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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Our mask on view this week at the PAN art Fair in Amsterdam -
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Notes on an antique drinking cup
by “The Wongo Master of the Pursed Horizontal Lips”
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Female bust, Anonymous Pende artist. Early 20th century, D.R. Congo. Wood, 63 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Belgium -
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Jan de Clerck at his home with an Igala statue and Ibibio mask, December 2022 -
"A place with no name" catalog cover. Works from the Sina Jina Collection. Christie's London. -
A Shona man sleeping on his side while using a headrest. Photographed by Leo Frobenius in 1928. -
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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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Mumuye figure. Height: 99 cm (including base). Image courtesy of the Fondation Beyeler. -
Image courtesy of the Pitt Rivers Museum (2012.33.1). -
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A Luba Shankadi mboko figure. Ca. 1930. Height: 59 cm. -
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Standing male figure. Bini or Edo, Nigeria. Height: 56,5 cm. Image courtesy of The Barnes Foundation (A230). -
Photo courtesy of Gaechter&Clahsen. -
