Building and Art Ecosystem contd

In conversations with Art-World acquaintances I had asserted: "Till we develop economically and build thriving economies a vibrant indigenous Art Market is dead on arrival". a post by Bunmi Oloruntoba echoes those thoughts of mine:

The dream of sustainable development, i guess, is for African economies to grow to empower and expand an Africa bourgeoisie, and to see, in terms of art, Africa's institutions and exhibition spaces grow in response to this growing bourgeoisie, their increased buying power and thirst for new affirmations and identities. Until then, Africa's artists will forecast the weather of their societies in response to and as an extension of the exhibition spaces and appreciative centers of West