Everything you need to write about the African art market with our numbers: how to describe us, what you can quote, where the data comes from, and who to email.
Okasen is a methodologically transparent index, valuation engine and advisory service for the African art market. It is built from sourced auction and gallery records, publishes its full methodology openly, and puts every figure through curator review before publication. Okasen currently tracks 11,085 artists across 215 countries, with 63,835 sourced auction records. Media contact: press@okasen.art.
Preferred short form: “Okasen, a sourced index of the African art market.”
Primary-market prices come from galleries that represent the artists we track. We publish the names, never scraped data. Ask for the full source register and we will send it.
We reply within two working days. For a deadline the same day, say so in the subject line and we will do our best. Working on something bigger? Tell us what you need and we can pull figures or talk through the method.