With physical events cancelled in 2020, South African art fairs, galleries and artists’ studios have accelerated their online platforms, some of which will run year-round. Despite COVID, the pan-African art market has remained buoyant. Could it be possible that art from the continent is finally able to control its own narrative?  

In a junk mail-filled world of fast fashion and here-today-gone-tomorrow memes and tweets it’s re-assuring to get reminders that not everything has gone to hell in a hand basket.