Sotheby’s London exhibition of Modern & Contemporary African art goes on view at Sotheby's on October 17, 2022 in London, England. The exhibition is open to the public until 20 October and includes artists such as El Anatsui, Ben Enwonwu, Dame Magdalene Odundo, Mohamed Melehi and Isshaq Ismail, among others. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sotheby's)





Australian-based artist, Marina DeBris' latest sculpture, “A Drop in the Ocean, Said 7.8 Billion People”, installed at the 2022 Sculpture by the Seas exhibition in Sydney, Australia on October 19, 2022. (Photo by Cordelia Hsu/Reuters)





A visitor attends the annual Frieze London Art Fair in London, Britain on October 13, 2022. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)





A visitor views “Giant Pumpkin, no1” by British artist Anthea Hamilton during the Frieze Art Fair in Regents Park in London on October 12, 2022. The fair is open to the public 14–18 October. (Photo by Guy Bell/Alamy Live News)





Visitors attend the annual Frieze London Art Fair in London, Britain on October 12, 2022. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters)





A visitor views an installation at the annual Frieze London Art Fair in London, Britain on October 12, 2022. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters)





American artist Charles Gaines' second chapter of The American Manifest titled Moving Chains, a 110-foot long kinetic sculpture built from steel and sustainably harvested African Mahogany, is seen on Governors Island in the New York Harbor of New York City, U.S., October 19, 2022. (Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)





Created by the Mexican architect Juan Jose Gurrola, a giant statue of a dead chicken inspired by the painting “Muerte y funerales de Cain” (Death and Funerals of Cain) by the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros is pictured on the rooftop of Carrillo Gil Art Museum in Mexico City, Mexico on October 14, 2022. (Photo by Raquel Cunha/Reuters)





This photograph taken on October 18, 2022, shows a giant installation by artist Alicja Kwade at The Place Vendome in Paris, as part of the “Art Basel Hors les Murs” event, ahead of the official opening of Europe's biggest contemporary art market. (Photo by Stephane de Sakutin/AFP Photo)





A gallery assistant poses with Heather Phillipson's work “Rupture No.6: Biting the Blowtorch Peach” at a press preview for the 2022 Turner Prize at Tate Liverpool, Britain, 18 October 2022. The prize is being held for in Liverpool for the first time since 2007 and is awarded to a British artist for an outstanding exhibition during the previous year. The shortlisted artists are Heather Phillipson, Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan and Sin Wai Kin. (Photo by Adam Vaughan/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Sculpture Shell Resonance by Capto Collaborative is exhibited along the Bondi to Tamarama Coastal walk as part of the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney, Australia, 21 October 2022. (Photo by Bianca de Marchi/EPA/EFE)





Sculptor Luke Perry in Cradley Heath, UK on Thursday October, 13, 2022 applies finishing touches with an angle grinder to his latest creation, a huge steel mother-and-baby orangutan statue to highlight the plight of the critically-endangered species. The structure, measuring around 40m, will be installed at Dudley Zoo, where two Bornean orangutans were born recently. (Photo by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images)





The head of Joe Biden at The Eden Project on October 13, 2022 in Par, England. The installation “Mount Recyclemore” depicting world leaders' heads made from recycled rubbish was made by the Mutoid Waste Company and displayed during the G7 Summit held in Cornwall in 2021. It was dismantled today ahead of International E-waste Day tomorrow. E-Waste day raises awareness about the importance of recycling unneeded electrical items responsibly. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)





A visitor walks past the “Buste de Diego” (1961) by artist Alberto Giacometti as Paris+ par Art Basel international contemporary art fair opens in Paris, France on October 19, 2022. (Photo by Christian Hartmann/Reuters)





Visitors walk past artwork pieces displayed by Mariane Ibrahim gallery as Paris+ par Art Basel international contemporary art fair opens in Paris, France on October 19, 2022. (Photo by Christian Hartmann/Reuters)