The Uffizi Gallery holds a work by Afewerk in its permanent collection — a distinction that made him the first African artist to enter one of the world's oldest and most prestigious museums.
Every place Afewerk Tekle inhabited left a mark on the work he produced there. The light was different, the faces were different, the architecture carried different memories. He was an artist who believed that where you were determined — at least in part — what you could see.