Jacaranda Tribal at San Francisco Tribal and Textile Arts Show

Jacaranda has just returned from the annual San Francisco Tribal and Textile Arts show. 

The fair, which began Thursday, February 11 and ended Sunday, February 13, is presented by Caskey Lees Antique and Fine Art Shows. The San Francisco show is one of the world's most important exhibitions and sales of tribal, ethnographic art, oriental rugs, textiles, jewelry and sculpture. 

The week brings more than 100 top international art dealers from around the world to sell art and artifacts from the Oceanic Islands, Polynesia, the Middle East, Central and South America and Indonesia. 

Jacaranda offered museum quality African art works, including pipes, headrests, and weaponry. The central piece to the booth was an exceptionally rare Initiation Figure from South Africa. The large, expressive figure is depicted standing, with his hands on his hips and a furrowed brow. Figurative works in such exquisite condition are unique for South Africa. 

Also on display were a collection of Zulu pipes with metal inlay from the collection of British pipe collector, Trevor Barton; a Palm Wine horn from the Kuba peoples of Congo, with exceptional carving and used for drinking palm wine, as well as a number of Ndebele beadworks and Shona snuff containers. 

See below for views of our booth! 

Los Angeles Asian & Tribal Arts Show - November 12-14, 2010

The Los Angeles Asian & Tribal Arts Show is set for November 13th and 14th at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. It is the show's 20th anniversary. 


The show features the most prestigious and prominent gathering of Asian and tribal galleries in Southern California, featuring internationally acclaimed gallerists that showcase authentic items from all over the globe. This year, LAATA will showcase a collection of works by adventurer and fine art photographer Mike Glad. Vanishing Cultures is a photographic exhibition documenting the exotic and remote places that Glad encountered while trekking through Yemen, the wooded monasteries of Myanmar and villages of Pakistan. 


The show is produced by the celebrated Art Show team Caskey & Lees; producers of The San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show, The San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia Show, The New York Ceramics Fair, The New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show and The Los Angeles Asian & Tribal Arts Show. 


The LAATA will open with a wine and cheese preview reception and silent auction to benefit the Fowler Museum of Cultural History's Textile council on Friday, November 12th, 2010. 


General Show Hours:
Saturday, November 13, 11 am - 7 pm
Sunday, November 14, 11 am - 5 pm


This year's exhibitors include:
MB Abram Gallery, CA
Appleby International Arts, CA
Walter Arader Himalayan Art, NY
Arts of Central Africa, FL
Bead Castle, CA
Neil Becker, NY
Breen/Graham, CA
Caracola, CA
Caravanserai, TX
Cassera, NY
Craig DeLora Tribal Art, NJ
Dennis George Crow, CA
Dimondstein Tribal Art, CA
Dragon House, CA
Ever Arts Antique Furniture, CA
Flambeaux, CA
Philip Garaway, CA
Marion Hamilton, CA
Michael Hamson Oceanic Art, CA
Hayden & Fandetta Rare Books, CA
Honeychurch Antiques, WA
Indoarts, CA
Japon Gallery, CA
Mark A. Johnson Asian & Tribal Art, CA
Oumar Keinde African Art, Senegal
Fily Keita Tribal Art, CA
Stella Krieger, CA
Lao Design, NJ
Lotus Gallery, TX
Joe Loux, CA
Galen Lowe, WA
Maestros de Taxco, CA
Kip McKesson, Tanzania
Orientations Gallery, NY
Primary Source, CA
J.R. Richards Asian Art, CA
James Stephenson, NY
Sutterfield Tribal Art, CA
Sujaro/Gallery of African Art, CA
TAD Tribal Art, NM
Vigraha Fine Art, AZ


Visit www.caskeylees.com for more information and show updates. 

New York International Tribal and Textile Arts Show cancelled

Another New York fair falls victim to economic climate.

THE New York International Tribal and Textile Arts Show, normally held in May, has been cancelled this year.

The New York show scene has been badly hit by the economic downturn and promoter Caskey-Lees said that as of early March, only 24 exhibitors had signed up for this niche event. In a letter to exhibitors, Bill Caskey and Elizabeth Lees wrote: “To attempt to produce and promote a show, with any reasonable level of quality, for only 24 exhibitors would result in a loss of several hundred thousand dollars.” Exhibitors’ deposits will be returned.

“This was an exceptionally difficult decision for us both,” Bill Caskey said. “We have, over the past two years, redesigned and re-priced all our specialty shows to help dealers and collectors through this difficult economy.”

The San Francisco Textile and Tribal Arts Show will continue, as will Caskey-Lee’s other niche market fairs, including the New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show, which opens on March 24.

Manhattan organiser Sanford Smith announced the cancellation of his 22-year-old Works on Paper fair, scheduled for the Park Avenue Armory in February, citing the economic climate, while Haugton International Fairs, who have axed New York shows of 20th century design and Asian art in recent times, have also chosen to ‘postpone’ this spring’s staging of the International Fine Art Fair.

The New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show This Week

The anchor of New York City’s Spring Asia Week, this show, presented since 1995, brings together an ever more prestigious assemblage of the world’s leading galleries and dealers specializing in the fine arts, textiles and objects de arte of Asia, the Subcontinent, Japan, the Pacific Islands, and the Near and Middle East.

The Arts of Pacific Asia Show takes place during the major Asian auctions at Sotheby’s, Christies, Phillips, and Doyles, and major gallery shows now adding to the luster of the most vibrant Asian art market in the world.

Collectors, major museum curators and connoisseurs are the core of Asia Week buyers, and the show’s more than 70 exhibitors gather from Asia, Europe, the UK and across America to make this rigorously vetted event the most respected Asian art fair in the world.

Show Dates: March 25th - March 28th, 2010. Check out http://www.caskeylees.com/NY_Asia/NY_Asia.html for more information.

Visit Jacaranda at the San Francisco Tribal & Textile Show

The San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show will take place on February 12-14th 2010 at the Festival Pavilion in Fort Mason Center.

Considered one of the finest events of its type in the world, the event celebrates global culture, including ethnographic sculptures, textiles and accessories. Featuring more than 100 renowned tribal art experts from Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and Africa, each showcasing their best examples of arts from tribal cultures across the globe.

Their will also be a special exhibit by celebrated photographer Mike Glad and curated by Mark A. Johnson will be on view. Other Worlds, is a collection of photographs that document the exotic and remote places that Glad encountered while trekking through Yemen, the wooden monasteries of Myanmar and villages of Pakistan.

Hours: Opening preview Thursday 11th 6pm-9pm, Friday and Saturday, February, 12th and 13th from 11am - 7pm. Sunday, February 14th 11am - 5pm.

2008 San Francisco Tribal and Textile Arts Show

On Monday I returned to New York after a four day trip to San Francisco. The purpose of the trip was to attend the 2008 Tribal and Textile Arts Show.

The Gala Preview opening night of the show was well attended. Before the show, there was a certain amount of trepidation among the 108 dealers in attendance about the economy and the potential impact on the show. The fears generally turned out to be unfounded and most dealers reported doing respectable to good business.

As far as southeast African art, there was a fair amount of material to be seen. Patrick and Ondine Mestdagh had a number of good pieces including a large Swazi shield (pictured above) and a rhino horn club ex Bonhams (both sold). Tribal Gathering had a number of fine east African objects. Ben Hunter of Tribal Hunter had some Tsonga neckrests and Jean-Baptiste Bacquart of London had a fine old Shona/Tsonga neckrest. Clive Loveless (pictured top), as usual, had one of the most aesthetically pleasing booths with some very fine material from Rwanda and Uganda.


I also attended an event at the de Young Museum for dealers and lenders of Tribal art. John Friede gave a few remarks and then led an trip upstairs to discuss some of his pieces in the permanent collection. The museum is always a treat - lots of new pieces were on display including a great Lulua figure and a powerful and exceptionally rare Nukuoro figure loaned by Ed and Mina Smith.

All in all, it was a great trip and I look forward to returning next year.

Daniel
JacarandaTribal.com