Online African Art valuation Find out how your art is worth under 48h

An independent expert will meticulously examine your object using the provided images and their vast knowledge and experience to certify its true worth and estimate its fair value.

Our experts will provide you with a certified document that includes the following information about your artwork :

• its insurance value  in the currency of your choice
• its auction in the currency of your choice
• a description of the object
• the expert’s comments
• the certificate’s unique reference number

At AfricartMarket, we are leaders and experts in the African art market.

Our art evaluation process is anonymous and confidential, guaranteeing you a minimum 25% increase in the value of your object. Our independent experts are not allowed to buy your objects or know your identity when they make their appraisal.

Our experts can help. They are knowledgeable about all artworks, from antiquity to the contemporary period, and specialize in African and diasporic art and objects.

The market has been growing in recent years.

It encompasses all art forms and objects from antiquity to the present day, including ancient, modern, and contemporary pieces.

The primary and secondary markets combined represent between 150 and 250 million dollars per year, according to the Global Africa Art Market Report.

As leading information providers on the African art market, we regularly publish articles and studies.

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African art can be sold through various online platforms and physical locations that support African creativity.

We can connect you with a buyer or reliable sales channel at no cost.

To achieve this, we recommend getting your object evaluated.

Contemporary African art is creative work from the recent past and present day. Its sources are rooted in precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial history. It is important to take into account the precursors of the 1930s, as they introduced openness towards traditional ‘tribal’ arts. The term ‘contemporary art’ emerged in the 1960s and encompasses the diversity of the continent’s artistic output.

Contemporary African artists use various media, including painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and video. They may be self-taught, trained in collective workshops, or academically trained at an art school or a national or international university. They address social and political issues and are committed to community values. Their work is characterized by freedom of expression, means of production, and hybridization.

It is impossible to define ancient African art in just a few lines. Its forms and periods span a long period of history, and there is no simple way to categorize it.

We perceive and classify secular and sacred objects as an ancient, traditional, secular art expressed through various forms, signs, and materials. These bear witness to the life of Africans on the African continent for millennia. They demonstrate a part of their modern vision of the world: social and societal life, science, intellectual reflections, philosophical reflections, and the religious spirituality of its populations.