Savoy-Sarr report fails to dent tribal market, says Tefaf exhibitor

Title: Savoy-Sarr report fails to dent tribal market, says Tefaf exhibitor
Author: Anny Shaw
Media Outlet: The Art Newspaper
Publish Date: March 11, 2019

“Despite fears that the so-called Savoy-Sarr report could dampen the trade of African art, Didier Claes, a Brussels-based tribal art dealer and Tefaf Maastricht exhibitor, who was consulted for the study, says that the restitution debate is in fact invigorating the market. (…) “Quite the contrary,” he declares. “With these debates about restitution, we have never spoken so much about African art.””