Contemporary Art from Nigeria in the Global Markets

Jonathan Adeyemi holds a BA (Hons), MA in African Studies (Art History), and an MBA in marketing management. He obtained a Ph.D. in Arts Management and Cultural Policy from Queen’s University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Dr. Adeyemi was an Associate Lecturer in Arts Management and Cultural Policy at Queen’s University Belfast. He also served as the Coordinator of Creative Arts at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), where he was responsible for art education curriculum development and administration. With a paper titled: Power Dynamics in the art world: Navigating alternative systems, Dr. Adeyemi won the 2021 Ph.D. Student Research Award of the Sociology of Arts Research Networks (RN02), European Sociological Association (ESA). He contributed a chapter titled: Systematisation of Art in Nigeria to the Cuyler A. edited volume: Arts Management, Cultural Policy & the African Diaspora for Palgrave Macmillan. He is a member of The International Art Markets Studies Association (TIAMSA) and the European Sociological Association (ESA).

• 1.Introduction.- 2.Sub-Saharan Africa in the global art market’s structure.- 3.The Development of Contemporary Art in Nigeria.- 4.Aesthetic Influences of Cultural Nationalism and Decolonization.- 5.Transnational influences, authenticity censure and postcolonial exclusion.- 6.Evolution of the Market for Contemporary Art.- 7.Contemporary Art from Nigeria in International Spaces.- 8.Systems of Art Governance.- 9.Power Dynamics and Alternative Systems