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nordend — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:12:55 +0000

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Paris Events Invitation

nordend — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:03:38 +0000

Paris Events Invitation

David Norden
African Antiques
Mail David NordenSint-katelijnevest 27 B2000 ANTWERPEN-Belgium (map) Tel +32 3 227 35 40

Galerie De Buci

Paris 2010

73, rue De Seine.

6-12 September 2010

Dear friends,

Will you come visit me in Paris ? I will bring really nice objects this year with known provenance.

You can see some of them that I just uploaded at www.BuyAfricanAntiques.com .

French unions are planning a one-day strike to protest against planned pension reforms on Sept. 7 2010, my Shop will be open, but expect serious problems to travel into Paris.

When in Paris you should not miss the exhibition around Les statues meurent aussi the censored movie Alain Resnais and Chris Marker did in 1953 against colonialism and showing 150 related objects at the Monnaie de Paris 11, Quai de Conti – 75006 Paris 9 september-2 October 2010.

See some incredible masks at 15:50 (opens in a new window)

Click here to see the movie online: les statues meurent aussi

If you have some time to go outside Paris, there is till time to visit the exhibition around

edmond dartevelle

See some of the pieces I will show in Paris at www.buyafricanantiques.com

Read more about the event: http://african-arts.info/galerie_de_buci.htm

A complete list of events and images + Insiders tips:

African mask collection, the Dallas Museum of Art

nordend — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:18:47 +0000

With its African mask collection, the Dallas Museum of Art organizes a big reveal

An African mask is only a fragment of the art canvas. Masks are dramatic, musical costume events of which the headgear plays only a part.

The way we are used to seeing masks, as a lone sculptural statement, mounted on a stake or plastered against a wall, is an incomplete performance.

The Dallas Museum of Art is rectifying that indignity with an exhibition of masks paired with their full body costumes, often accompanied with photographs and videos of the dancing masquerade.

There is so much more to masks than face covering, and learning that they rarely covered the face is only the beginning of the education that is offered in “African Masks: The Art of Disguise,” which opens Sunday August30, 2010.

We like disguises. That is probably why we like to celebrate Halloween costumes during every month with 31 days (much to the chagrin of our neighbors). This exhibition sounds like it will be right up our alley. About 50 objects from the museum’s collection and local collectors will be on display, and observers will be able to see masks of many different styles and purposes. Full masquerade costumes will also be displayed, so viewers can get the full effect of the ensembles

Read details and see these 7 nice masks from the Dallas Museum in the members section:

Arte Primitivo Gallery

nordend — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:51:41 +0000

We have just uploaded a new auction of Fine Tribal, African and Ethnographic Art, Pre-Columbian, Classical and Asian Antiquities to our website Arte Primitivo Gallery

287. Fang Figure Small sized Fang guardian figure carved of darkly stained hardwood, standing with stylized hands clasped at belly. Legs and support leg are covered by well worn, burlap textured fetish cloth. Rounded head bears brass tack eyes, squared coiffure exposing domed forehead and c shaped ears and several beaded strands around neck and waist. Tip of right foot reattached, else exc.9-1/2”H.Private Illinois collection.

Ife Art

nordend — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:59:47 +0000

Photo by Karin L. Willis; © National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria. Photo courtesy Museum for African Art/Fundación Marcelino BotínIncluded in "Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria," opening next month: "Head with Crown," Wunmonije Compound, Ife, 14th century-early 15th century

The most important African art exhibition to appear in the United States since the 1970s opens on Sept. 19: Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria, just in time for visitors to experience the museum’s thoroughly reinstalled galleries for African art and the unique perspective Houston’s collections can provide for this critically acclaimed, internationally traveling exhibition.

Setup an African art exhibition

nordend — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:43:02 +0000

In this article you’ll learn how a museum repositioned itself with a new concept to setup an African art exhibition, taking a prominent position in a new city, to create a “boutique museum” experience, and new ways to get the word out about the museum’s educational offerings and exhibits.

(photo FRED BLOCHER ) Julian Zugazagoitia checked out the installation of

African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers New York

nordend — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:45:16 +0000

African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers

official site: http://smafathers.org/museum

Ruby Washington/The New York Times

A Yoruba dance mask, with a mini-zoo on top, from Nigeria.

Ruby Washington/The New York Times

An installation view at the African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers, in Tenafly, N.J., showing a 10-foot-high carved figure of Salif Keita, the 1960s Malian soccer hero.

There’s the National Museum of African Art in Washington. And the Museum for African Art in New York, reopening in a new Fifth Avenue home next spring. And there’s a third you’ve probably never heard of, the African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers here.

This museum is small and unorthodox in its setting: a stained-glass-windowed hall attached to a Roman Catholic church. But it’s the real African deal, with a collection covering the continent, top to bottom, coast to coast, old to new.The Permanent Collection, Part I, remains on view for a year at the African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers, 23 Bliss

Parcours des Mondes 2010 – Gossips …

nordend — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:07:13 +0000

‘My family thinks I’m crazy’: Sheikh Saud Al-Thani of Qatar

Will you visit the following streets of the Parcours? rues des Beaux-Arts, rue de Seine, rue Jacques Callot, rue Mazarine, rue Guénégaud, rue Visconti, rue Jacob and rue de l’Echaudé. Official site is http://www.parcours-paris.eu/

The new honor president of the Parcours is cheikh Saoud Al Thani- Chairmain of Qtel a company with a revenue of US$3.6 billion - a quite controversial figure even if he started loving African Art recently and is known as a big spender in the Arts who just created a private Museum in Doha capital of Quatar under the supervision of the well-known architect Jean Nouvel.

As chairman of Qatar’s National Council for Culture, Arts and Heritage (NCCAH), al-Thani has been buying art on behalf of the Emir for the past eight years, helping transform Qatar into a world-class cultural centre complete with five new museums.

So a big spenders will go around for private shopping at the Parcours des Mondes to buy the finest pieces. He can afford to pay whatever price needed and will not take a “NO not for sale” as a valid answer. “I admire Sheikh Saud’s passion, but I’m very much aware of the potentially destabilising force when a collector arrives on the art market with seemingly unlimited resources,” says Philippe Garner. “It can lead to unrealistic expectations on the part of vendors.”

A few years ago (in 2005) Sheikh Saud Al-Thani of Qatar was in disgrace and under arrest in the Qatari capital Doha, pending an investigation into the alleged misuse of public ..

Mayombe

nordend — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:51:45 +0000

Mayombe

Mayombe -photo (c) K.U.Leuven, foto Hugo Maertens

Exposition du 8 avril au 3 juillet 2011

Cette exposition présentera plusieurs oeuvres majeures tirées des collections exceptionnelles de sculptures africaines et d’objets traditionnels de l’ancien Congo belge, détenus par l’Université

Magic African Masks in Paris

nordend — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:38:56 +0000

Magic Masks, Curvy Women From Congo Bewitch in Paris: Review

Congo has a bad reputation.

If the two countries sharing the name of Africa’s second- longest river, the (formerly French) Republic of the Congo and the (formerly Belgian) Democratic Republic of the Congo, pop up in the news, you can bet it’s about civil wars, refugees, abysmal poverty or shameless corruption. along the Fleuve Congo)

An anthropomorphic mask of the Fang tribe in Gabon. The work is on loan from a private collection for “Fleuve Congo,” the show at the Musee du Quai Branly. Photographer: Boris Veignant/Musee du Quai Branly via Bloomberg

“Fleuve Congo: Arts d’Afrique Centrale,” an exhibition at the Musee du Quai Branly in Paris, presents a more attractive image of that unfortunate region.

The Benedictine monk Francois Neyt, emeritus professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, and curator of the show, spent more than 20 years in Africa. He casts his net wide. Besides the two countries mentioned, he includes

Whitehawk August Shows 2010

nordend — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:33:50 +0000

Whitehawk August Shows 2010

Please note the new show dates below:

27th Annual Antique
Ethnographic and tribal art
from around the world. 32nd Annual Invitational
Oldest and largest antique event
of its type in the world.

Gala Preview Opening:
Thursday, August 12, 6-9pm ($75)Show Times:
Friday, August 13, 10am-6pm ($10)
Saturday, August 14, 10am-5pm ($10) Gala Preview Opening:
Sunday, August 15, 6-9pm ($75)Show Times:
Monday, August 16, 10am-5pm ($10)
Tuesday, August 17, 10am-5pm ($10)

Complete details and dealers list with websites links:

African Art Tour problems

nordend — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:59:21 +0000

Tour to coincide with Gaddafi’s summit hits problems

Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Brussels is worried about sending its collection of wooden sculptures to Africa

Senegal artist Gora Mbengue’s “Woman in Red” may still travel, while wooden objects like this Yoruban sculpture could be at risk (Photos: MRAC Tervuren)

brussels. A planned tour of a major exhibition of African art to Libya, currently on show in Belgium, is now under threat. Masterminded by Tanzania-born British architect David Adjaye, the show was due to open in Tripoli for the European-African summit in November, hosted by Colonel Gaddafi.

Nigeria’s art collectors

nordend — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:28:32 +0000

Nigeria’s art collectors

A nice new market

Another good way to spend your lovely oil money

Jul 29th 2010 | Lagos

Enwonwu’s dazzling dances

A recent article in the

The Economist

gives us a look on African Art collectors from Africa, in this case living in Nigeria.

IN A suburb of Lagos, Nigeria’s business capital, Yemisi Shyllon lives in a house full of bronze statues of African tribal rulers and brightly coloured beadwork landscapes. He may be Nigeria’s biggest art collector, with some 6,000 pieces by his count. “I don’t go out much,” he says, “I have enough to look at here.”

quai Branly un fetish volé restitué

nordend — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:27:42 +0000

Quai Branly: un fétiche volé restitué

Un fétiche à clous , qui avait mystérieusement disparu des collections publiques après la deuxième guerre mondiale, a été restitué aujourd’hui au musée du quai Branly par la fille d’un collectionneur d’art africain qui l’avait acquis de bonne foi.

Ce fétiche Nkondé avait été volé dans les réserves du musée de l’Homme entre 1944 et 1955. Il était entré par la suite chez un collectionneur parisien Armand Charles.

Le fétiche à clous refait surface en public en décembre 2009, lors de la vente de la collection Armand Charles organisée par Enchères Rive Gauche à l’Hôtel Drouot. (voir les photos sur Art Africain info)

En consultant un livre sur les fétiches à clous d’Afrique centrale, l’acheteur Didier Claes s’aperçoit apres la vente que cet objet appartient à l’origine au musée de l’Homme. La vente est annulée. La fille d’Armand Charles, Annie Salles, décide alors de restituer cet “objet magique” au musée du quai Branly, dédié aux arts et civilisations d’Afrique, d’Asie, d’Océanie et des Amériques.

La remise du fétiche a eu lieu lors d’une cérémonie officielle en présence du ministre de la Culture Frédéric Mitterrand. Celui-ci a remis à Annie Salles l’insigne de chevalier dans l’ordre national des Arts et des Lettres pour la remercier de son geste.

article trouvé dans le Figaro: lefigaro.fr

+ de details, photos et adresse de Didier Claes:

Edmond DARTEVELLE

nordend — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:29:59 +0000

Edmond DARTEVELLE Carnets de Voyages

Un Valeureux Explorateur Africain
du 1er juin au 11 novembre 2010

Musée du président Jacques Chirac – 19800 Sarran
Tél. 05 55 21 77 77

Edmond Dartevelle collected more than 3,500 objects, in this exhibition you can see 130 of them . The Exhibition is in the Corrèze, 481 km below Paris ( a 4h37 min drive) near Clermont-Ferrand.

See this french video with some in situ images

Figurine d’envoûtement maloango – Ethnie : VILI (région de Loango) Musée Royal d’Afrique centrale de Tervuren © Hughes Dubois

Ensemble nkisi – Musée Royal d’Afrique Centrale de Tervuren © Hughes Dubois

Edmond Dartevelle sur le “terrain” 1937 – Collection privée © Droits réservés

Edmond Dartevelle fut un vrai personnage de film ou de roman moderne.

Un Valeureux Explorateur Africain

read more about Edmond DARTEVELLE (in french), and see another video in the members section with some images from the exhibition

27th Annual Antique Ethnographic and tribal art from around the world.		32nd Annual Invitational Oldest and largest antique event of its type in the world.
Gala Preview Opening: Thursday, August 12, 6-9pm ($75)Show Times: Friday, August 13, 10am-6pm ($10) Saturday, August 14, 10am-5pm ($10)		Gala Preview Opening: Sunday, August 15, 6-9pm ($75)Show Times: Monday, August 16, 10am-5pm ($10) Tuesday, August 17, 10am-5pm ($10)