Hughes Dubois. 35 ans de carrière photographique

As one of the many special exhibitions in this year's edition of Parcours des Mondes, Tribal Art Magazine will present Hughes Dubois. 35 ans de carrière photographique from September 8–13 at 22 rue Visconti in Paris. This installation celebrates the well-known photographer's three and a half decades in the field, showcasing his work with tribal material through some 186 Polaroids. The exhibition will also offer a look at a new project of Dubois's devoted to nighttime images of the majestic temple of Borobudur in Indonesia.

Hemba ancestor figure, D.R. Congo  -  Hughes Dubois

Tribal Art London 2015

The “tribal art season” is coming again to London. From September 2–5, the 2015 edition of Tribal Art London will be held at the Mall Galleries with nineteen international participants specialized in the non-European arts, including four new ones: Gallery Lemaire from Amsterdam and Handbury Tribal Art, Kenn MacKay, and Sabine & Anderson from the UK. Well-known Oceanic art dealer Wayne Heathcote will also return to the show this year.

For more information and to view the salon catalogue, visit the Tribal Art London website.

Dans le chambre des merveilles

One of the inaugural exhibitions at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon, Dans le chambre des merveilles takes visitors into the world of the ‘cabinet of curisoities’, exploring exactly what it means to be a collector. In this context, the cabinet of curiosities becomes a kind of manifesto of the Museum's defining characteristics, as a place where the boundaries between different fields of knowledge disappear, a place where one comes to learn but also to question and marvel. In this ‘chamber of marvels’, 21st-century visitors can steep themselves in the atmosphere and spirit of a time when men roamed the world to collect and share their thirst for knowledge with their contemporaries. This exhibition thus presents not a recreation of an 18th-century cabinet of curiosities but a contemporary reinterpretation, an invitation to dream as one discovers a selection of the museum’s treasures.

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AOA New York Art Fair 2015

Now in its fifth year, the AOA NY art fair will be held at Tambaran Gallery from May 14–17, 2015. Somewhat reduced in size from previous years, this event remains a worthy destination, the more so since besides its dealer roster—which this year includes Galerie Flak from Paris and Mark Eglinton and James Trotta-Bono from New York, among others—it is cross-pollinating with contemporary art in the hope of attracting more than the usual tribal art audience. These contemporary works have been selected because of their harmonious affinity with the traditional arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.

L'anatomie des chefs-d'oeuvre

The Musée du Quai Branly was the first museum in the world to acquire its own 3D digital image processing system dedicated to the investigation of works of art. With the installation of L'anatomie des chefs-d'oeuvre (The Anatomy of a Masterpiece), the museum intends to provide visitors with an introduction to these new technologies in research and restoration and to present the surprising results of these new analyses. The digitisation of works with supernatural virtues is not intended to reveal their secret or their magic, which is primarily the fruit of power and the actions of those who use it in the context of a ritual, but rather to provide additional information about its history by enabling the material to speak. While this technique reveals their invisible structure, the mystery of their objects and their use remains intact, in the same way as the immaterial heritage linked to the ritual context which belongs to other fields of study. The exhibition opens March 10, 2015.

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Visions Huichol

The Huichol of southwestern Mexico are an autochthonous community with strong religious beliefs long handed down from ancestral traditions. They are known for their sacred use of peyote, the hallucinogenic cactus that they believe makes it possible to commune with the gods. Their nierika, or “objects to see,” are among their most recognizable artistic traditions. These enigmatically themed and brightly colored “yarn paintings” relate to visions associated with dreams and mythology. Inspired by ancient ritual practices, these creations evolved during the twentieth century and became an art form sought after by collectors worldwide. With Visions Huichol, un Art Amérindien (Huichol Visions, an Amerindian Art), Marseille’s Musée d’Arts Africains, Océaniens, et Amérindiens presents the richness of this expressive and mystical art through works by established artists such as Benítez Sánchez and Ramón Medina. Anthropologist Michel Perrin, who spent a number of years living among the Huichol, has provided detailed information for the exhibition that enables the viewer to decipher the symbols in the works, follow the stories they tell, and, in so doing, discover a people and their history.

Visit the exhibition's official website.

Martin de la Cruz (Niuveme), 1989

José Benitez Sanchez, 1988

Images and information courtesy of the Musée d’Arts Africains, Océaniens, et Amérindiens, Marseille

Tribal Art Sale - Origine

Origine Expert will present a sale of fine tribal art and artifacts today, December 8, at the Hotel Drouot in Paris. The lots will comprise a wide range of works from Africa, Australia, and the pre-Columbian Americas.

For more information, view the online catalogue.

Images courtesy of Origine Expert

Tribal Art Auction at Zemanek-Münster

Zemanek-Münster will present a discovery auction of more than 700 lots from European estates on Thursday, September 4. The lots will comprise a vast array of traditional objects from Africa, Oceania, Indonesia, and elsewhere.

View the online catalogue.

Mask  -  Dan, Côte d'Ivoire

Helmet mask, epa  -  Yoruba, Nigeria

Guardian figure, hampatong  -  Dayak, Borneo

Images courtesy of Zemanek-Münster

Tribal Art Sale - Binoche et Giquello

Binoche et Giquello will present a sale of fine tribal art at the Hôtel Drouot on June 6.  Over 140 works of African, Oceanic, pre-Columbian and Native American art will be put before the bidders, including an admirable selection of African masks, Oceanic weapons, and much more.

View the online catalogue.

Mask  -  Kwele, Gabon

Mask  -  Boa, D.R. Congo

War club, totokia  -  Fiji

Images courtesy of Binoche et Giquello

MATA NYC 2014

Madison Ancient and Tribal Art (MATA) will return this year on May 14–18. The prestigious event will be held at the same location as it has been the past two years at Arader Gallery, 1016 Madison Avenue. Participating dealers will include Marc Assayag from Montreal; Kellim Brown, Kevin Conru, and Adrian Schlag from Brussels; Joshua Dimondstein from California; Wayne Heathcote from Miami; P.-M. Boyd from Seattle; Splendors of the World from Hawaii; Leonard Kalina from Los Angeles; and Bruce Frank, Jacaranda Tribal, Amyas Naegele, Michael Oliver, and James Stephenson from New York. A number of permanent New York galleries are also associated : Alaska on Madison, Art For Eternity, Arte Primitivo, Fernandez Leventhal, and Pace Primitive.

For more information, visit the official MATA website.

William Jamieson Collection at Auction

The renowned collection of William (Billy) Jamieson will be sold at online auction at Waddington's of Canada on April 28–May 1.  An astonishing assemblage of anthropological and macabre curiosities, Jamieson's collection includes a wide range of artifacts, weapons, reliquaries and trophy heads from traditional cultures in Oceania, South America, and elsewhere.

View the online catalogue.

Cannibal fork (culanibokolo)  -  Fiji, 19th century

Images courtesy of Waddington's

TEFAF 2014

The European Fine Art Fair will present its 26th annual edition in its traditional home of Maastricht on March 14–23. Excellence in art from all world regions and historical eras will be the order of the day, as ever. Representing the traditional arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at this year's TEFAF will be a distinguished group of dealers including Galerie Claes, Galerie Bernard de Grunne, Galerie Entwistle, and Galerie Meyer.

For more information, visit the official TEFAF website.

1000 Ways of Seeing at Sotheby's

On March 5, Sotheby's London will present the collection of the late Stanley Seeger. Among the incredibly eclectic lots will be offered a group of tribal works, including a Kota reliquary and Maori hei tiki, pictured below.

View the online catalogue.

Images courtesy of Sotheby's

San Francisco Tribal and Textiles Arts Show

Featuring more than 100 dealers under a single roof, the 28th annual San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show, will be held, as always, in the Festival Pavilion of Fort Mason Center on February 6–9, 2014. For nearly three decades, this vetted show has brought together a remarkable selection of tribal art and textiles from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The intro exhibition for this year’s event will be titled Masks Then and Now: Inspiration and Interpretation, assembled by dealer Thomas Murray and featuring antique tribal masks from the Himalayas and Indonesia together with contemporary works by sculptor Mort Golub from his “Shamanic Mask Series.”

Visit the official SFTTAS website.

Image courtesy of Caskey-Lees/San Francisco Tribal Art and Textile Show

Winter BRUNEAF IV

The fourth edition of Winter BRUNEAF will be held on January 22–26. A distinguished group of international dealers will converge once again in the Sablon arts district of Brussels to present a marvelous array of traditional works from Africa, Oceania, Asia, and the Americas.

For more information, visit the official BRUNEAF website.

Image courtesy of BRUNEAF

Gold and the Incas: Lost Worlds of Peru

The National Gallery of Australia is hosting a major international exhibition, Gold and the Incas: Lost Worlds of Peru, until April 21, 2014. This installation is the most important survey of Peruvian art ever staged in Australia and will showcase the splendor of the ancient pre-Hispanic cultures of Peru. Audiences will encounter the aesthetic depth, drama and beauty of the famous Incan empire and its predecessors. More than 200 objects, from scintillating gold pieces made to decorate the nobility in life or in death, intricate jewelery, elaborate embroidered and woven cloths to breathtakingly sophisticated ceramic sculptures will be on display.

Visit the exhibition's official website.

Images and information courtesy of the National Gallery of Australia

American Indian and Ethnographic Art at Skinner

Skinner will present a sale of fine Native American antiques and other traditional art in Boston today, November 9.  Among the lots will be a wide range of exquisite North American items from the Southwest to the Woodlands, as well as Maori carvings from New Zealand, figurative ceramics from ancient Mexico, and much more.

View the online catalogue.

Totem pole attributed to John Cross  -  Haida, Northwest Coast

Door lintel panel  -  Maori, New Zealand

Belt cup with portrait carving  -  Northeast

Images courtesy of Skinner Auction

Escultures Musicals

Through April 21, 2014, the Museu de la Música in Barcelona presents a sampling of 130 pieces from the Fundación La Fontana’s magnificent collection of musical instruments, which encompasses 2,000 objects from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania. Created by Helena Folch-Rusiñol and her husband Alejandro Maluquer, its volume, diversity and artistic value make this collection a prime international example of musical heritage conservation in Spain. 

Visit the exhibition's official website.

Information and images courtesy of the Museu de la Música

San Francisco Tribal

From October 25–27, the sixteen-member dealer group San Francisco Tribal will hold its annual group show at the Fleet Room of Fort Mason Center, not far from the Golden Gate Bridge. Artworks offered will include a wide array of African, Oceanic, pre-Columbian, Asian, and Indonesian sculpture, masks, jewelry, and textiles. This show always reveals unexpected treasures at rational prices. 

For more information, visit the official SF Tribal website.


Image courtesy of SF Tribal

The Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision at the Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s holdings of the artistic traditions of sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas are today regarded as canonical. They constitute such an integral part of the institution that few realize their inclusion is the result of the vision and sustained efforts of a uniquely influential figure in both American political life and the New York art scene: Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979). This fall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates that legacy with The Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision: In Pursuit of “the Best” in the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, on view from October 7, 2013, through October 5, 2014.

Visit the exhibition's official website.

Feathered tunic  -  Inca, Peru  -  1450–1550 CE

Hunchback figure with staff  -  Huastec, Mexico  -  10th–12th century

Seated figure  -  Dogon, Mali  -  16th–20th century

Images and information courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art