Arts

How Art Collectors Cashed in on the Secondary Market

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Kenyan Yony Waite’s painting ‘Cameleopard in the Clearing.’ PHOTO | COURTESY

Kenyan artists’ works did relatively well at the auction. However, not all the artists will benefit from the auction’s sales because their art had previously been sold. So it was the owners who came to gallery asking Ms. Jaroljmek to put their art on auction who reaped the spoils.

They were collectors of artworks by Peterson Kamwathi, Rosemary Karuga, Paul Onditi, Justus Kyalo and Wanyu Brush.

There were artists who benefited directly from sales after giving Circle Art Gallery their work to be auctioned. They include Gor Soudan, Edward Njenga, Yony Waite and the Wajukuu artists, including Shabu Mwangi, Ngugi Waweru and Joseph Waweru. Nonetheless, all the artists whose works featured in the auction are beneficiaries, however the pie is sliced.