“I personally think that physical fairs are important for the role they play in helping collectors to discover new artists, which they can then buy online later on,”

Rea, Naomi (October 9, 2020). "Buoyed By Interest in Young African Artists, London's Only IRL Art Fair 1-54 Shows the Value of In-Person Events". ArtNet. Retrieved 20 March 2025. Polartics, a young Nigerian gallery and first-timer at the fair, found buyers for all eight paintings it brought by the Nigerian-Canadian painter Ekene Emeka-Maduka. The works, which range in price from £3,000 ($3,800) for smaller circular canvases to £12,000 ($15,500) for larger ones, are part of a series called "St. Agnes" depicting the artist's experience at an all-girls' Catholic boarding school in Nigeria.