A collectivist spirit permeates this island nation’s art scene, where artists supporting artists has helped the creative ecology thrive.

This bustling Nigerian city is bursting at the seams with art fairs, biennials and galleries. Now, some of the artists who left to find work elsewhere are returning home.

Not long ago I ended up at a biennial in Kochi, a little Indian city with a thriving art scene. Could this be a place where artists can make a living?

It may be more art than science, but there appear to be a few basic conditions that can help give rise to places where artists can make a living.

Is the art world in the midst of a vast diffusion? These days, creative ecologies are proliferating, and the center appears to be everywhere and nowhere.