Addis Fine Art
In 2016, Rakeb Sile and Mesai Haileleul co-founded Addis Fine Art, creating the first white-cube gallery space for modern and contemporary art in Ethiopia. Described as one of the “Most Important Young Galleries in the World” (Artsy 2019), the gallery has since then grown to become one of the leading galleries in Africa, establishing a prominent international platform for artists from the Horn of Africa.
In October 2021, the gallery will move into expanded premises in London, opening a two-storey gallery space in the heart of Fitzrovia. The London gallery programme will encapsulate Addis Fine Art’s commitment to heightened international exposure for, and critical reappraisal of, African art on the world stage. The gallery’s Addis Ababa space will continue to be an incubator for emerging talent, facilitating critical engagement within the local market and encouraging the growth and development of the artworld ecosystem on the continent. The gallery will also serve as a space for artists from the diaspora to return to the continent and share and develop their practice.
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Addis Fine Art
NOAH Centrum Building, Bole AtlasAddis Ababa
Ethiopia
+251 980 635 696
Open: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm
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Addis Fine Art
21 Eastcastle StreetLondon
W1W 8DD
United Kingdom
+44 203 488 0822
Open: Tue-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat noon-6pm
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