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\n\tThe 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, which was founded in London in 2013 and has since expanded with satellite editions in Marrakech and New York, announced 35 exhibitors for its next edition in the British capital this fall.<\/p>\n
\n\tScheduled for October 15\u201318 at Somerset House, alongside Frieze London and Frieze Masters, the fair will feature a focus on African modernists through curated booths and a 1-54 Presents\u2019 spotlight exhibition titled \u201cWest Wind,\u201d curated by the South African\u2013Portuguese art historian Nancy Dantas. \u201cInspired by the 1966 song and epithet for African unity,\u201d a press release reads, \u201cthe exhibition brings together the work of pioneering modern artists from across Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tTouria El Glaoui, who founded the fair and serves as its director, told ARTnews<\/em>, \u201cSomerset House gave 1-54 its first stage in 2013. For our 14th London edition, we are turning our attention to the modernists whose work helped shape the histories we engage with today. Bringing them into conversation with contemporary artists gives us a fuller and more accurate account of African art.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe full exhibitor list follows below. <\/p>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/1-54-african-art-fair-london-2026-1234793708\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Maliza-Kiasuwa-Rhizome-1-6-2026-Wool-threads-and-synthetic-on-canvas-Each-30-x-30-cm-unframed-50-x-50-cm-framed.-Courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-FILAFRIQUES.jpeg?w=1024″] The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, which was founded in London in 2013 and has since expanded with satellite editions in Marrakech and New York, announced 35 exhibitors for its next edition in the British capital this fall. Scheduled for October 15\u201318 at Somerset House, alongside Frieze London and Frieze Masters, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,226],"class_list":["post-2068205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-artnews-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2068205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2068205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2068205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2068205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n Exhibitor<\/th>\n Location(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n 16\/16<\/td>\n Lagos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 50 Golborne<\/td>\n London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 193 Gallery<\/td>\n Paris; St. Tropez; Venice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Affinity Gallery<\/td>\n Lagos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n AFIKARIS<\/td>\n Paris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n albertz benda<\/td>\n New York; Los Angeles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n ArtTalks | Kanafani Gallery<\/td>\n Cairo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Eclectica Contemporary<\/td>\n Cape Town<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n ELLEPHANT<\/td>\n Montreal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Errm Art Gallery<\/td>\n Riyadh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Fabienne Levy<\/td>\n Lausanne; Geneva; Zurich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n FILAFRIQUES<\/td>\n Geneva; Abidjan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n First Floor Gallery Harare<\/td>\n Harare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Galleria Anna Marra<\/td>\n Rome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Gallery 1957<\/td>\n London; Accra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GALLERY BRULHART<\/td>\n Geneva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Gallery Misr<\/td>\n Cairo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Gillian Jason Gallery<\/td>\n London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Guns & Rain<\/td>\n Johannesburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n In Situ \u2013 fabienne leclerc<\/td>\n Romainville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery<\/td>\n London; Berlin; West Palm Beach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n kumalo | turpin<\/td>\n Johannesburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Larkin Durey<\/td>\n London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n LIS10 Gallery<\/td>\n Arezzo; Paris; Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Loeve&Co<\/td>\n Paris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Loft Art Gallery<\/td>\n Casablanca; Marrakech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Maya Art Space<\/td>\n Beirut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n O\u2019DA Art<\/td>\n Lagos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n October Gallery<\/td>\n London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Perve Galeria<\/td>\n Lisbon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Gallery of Everything<\/td>\n London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Southern Art Hub<\/td>\n London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n THK Gallery<\/td>\n Cape Town; Cologne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Tribe Gallery<\/td>\n Geneva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix<\/td>\n London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n