Alejandra Topete Gallery participated in two international art fairs this year: AKAA (Also Known As Africa) and Art Toronto.

At AKAA’s 10th edition in Paris, the gallery presented the work of Badara Ndiaye, a Senegalese artist and polyglot who is a cultural ambassador for Senegal. He explored resilience, identity, and transformation through painting, sculpture, and upcycling practices. His recent exhibition, XIPPI, was presented at the August Wilson Museum in Pittsburgh.

With this debut at AKAA, Alejandra Topete Gallery introduced Ndiaye’s powerful and multidisciplinary practice to new audiences, connecting his singular vision with the fair’s vibrant dialogue on contemporary African creativity.

For the first time, Alejandra Topete Gallery participated in Art Toronto 2025, presenting works by Martha Clippinger, Randy Shull, and William Gaber.

Clippinger’s colorful, architectural compositions, created in acrylic on wood and in textiles woven in Oaxaca, returned following her solo exhibition inaugurating the gallery’s new space in 2024. Shull, based in Mérida for two decades, explored Yucatecan craft in his series Dreaming of Night in the Light of Day, where the hammock became both material and abstraction, reversing the essence of painting. Gaber’s multidisciplinary practice encompassed painting, sculpture, and digital art, utilizing diverse media to explore transformation and the interplay between body, space, and time.

Together, their practices shaped the gallery’s debut at Art Toronto, underscoring a commitment to presenting diverse artistic languages to new international audiences.