Duende's stories attract our readers' attention since 2013 (previously hosted on brunoclaessens.com) and wishes to provide a useful resource for information on art of the African continent and its diaspora. Stories include exhibition announcements and reviews, interviews with artists, discoveries, new research, auction news, etc.
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Image courtesy of Neoscape/Robert A.M. Stern Architects -
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Teke figure by the Master of the wedge-shaped beard. Image courtesy of Christie’s (11 December 2014, lot 52). -
Ancestral figures from the shrine of the Basiatshiwa-Mwamuwa (Bahutshwe-Boyo). Chief Kimano II, Kabambare territory, Maniema. Photo by H. Goldstein, 1956. Published in Beaulieux (Dick), “Belgium collects African Art”, Brussels, 2000: p. 94. -
Senufo ceremonial staff. Height: 90,5 cm. Photo by Ferry Herrebrugh. Image courtesy of Rutger & Irene der Kinderen, The Netherlands. -
Atem trying out a new slit gong. Image courtesy of Brain & Pollock, 1971 (color plate 12). -
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Fang figure, Gabon. Image courtesy of Lucas Ratton. -
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Foyn Phuonchu Aseh of Babanki-Tungo in his workshop. Published in Emonts (J.), Ins Steppen und Bergland Innerkameruns. Aus dem Leben und Wirken deutscher Afrika Missionare, Aachen, 1927: p. 219. -
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Images courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art. -
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Kings’s messenger, “are”. Shaki. Photo by William Fagg, 1959. -
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A warehouse full of records in Enugu, Nigeria. Image courtesy of Voodoofunk. -
Image courtesy of Scantix. -
Helena Rubinstein with African mask, c. 1935. Image courtesy of the Helena Rubinstein Foundation archive, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Special Collections. Photograph by George Maillard Kesslere. -
Traditional currencies from West and Central Africa in copper, brass and iron. Image courtesy of Amyas Naegele. -
Alfred Stieglitz, ‘The Picasso-Braque Exhibition, “291”, 1915. Platinum print, 19,5 by 24,7 cm. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
Lega copal resin miniature mask. Height: 9 cm. Africarium Collection. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
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A sneak peek of the installation of “Warriors and Mothers: Epic Mbembe Art” at the Metropolitan. Image courtesy of Yaëlle Biro – as posted on her twitter account. -
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Kran figure (Liberia). Height: 52,7 cm. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
Mumuye figure. Height: 99 cm (including base). Image courtesy of the Fondation Beyeler. -
An okoroshi masquerade featuring the character of Onyejuwe. Photo by G. I. Jones, 1930s, at Eziama Orlu (Isuama Igbo). -
Height: 76,8 cm. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
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Portrait of a chief wearing a large kapkap on the forehead (ca. 1920). Image courtesy of Galerie Meyer. -
Fang spoon. Height: 19 cm. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
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Image courtesy of the Ethnologisches Museum (SMPK), Berlin, Germany (III.C.8206). -
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Image courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery. -
Image by B. Glauser. Courtesy of the MEG. -
Senufo figure (lot 48). Height: 92 cm. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
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Kongo nkisi nkondi power figure (mangaaka). Height: 118 cm. Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2008.30). -
The agenda for the coming months:
- Frieze Masters (London): 15-19 October 2014
- Zemanek-Münster (Würzburg): 18 October 2014
- Tribal Art Fair (Amsterdam): 23-26 October 2014
- Madison Ancient And Tribal Art (New York): 8-11 November 2014
- Sotheby’s (New York): Myron Kunin Collection: 11 November 2014
- Bonhams (New York): 12 November 2014
- Koller (Geneva): 12 November 2014
- Thema Sablon (Brussels): 26-29 November 2014
- Sotheby’s (Paris): Alexis Bonew Collection: 10 December 2014
- Christie’s (Paris): 11 December 2014
- Winter Bruneaf 5 (Brussels): 22-25 January 2015
- BRAFA (Brussels): 24 January-1 February 2015
- Native (Brussels): 24 January 2015
- Lempertz (Brussels): 27 January 2015
- San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts fair: 5-8 February 2015
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Keaka headdress. Image courtesy of the Linden Museum Stuttgart. Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Stuttgart, Germany (#45.455). Height: 22 cm. -
Keaka headdress. Image courtesy of the Linden Museum Stuttgart. Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Stuttgart, Germany (#45.455). Height: 22 cm. -
Frieze Masters tents in Hyde Park. Image: BC. -
Helena Rubinstein with African mask, c. 1935. Image courtesy of the Helena Rubinstein Foundation archive, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Special Collections. Photograph by George Maillard Kesslere. -
Senufo bird. Height: 40,6 cm. Image courtesy of the Africarium Collection. -
Image courtesy of the Pitt Rivers Museum (2012.33.1). -
A rare anthropomorphic Bamana boli figure. Height: 40 cm. Published in Schaedler’s “African Art in Private German Collections” (#37). Shown at Galerie Frank Van Craen. Image courtesy of the Africarium collection. -
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