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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Mask. Saibai Island, Torres Strait (Northern Islands, Australia), pre 1870, wood, human hair, shell, seedpod, fiber, pigment, melo shell and coix seeds. Collection Toledo Museum of Art, Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, 2015. -
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Jean-Pierre Jernander anno 2007 – image courtesy of Guy van Rijn’s Who’s Who in African Art. -
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Ikenga figure. Height: 73,5 cm. Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. -
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Nkanu panel, D.R. Congo. Height: 41 cm. Image courtesy of Christie’s. -
Image courtesy of the Fundação Sindika Dokolo. -
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View of my office this week :) -
J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere (Nigerian, 1930–2014) – Untitled (Mkpuk Eba), 1974. Gelatin silver print. Image courtesy of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (2010.168). -
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This beautiful headrest came up for auction in the UK yesterday. 15 cm high and 14 cm long, it comes from either the Shona or Tsonga (who live in Zimbabwe and Mozambique). This rare zoomorphic example was sitting in a small mixed auction with an estimate of £ 1,000-1,500 – clearly there was already an awareness of its value since it was not valued at £ 50-100. After a fierce bidding war it eventually was sold for £ 23,000 (without premium) to the new lucky owner – it’s clear again that the regional UK auctions are well checked on sleepers :)
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The Chokwe Tshibinda Ilunga figure from the Kimbel Art Museum. Image courtesy of Hughes Dubois, 1988. -
Image courtesy of Didier Claes. -
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Image courtesy of Christie’s. -
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Image courtesy of Susan Kloman/Christie’s. -
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Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. -
Image courtesy of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. -
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Image courtesy of Neoscape/Robert A.M. Stern Architects -
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Fang figure, Gabon. Image courtesy of Lucas Ratton. -
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Images courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art. -
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A warehouse full of records in Enugu, Nigeria. Image courtesy of Voodoofunk. -
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. -
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Portrait of a chief wearing a large kapkap on the forehead (ca. 1920). Image courtesy of Galerie Meyer. -
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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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Frieze Masters tents in Hyde Park. Image: BC.