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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"A place with no name" catalog cover. Works from the Sina Jina Collection. Christie's London.
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Installation view UNSETTLED.
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Portrait of the artist. Image courtesy of Lumen Travo Gallery.
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Courtesy of Softlytaxidermy.
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Feuilles à feuilles of beef, manioc and sweet potatoes by Mory Sacko. Image courtesy of Chris Saunders.
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Tim Hunt, ca. 1985. Image courtesy of Christie’s.
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The African American History Museum. Image courtesy of Alan Karchmer.
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Kevin Dumouchelle with an untitled 2009 work by El Anatsui at the Smithsonian Museum of African Art in Washington. Image courtesy of Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times.
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Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Madeleine Meunier and Charles Ratton. Image courtesy of the Archives familiales Ratton.
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Image courtesy of Salle de Ventes du Beguinage.
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Installation shot of the Musée de Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, in the 1970s. Photo by Bohumil Holas, courtesy of the Musée du quai Branly (PP0179800).
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Pende mask, D.R. Congo. Height: 30 cm. Image courtesy of Studio Philippe de Formanoir – Paso Doble. Collection Javier Peres, Berlin.
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Jukun headdress, Nigeria. Height: 114,3 cm. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2015.445). Purchase, Pfeiffer, Leona Sobel Education, 2005 Benefit, and Dodge Funds; Gift of Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family; Andrea Bollt Bequest, in memory of Robert Bollt Sr. and Robert Bollt Jr.; Elaine Rosenberg, James J. Ross, and The Katcher Family Foundation Inc. Gifts, 2015.
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Image courtesy of Milk Decoration Magazine.