Kuba: Fabric of an Empire

The Baltimore Museum of Art 10 Art Museum Drive, MD, 21218: Baltimore, United States

August 19, 2018 - January 20, 2019 Exhibition August 19, 2018 January 20, 2019 Europe/London Kuba: Fabric of an Empire The Baltimore Museum of Art 10 Art Museum Drive, MD, 21218: Baltimore, United States

This exhibition of dazzling Kuba textiles presented in the BMA’s Cone Collection galleries reveals how a central African kingdom independently developed a form of modernist abstraction in the 20th century. The Kuba kingdom, on the southern edge of the Congolese Rainforest in central Africa, developed one of the greatest civilizations in the history of the continent. Art and design were central to their life. In addition to an elaborate and varied masquerade tradition, Kuba men and women were prolific textile artists, even weaving houses and embroidering currency. As the kingdom grew richer and more powerful, Kuba men and women began to create increasingly abstract designs. Works produced in Kuba’s earlier periods are defined by repeating patterns and minute details. Textiles created at the height of the kingdom’s power and prestige are characterized by bold, inventive designs that are constantly in flux. The BMA is proud to partner with the Historic Textile Research Foundation on this groundbreaking exhibition.

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Millon African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art

Room 2, Drouot-Richelieu, 9, rue Drouot: Paris, France

January 23, 2019 - January 23, 2019 Auction January 23, 2019 January 23, 2019 Europe/London Millon African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art Room 2, Drouot-Richelieu, 9, rue Drouot: Paris, France

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Native Helmut Zake Collection

Rue de Ruysbroeck 5: Brussels, Belgium

January 26, 2019 - January 26, 2019 Auction January 26, 2019 January 26, 2019 Europe/London Native Helmut Zake Collection Rue de Ruysbroeck 5: Brussels, Belgium

This Auction is dedicated to Tribal Art, Modern Art and Design. We are proud and happy to present you the Helmut Zake Collection, Heidelberg (lot 112 to 37), including a very fine selection of African Art. We also present a Belgian Collection with objects acquired from René and Odette Delenne in the 1970's (lots 78 - 86).

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BRUNEAF

17 Impasse Saint-Jacques: Brussels, Belgium

January 23, 2019 - January 27, 2019 Fair January 23, 2019 January 27, 2019 Europe/London BRUNEAF 17 Impasse Saint-Jacques: Brussels, Belgium

The BRUNEAF (Brussels Non European Art Fair) has now become one of the leading exhibitions on African tribal art in the world. BRUNEAF developed from the first unified public presentation of a handful of tribal antique dealers in 1983 in the Sablon area. It is now one of the leading such fairs in Europe. Since 1996, the fair has included international galleries, including France, Italy, Spain, the UK, Netherlands, and the US. Today, it includes African, Oceanian, Indonesian, pre-Columbian, Asiatic, and Australian Aboriginal art.

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Congo Stars

Lendkai 1: Graz, Austria

September 22, 2018 - January 27, 2019 Exhibition September 22, 2018 January 27, 2019 Europe/London Congo Stars Lendkai 1: Graz, Austria

Congo Stars shows Congolese popular paintings from the 1960s to the present day as well as Congolese contemporary art, also from artists now living in Paris and Brussels, with loans from the MRCA in Tervuren, the Iwalewahaus in Bayreuth, private collectors and from Austrian collections such as the Sammlung Armin Prinz der Österreichischen Ethnomedizinischen Gesellschaft, Sammlung Horvath Politischer Kunst, Weltmuseum Wien, Sammlung Peter Weihs et al..

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Zemanek-Münster: Collectors Sale

Hörleingasse 3-5, D-97070: Wurzburg, Germany

January 21, 2019 - January 28, 2019 Auction January 21, 2019 January 28, 2019 Europe/London Zemanek-Münster: Collectors Sale Hörleingasse 3-5, D-97070: Wurzburg, Germany

Treasures from European estates and private collections such as Gerhard Hoffmann (Wurzbourg), Wolfgang Klein (Vienna), Heinz Kolerski (Fellbach) and Jürgen Maurer (Heppenheim).

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