos 2021 is Further Proof that African Art is Valuable, Collectible and Thriving
On the global art scene, antique and contemporary Western and Asian works have dominated for the longest time. When African art is recognised, it is usually antique pieces and a few contemporary works that are put on display, leading to the notion that art from the continent is not as profitable …
Give the Gift of a Basquiat Painting and Tiffany Jewellery this Christmas
We are gradually bidding 2021 goodbye, and that can only mean one thing: it’s advent calendar season! While you can expect luxury brands to put a lot of thought and creativity into theirs, Tiffany&Co has catapulted itself to the top of the leader board with its calendar which pays homage to o…