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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“When I’m not painting, I’m thinking about painting.”
An interview with Diane Marie Uwase
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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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A Shona man sleeping on his side while using a headrest. Photographed by Leo Frobenius in 1928. -
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Portrait of Herzekiah-Andrew Shanu, probably dating from his trip to Europe in 1894. Image courtesy of the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren (HP.1965.14.246).