Tate and MoMa 'playing catch up' in collections of modern African art

Art fair founder says western institutions belatedly investing in contemporary art from Africa

Major western culture institutions - including Tate and MoMA - are "playing catch up" to create truly global collections that recognise modern art from the Africa, according to the founder of an influential art fair devoted for contemporary African art.

Touria El Glaoui, the director and founder of 1-54, said that only in the last decade have institutions begun to take it seriously.