Essers echoed others in the art market by noting its contraction and how collectors are focused on established names, those ‘artists that have art historical relevance and are already entering the canon of art history’, she told observer.com. Her South African-headquartered Goodman Gallery is itself vintage, founded in 1966 (as one of very few to show Black artists during apartheid) and which Essers took over in 2008. As a consequence, it has more than enough big hitters to weather any storm: at the Johannesburg site Essers gave solo shows to Yinka Shonibare, David Goldblatt and William Kentridge, with El Anatsui works going on show at the London outpost. That’s not to say Essers has abandoned her interest in developing careers (especially those of artists from the African continent), with her Cape Town and New York galleries given a younger edge: Lindokuhle Sobekwa, who won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize this year, had a solo show at the former, while Jared Ginsburg’s paintings went to the US.