Presenting galleries local to New York include those like Cierra Britton Gallery, Fridman Gallery, Montague Contemporary, Superposition Gallery, Novella Ford, Long Gallery, and Medium Tings, who can be seen alongside spaces like AFIKARIS, Nil Gallery, Jason Shin, and espace d’art contemporain 14N 61W. Among these presentations, viewers can expect to find the work of around 50 international creators from Africa and its diaspora, who work in a multitude of mediums—including the likes of the Cameroon-based Ludovic Nkoth, Thandiwe Muriu from Kenya, Ghana’s Lord Ohene, Johanna Mirabel from France, and the U.S.-based Audrey Lyall.

The fair’s 2022 iteration welcomes a new curator for the Forum sector, Novella Ford, who is the Associate Director for Public Programs and Exhibitions at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Encompassing a list of screenings, performances, and talks, Ford’s programming looks at the work and practice of diasporic artists through the lens of Harlem Renaissance writer Countee Cullen, whose poem From the Dark Tower acknowledges a legacy of Black labor.