{"id":6289,"date":"2022-11-02T14:08:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T14:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artafrica.net\/?p=6289"},"modified":"2023-05-04T15:20:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T15:20:07","slug":"dignitaries-and-special-guests-at-the-launch-of-art-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artafrica.net\/index.php\/2022\/11\/02\/dignitaries-and-special-guests-at-the-launch-of-art-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Expatriate Community at Art Africa Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6289\" class=\"elementor elementor-6289\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b34502c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b34502c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39ae722c\" data-id=\"39ae722c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e30a50c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e30a50c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artafrica.net\/\">Art Africa<\/a>. launched the Osu Gallery on Friday 27th May 2022. The event was attended by dignitaries and special guests of the expatriate community.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-45d282f ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-word-spacing );\">Present at the event were\u00a0<\/span>Ambassador Jung-Taek Lim of South Korea, Ambassador\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">Ingrid Mollestad or Norway,\u00a0<\/span>Dr. David Marion of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity &#8211; USA,\u00a0Ortal Popoviz Alkelai of Israeli Consul,\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">Anne Laure Gueret,\u00a0<\/span>John Chiu &#8211; CEO Imperial Peking, Young Sang Kim- of Kotra Ghana,\u00a0Sejin Im of LG Ghana,\u00a0SeungMin Oh of KOICA.<\/p><p>H.E. The First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rebecca_Akufo-Addo\">Rebecca Akufo-Addo<\/a>, climaxed the event with her keynote address. She spoke about her appreciation of art at a young age and stated how a piece of art tells us about past and present civilizations and how art liberates our limitations.\u00a0She congratulated trailblazers Ablade Glover and Larry Otoo among others for their hard work, that has birthed Art Africa. She ended her address by saying that it is now Africa\u2019s turn to showcase what we have with the rest of the world.<\/p><p>After her speech, she was accompanied by Mr Larry Otoo, Mr Kojo Choi and Mr Seth Clottey in unveiling <a href=\"https:\/\/artafrica.net\/\">Art Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art Africa. launched the Osu Gallery on Friday 27th May 2022. The event was attended by dignitaries and special guests of the expatriate community. 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