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Private viewing
We open with a confidential conversation: your collection, your interests, your timeline. There is no public catalogue; every introduction is by appointment only.
Programme, Vol. X
Support the movement, own a piece of history.
A small, slowly assembled selection of works released by the artists and custodians we work with. Every acquisition carries a transparent provenance note and a written royalty agreement with the originating community.
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New, the Auction House
Bid on lots released directly by our makers and custodians.
Transparent reserves, community royalties on every closing sale, and a token-based bidding system designed to make patronage simple.
Overview
What does it mean to own a work that was made inside a living tradition, and what is owed back?
The works available through this office have all been released for sale by their makers, with prices set by the artist and a community royalty agreed in advance. Nothing is consigned, scraped from a market or romanticised in copy. Each piece arrives with a provenance dossier, a maker's statement and a transparent accounting of where the proceeds will go.
Acquisitions help fund the next season of fieldwork, the printing of the journal, the custodian honorariums and the bursaried places on our educational programmes. We work by private arrangement with collectors, institutions and patrons who want their collection to be part of that economy rather than outside it.
Plate I
Ancient stone architecture at golden hour.
The Process
How a programme moves, step by quiet step.
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Provenance dossier
Each work arrives with a bound dossier: lineage, materials, the maker's statement, dates of creation and a signed release from the originating community council.
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Royalty and care
A community royalty is registered against every sale and paid forward annually. Care instructions and conservation notes are co-signed by the maker.
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Acquisition
Payment is staged: a deposit on agreement, balance on receipt. We hold the work in our studio until conservation review and shipping have been confirmed by you.
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Long after
Each owner receives a yearly note on how the royalty share was deployed, and an invitation to a private custodian gathering each spring.
What You Take Home
Deliverables, made to outlast the season.
Support the movement
Forty per cent of every sale flows back to the originating community through a registered royalty trust, audited annually.
Own a piece of history
Every work is a named, dated, single-edition object made inside a living tradition, not a reproduction or a souvenir.
Private acquisitions
Discreet, by appointment only. We do not list, we do not auction, and we do not publish prices on this page.
Provenance and care
Bound dossier, conservation guidance and signed community release accompany every piece you take home.
Patron evenings
An annual gathering of owners, makers and curators, hosted in our London studio each spring. Travel and stay assisted on request.
Loan and legacy
We facilitate institutional loans, bequests and long-term legacy plans, with the originating community kept informed at every step.
"Portrait from an African cultural tradition."
Begin a viewing
Request a private appointment
Collectors, foundations and museums: tell us what you are looking for and the budget you are working within. We will respond by personal letter within ten days.
Open the office
Study the makers
Read the project archive
Before any acquisition, spend time in the archive. Each project page documents the lineage, the makers and the work we have done together.
Enter the archive
New, the Auction House
Bid on lots released directly by our makers and custodians.
Transparent reserves, community royalties on every closing sale, and a token-based bidding system designed to make patronage simple.