A 2023 report by the insurance coverage firm Hiscox revealed that Ivory Coast–born Abdoulaye “Aboudia” Diarrassouba was the top-selling artist in 2022, with seventy five works sold at auction, beating out Damien Hirst. And an Artprice report issued in March said that “contemporary African art has turn into a staple component of the worldwide art market,” with top public sale houses working to satisfy the demand. Hiscox estimated that $63 million was spent on works by artists born in Africa in 2022, in comparability with $47 million the earlier 12 months. There was a global pandemic, a sweeping push for …