Both gallery and cultural watch platform, African Arty is dedicated to the art of the continent and to supporting the development of African artists across the globe. Their London Art Fair showing this year features playful mixed-media visions of domesticity by Cinthia Sifa Mulanga and metal and wire sculptures by Cédrick Sungo. One standout piece is a stunning photograph by Dagmar van Weeghel; For Sarah- The Crown - an homage to Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a young girl born into royalty at Oke-Odan, an Egbado Village in Ogun State who, after she was orphaned, was raised as a goddaughter to Queen Victoria.

As their name suggests, Art Globale calls itself a ‘gallery of the world’. Their international mix of handpicked artists are both upcoming and established, and the gallery has a wide and impressive reach, staging offerings at the Venice Biennale and other world-class art fairs. For the London Art Fair, they have chosen to showcase the work of the capital’s own Georgia Clemson, whose photography collages have a striking Matisse-like flair, the proud contemporary busts of sculptor Domenico Ludovico and the eye-catching Rubik’s cube photographs of Michele Cirillo.

Since 2009, Ed Cross Fine Art has focused its gaze on the art of the African diaspora. One of its most championed, and beloved, artists, Abe Odedina, is the gallery’s sole exhibitor for the London Art Fair. It is easy to see why. Deceptively simple, each bold work astutely plays with the traditions of African art and its complex mythologies. Vivid, layered and bubbling with symbolic meaning, Odedina’s acrylic on plywood pieces are a rich feast that tell a hugely entertaining story when displayed together in this way.