Firm seeks support to drive $13bn art industry

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A representative of Patrons Modern & Contemporary African Art, an art advisory and dealership firm, Peter Imo, has asked the Federal Government and corporate bodies to support the growth of the nation’s untapped art industry.

FILE PHOTO: Nigerian-American artist, Toyin Ojih Odutola speaking at her solo art exhibitions at SCAD Museum of Art. Georgia US. Source: Instagram/Toyinojihodutolarepresentative of Patrons Modern & Contemporary African Art, an art advisory and dealership firm, Peter Imo, has asked the Federal Government and corporate bodies to support the growth of the nation’s untapped art industry.

During an interview with journalists at the recent miniature art exhibition titled, ‘small Is beautiful,’ Imo said the Federal Government and corporate bodies had not done enough to support the art industry to tap into the $13bn African art market. He noted that Nigeria was yet to tap into the African art market currently serving as a feeder of arts to its counterpart across the globe, but expressed hope that with the right support, Nigerian arts would rub shoulders with its peers in no distant time.

 

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