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Episode 6: Art Professionals Africa Unplugged: In Conversation with Asibi Danjuma
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Episode 6: Art Professionals Africa Unplugged: In Conversation with Asibi Danjuma

In this episode we speak to curator and founder of Phílos, Asibi Danjuma on inventing new strategies for business in the African Art Market and navigating the economical downturn. PHILOS is a framework that merges fine Art and literature in exploring the profundity of the African continent based in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Mobolaji Ogunrosoye, Ruth, 2026. Metal, 28.5 x 28.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and O’DA Art Gallery.
Mobolaji Ogunrosoye, Ruth, 2026. Metal, 28.5 x 28.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and O’DA Art Gallery.

Day-to-day, Asibi builds corporate collections and works with a select few artists in developing their artistic voices. She has produced several exhibitions for artists such as Fidelis Joseph, Kadara Enyeasi, Jonah Bulus and Ugochukwu Emebiriodo to name a few.

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Asibi has contributed her expertise on the Nigerian art market to the Financial Times and served as a mentor for Art Bridge Project and Kuta Arts Foundation. In addition, her prose has been published by London, New-York and Hamburg based Art Publishers, Montez Press.

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