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Art and the Two Hard Problems: The Story of an African Collection

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Part memoir, part art historical account of Stipp’s world-renowned collection of contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, featuring full-color reproductions of artworks

In this illustrated memoir, collector Emile Stipp posits that a deep engagement with art can help us solve the two hard problems of human existence: consciousness and conscience. Having grown up under apartheid, Stipp lived through the transformation of South African society into a democracy. He came to regard art as a ...