Insight into big $ artworld machinations via a new artist from Ghana

This is a fascinating insight into the rise of an artist from Ghana named Amoako Boafo. It starts with a big break from Kehinde Wiley. What follows is like a John Grisham novel full of intrigue, wheelin' dealin', promises made and broken, accusations, and big bucks.

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If you're curious about how an unknown can meteorically rise in the art world, this'll give you an insight into a situation that's not atypical. Much like the scouring of woods in the deep south for "outsider art" years ago, the same is happening now particularly for figurative art of black people by black artists. 

Much has been written about the long term effects on an artist's career when their prices skyrocket suddenly. But it's difficult not to seize the opportunity and make more money than dreamed possible, especially when it happens fast and the people playing this game are highly skilled at it. It seems like getting swept up in a tornado. Will you end up in Oz, or crushed by a falling house?

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