oxiart.ng · the African art depository
The record of African art.
Not an art store. A living depository where African art is recorded, shown and explained, with its artists, its stories and its provenance.
oxiart.ng · the African art depository
Not an art store. A living depository where African art is recorded, shown and explained, with its artists, its stories and its provenance.
We do not sell art. OxiArt does not buy, sell or auction works. When a work is for sale, it is offered by its own gallery or art shop, our partners, who carry that role. OxiArt keeps the record: who made the work, what it means, where it has been and who stands behind it.
Who OxiArt is for
Keep a record of your work, its dates, its making and where each piece now lives, and stand behind your own authentication.
Catalogue a collection, show it privately or publicly, lend it to exhibitions, and keep its ownership history intact.
Walk through collections, artists, schools and movements, and read the story behind each work.
Know the artist, the title or the year of a work? Suggest it. The owner checks every suggestion, and good help is credited.
Why it matters
Fakes, missing provenance, broken ownership histories and the slow loss of meaning around artworks threaten not only collectors but the standing of African art itself.
OxiArt builds the records that protect it: documented attribution, ownership and transfers, certification by the artist or authorised custodians, and the story of each work told well. Being shown on OxiArt is not the same as being verified; verified status is earned with evidence, and every record says who established it.
The five pillars
A considered place for artists, collectors and galleries to present work, with its story and context, free of discounting and clutter.
Artist-backed authentication, ownership records, certificates and a traceable history attached to each participating work.
A framework for estates, descendants, galleries, experts and authorised representatives to look after historical and contemporary collections.
Documented histories, transparent records and responsible representation that protect confidence in a work and in its artist.
Connecting artists, galleries, collectors and institutions, so African art is understood and trusted at home and abroad.
TRUST · VALUE · GROWTH
Take part
Artists, collectors, estates and galleries can open a room on OxiArt; anyone can help identify works. Galleries and art shops that sell keep doing so on Oxishops, linked from the works they represent.