Toyin Ojih ODUTOLA (1985)

At 36, this artist from Nigeria is already among the most successful artists at auction, all periods of creation combined. Born in Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 1985 to a Yoruba father and an Igbo mother, Toyin Ojih Odutola was five years old when her family moved to Berkeley, California, where her father, Dr. J. Ade Odutola, […]

In London, the year’s first major results in Post-War & Contemporary Art were encouraging. Christie’s and Sotheby’s both posted excellent totals, doubling their combined 2018 sales turnover. Sotheby’s posted $145 million from its sales on 5 and 6 March while Christie’s generated 140 million (including the total from the much anticipated Georges Michael collection), and […]