Seydou Keïta
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Selected Works140

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19 Institutions
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Previous Sales 14

For Sale 7

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Market23 auction results

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$3.3K
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Dec 2023 · $3.3K
Latest priced sale: Untitled (Portrait)
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Photographs: $3.3K medianPaintings: $28.0K medianEditioned photos: $7.4K medianUnclassified lots: — median
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Publications1

Group Catalog 1

Hatje Cantz · 2007
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Current Exhibitions0

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The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust has publicly condemned New York gallerist Peter Danziger for selling AI-colorized editions of Adams's iconic p…
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The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust publicly condemned Danziger Gallery for exhibiting and offering for sale an AI-generated artwork at the 2026 A…
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Hyperallergic's Saturday newsletter, edited by Valentina Di Liscia, rounds up a week of art-world activity marked by protests and resistance. Staff Wr…
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Artist Damien Davis writes a critical piece on how so-called 'standard' contracts in the art world systematically undermine artists' power, citing lon…
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Hyperallergic's May 2025 guide to New York City art shows highlights 15 exhibitions, including a survey of Hawaiian Japanese-American artists from the…
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Chicago-based collectors Mamadou-Abou and Catherine Sarr discuss their art collection, which spans works from West Africa, France, and the U.S., in an…
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The Hyperallergic Spring 2026 New York Art Guide outlines a massive seasonal program featuring nearly 70 exhibitions across the city's major instituti…
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Galleries and museums worldwide are presenting a series of exhibitions to mark Black History Month, highlighting the contributions of Black and Africa…
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Newly released documents from the Department of Justice, part of the Jeffrey Epstein case, contain email exchanges from 2013 that reference prominent …
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Galleries and museums across the United States are presenting a diverse range of exhibitions featuring Black artists during Black History Month. These…
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The Museum of Modern Art in New York has opened a new exhibition, 'Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination,' surveying West and Central…
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Hyperallergic's staff and contributors present their picks for the best New York City exhibitions of 2025, highlighting a year marked by major museum …
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Fall 2025 brings a wave of major monographic museum exhibitions worldwide, featuring artists such as Allan Rohan Crite, Wifredo Lam, Suzanne Jackson, …
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The article highlights eight must-see art exhibitions for the winter season. Key shows include "Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100" at the Philadelphia Art…
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Paris Photo 2025, the 28th edition of the international photography fair, returns to the Grand Palais from 13-16 November, hosting 179 galleries from …
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Miami-based collectors Jorge and Darlene Pérez have donated 36 works by 15 artists from Africa and the African diaspora to Tate. The gift includes pho…
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Art Basel Paris is underway, and this article highlights 17 must-see museum shows across the city. Key exhibitions include a joint tribute to Niki de …
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Hyperallergic has published its comprehensive Fall 2025 New York Art Guide, recommending over 80 exhibitions across all five boroughs. Major highlight…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has reopened its renovated Arts of Africa galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. The exhibition tour…
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Miky and Leticia Grendene, co-founders of the hospitality brand Casa Tua, discuss their photography-focused art collection and its integration into th…
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Past Exhibitions7

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Seydou Keïta Celebrating The Brooklyn Museum’s Seydou Keïta exhibition with four new releases

Seydou Keïta

952 5th Ave # 2D, New York, NY 10075, USA

Oct 27, 2025 — Nov 22, 2025

Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens

Seydou Keïta

200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA

Oct 10, 2025 — May 17, 2026

Seydou Keïta

Seydou Keïta

3 Rue du Cloître Saint-Merri, 75004 Paris, France

May 5, 2023 — Jul 15, 2023

Seydou Keïta Gallery III

Seydou Keïta

952 5th Ave # 2D, New York, NY 10075, USA

Jul 9, 2022 — Oct 7, 2022

Seydou Keïta Dubai

Alserkal Avenue - Warehouse 87 17th St - Al Qouz Ind.first - Al Quoz - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Jun 22, 2016 — Sep 1, 2016

The Image King of Africa

Seydou Keïta

475 10th Ave, New York, NY 10018, USA

Jan 28, 2006 — Mar 4, 2006

The Estate of Seydou Keïta

Seydou Keïta

475 10th Ave, New York, NY 10018, USA

Dec 8, 2001 — Feb 2, 2002

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Art Fair Appearances12

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Untitled: Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2023
Paris Photo — Paris
2022
Paris Photo — Paris
2021
The Armory Show — New York
2020
Photo London — London
2019
Untitled: Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2019
artgenève — Geneva
2018
Paris Photo — Paris
2018
The Armory Show — New York
2018
artgenève — Geneva
2017
Paris Photo — Paris
2016
Photo London — London
2016
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