Ludlow Bailey, Curator |
Asmar Fine Art (AFA) is a consulting firm specializing in modern and 21st Century World Art with an emphasis on contemporary African Diaspora and American/European blue chip paintings, sculpture, multi-media, photography and works on paper.
The firm’s primary mission is to assist individual, corporate, museum and university clients in building valuable collections that reflect the changing international art aesthetic and economy. Asmar Fine Art also provides art leasing and appraisal services. AFA’s featured artists include Arthur Beatty, Arlene Berrie, Doba Afolabi, Jean Michel Basquiat, Eli Kince, Bayunga, Judy Sayfie, Purvis Young, Sergio Demefack, and Genevieve Steele, among others. About the curator, Ludlow Bailey Ludlow Bailey, AFA CEO, is a globalist whose passion is world art and culture. His predominant interest is in awakening the western art world to the magnificent spiritual beauty and intricacies of the postmodern African visual art world. He has visited over 45 African countries in search of the best in contemporary art, and is equally well-traveled and knowledgeable about New World African Art — Caribbean, Latin American, and North American. Familiar with the leading artists and trends in contemporary American and European Art, Mr. Bailey has attended many of the most important art fairs and museums in the world and is cognizant of current art market tendencies in London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Basel, Frankfurt, Chicago, and Miami. Ludlow holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Brown University, where he was awarded a Watson Fellowship which allowed him to study contemporary African Philosophy at the University of Ghana, the University of Dakar, and at American University in Cairo. He earned his Masters in International Affairs degree from Columbia University. Mr. Bailey currently resides in the U.S. Virgin Islands |
- December 1st, 2009
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