British construction boss to open new gallery in Ghana

From El Anatsui to Ibrahim Mahama, Ghana has produced some of the hottest artists in recent years. Now, a new gallery is launching in the capital city of Accra in March in a bid to bolster the nascent market there. “We have a wealth of talent in Ghana creating intense, politically driven works,” says Marwan Zakhem, a British Lebanese-born construction magnate and collector who founded the gallery. “We need to create a buzz and to bring the younger artists to international atte