The vibrant, colorful paintings by Senegalese modernists who belonged to the École de Dakar, the artistic movement that flourished in Senegal following independence from France
Although African painting has always been admired, purchased and collected, it remained underrated due to unawareness and ignorance until the recent change of paradigm— to
Between the time of their creation and that of their acquisition, the perception of Yoruba ere ibeji figures shifts. Initially seen as receptacles for the