David Norden
www.african-antiques.com
www.buyafricanantiques.com

African Art Antiques and discussion group.

Dear Reader,

This month, I have put www.African-Antiques.com in some summer clothes,

The month of June has been very active, with seven auctions in Paris and several records broken, like the Lega Ivory that sold in Paris for two and a half million Euros. Fine quality, good provenance and fresh pieces on the markets are still the rules of the game for fetching high prices.

Lega Lukungu Lega Ivory, 20 cm high, sold for 2.4 Million EUROS

http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/records_ventes.htm

Bruneaf had more dealers and visitors than ever. Also contemporary art now gets attention and increased public interest expressed itself in high prices paid for work by contemporary African Artists like Chéri Samba.

Tell me if you bought some treasures that you want to share in the discussion group with it's 887 members and nearly 11,000 past messages. Or, if you speak French, join Antiques Africaine (125 members) and show us the favorite antique pieces in your collection.

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In July I invite you to go to Monaco to see 250 African masterpieces from ancient times to the present.

Enjoy the sun, enjoy the reading...

David Norden.

Exhibitions.

Monaco ‘Arts of Africa’ is an invitation to the heart of the African continent and its artistic expression in the broadest sense. July 16 -September 4, 2005
For the first time on 4,000 square meters, and 250 works, an exhibition will retrace 6,000 years of African Art through masterpieces from ancient times to the present, from traditional arts to contemporary art. It will also address this art’s influences with great 20th-century masters, including Picasso, Derain, Léger...

Arts of Africa - Monaco - Grimaldi http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/monaco-arts-africa.htm

Are you around New York this summer? Last chance to view the Gary Schulze exhibitions http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/gary_schulze.htm

Those who missed the incredible New Orleans Museum of Art exhibition in New York can now see it in Texas. The San Antonio Museum presents Resonance from the Past: African Sculpture from the New Orleans Museum of Art. showing African artistry June 25-October 2, 2005 http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/san-antonio-texas.htm

Bareiss collection at Birmingham Museum of Arts. Click for press release.

"Highlights from the Walter and Molly Bareiss Collection of African Art"

http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/birmingham_museum.htm
The Birmingham Museum of Art Announces Long-Term Loan Bareiss collection.

http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/birmingham_museum.htm

African artifacts The lost art . Sacred objects once imbued with spiritual and cultural meaning are now being mass-produced across Africa and sold to tourists. Have traditional artworks lost their significance as they gain monetary value? Do tourists still believe that these African knick-knacks are products of cultural expression? What makes an African artifact authentic? http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/african_artefacts.htm

Owen Mort Out of Africa Thanks to Owen Mort, Utah Museum of Fine Arts can showcase “Arts of a Continent.”
Free public Juneteenth celebrated African art in Utah.

Vibrant Africans dazzle across Europe
When an exhibition of African art and design travels from the Hayward Gallery to the Centre Pompidou, and African designers win coveted space at Milan's Salone del Mobile, and Selfridges devotes a window display to Afro-chic, you know you are witnessing a trend. In London, the rising influence of Africa, not only in the worlds of art and fashion but also in interior design, has manifested itself in a series of events billed as Africa 05.

Contemporary art sales in London: A different view of Africa.
Will Bennett reports from the Crafts Council exhibition.

Art deco...Drut's show "Primitive and Modern: African Art and Its Influence on
20th Century French Furniture and Decorative Art", at his Maison Gerard boutique in New York, argues that Africa's influence on French designers can be traced to a furniture auction. ...

Oriental rugs Nomadic Weavings: Treasures from Looms

LONDON, ENGLAND.- The map responsible for giving America its name sold at Christie's today for £545,600 / $1,002,267 / €811,852, a world record price for any single sheet map at auction.
The printed map by Martin Waldseemuller, produced in 1507, ...

http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/million_dollar_map.htm

If you plan to come to Antwerp this summer (http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/antwerp-african-art.htm ) , come say hello to me, and also visit :
BEYOND DESIRE at MoMu mode museum Antwerpen. "Desire, attitude and styling in African and Western cultures." http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/momu.htm

If you like African fashion and can't make it, you can see a similar exhibition theme in Florida at the Harn Museum : Sense, Style, Presence: African Arts of Personal Adornment
November 09, 2004 - June 30, 2006 http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/harn_museum-florida.htm

Articles en français

Les "zoos humains" sont-ils de retour?

UNE Afrique du Sud OUBLIÉE - Sur les traces des San

Enchères : vif succès et records des ventes pour les arts primitifs à Paris

http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/records_ventes.htm

Art contemporain

L’Afrique est un scandale, L’Afrique en art, maintenant . Peut-il exister un art africain ?
C’est-à-dire un art d’aujourd’hui qui ne soit pas soumis aux grilles de lecture appliquées au continent le plus en souffrance de notre temps? Une création contemporaine. Question posée et réponses multiples.

En tous les cas pour Chéri Samba la question ne se pose pas car

«L’Espoir fait vivre» Chéri Samba à 32000 euros

Africa Remix à Paris jusqu'au 8 août 2005

Interview 1 de Simon Njami Commissaire général de l'exposition Africa Remix

Interview 2 “ Pour la première fois la France a été contrainte à se confronter à ses démons”

+ de nouvelles sur “ Pour la première fois la France a été contrainte à se confronter à ses démons”

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Hope you enjoyed this edition,
David Norden
www.african-antiques.com
www.buyafricanantiques.com

African Art Antiques and discussion group.

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