Author: Jess Castellote

About Jess Castellote: Lagos-based Spanish architect Jess Castellote started out in Nigeria as a project manager as early as 1984. He has since then combined his professional work with an intense involvement in the Nigerian art scene, as well as organizing significant exhibitions. Castellote has also maintained a widely accessed blog on contemporary art in Nigeria since 2008, “A View from My Corner”, written two books; "Contemporary Nigerian Art in Lagos Private Collection: New Trees in an Old Forest" and "Oshinowo", as well as published several papers focused on developing the Nigerian art scene. In addition, he has acted as an independent art advisor to several private and corporate bodies. He is presently the Director of the Virtual Museum of Modern Nigerian Art, an online educational resource he initiated at the Pan-African University, Lagos.

Posts by Jess Castellote

2017 Nigeria Art Market Report

Posted on March 9, 2018 (March 12, 2018)

In 2014, Tayo Fagbule and I prepared the ﬁrst of the yearly reports on the Nigerian art market. Four years later, we continue our efforts to provide collectors, artists, art institutions, academics and investors with a reliable tool to assess the development and evolution of the Nigerian art market. For all these players in the […]