Three US museums use prize funds to acquire works from Expo Chicago
Carlie Porterfield, 14 April, 2023
The institutions that won the fair’s Northern Trust Purchase Prize selected artwork by artists Mohau Modisakeng, Wole Lagunju and Claudia Peña Salinas for their permanent collections
States- based Nigerian painter and experimentalist, Wole Olagunju, is one of only three artists, whose works have been acquired by private museums at the ongoing Expo Chicago, one of the world’s major visual arts exposition projects.
His work Irawo II (2023) was acquired by the St Louis Art Museum, Missouri, in the Northern Trust Purchase Prize scheme, according to the news first shared by the artist in his Facebook page.
“Congratulations, Wole Lagunju, with the awarded Northern Trust Purchase Prize at this year’s EXPO Chicago art fair. His work, “Irawo II”, has been acquired by the St. Louis Art Museum for their permanent collection. So deserved
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