Happenings

Friedman & Vallois, Sandra Agbessi and Bernard Dulon presents the exhibition "Africa" at the Friedman & Vallois Gallery in New York.
This exhibition will introduce the works of the protean artist from Benin, Africa, Dominique Zinkpè. Twenty 20 works in various media, including sculpture and works on paper, will be exhibited. Concurrently, renowned African and tribal art dealer Bernard Dulon will present a series of objects such as a classic figurative Bena Luluwa pipe, and a Dogon statuette with raised arms.

The Africa of Attilio Pecile, through the scientific reporting of the Brac-Pecile mission to follow Peter Savorgnan de Brazza (1883-1886).
Saturday and Sunday: 10-12.30 am and 3-6pm.

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On the occasion of Carré Rive Gauche, "Carrément Sauvage" in Paris, Alain Bovis Gallery presents a selection of masks and statuettes of early African ritual art.
Private inauguration on May 31th at 5pm till 10pm.
Opening on Friday June 1st and Saturday 2nd, 11am till 20pm.
The exhibition well reopen on Tuesday June 12th, after BRUNEAF.

Opening Saturday, the 28th: New acquisitions, and photos of the Fon people at the gallery AMMA in Antwerpen.
Website of the exhibition.

Nigeria tells more than 170 millions in-habitants, divided in several ethnic groups, which means an interesting diversity in the Nigerian art.
L'Atelier Gallery presents rare artworks as a Sokoto terracotta, a Mumuye statue and, an Ibibio mask.

A world-class collection of Anatolian kilims given to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco by H. McCoy Jones and his wife, Caroline, is showcased in a choice exhibition of two dozen of the finest examples. Presented in the textile arts gallery at the de Young, the Anatolian flat-woven kilims on view, dating from the 15th to the 19th century, include a variety of design types and regional styles, as well as superb examples of artistic and visual prowess. The kilims in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s permanent collection are considered the most important group of Anatolian kilims outside Turkey.

The Durand-Dessert Espace presents an exhibition that offers a new point of view on tribal art in the most remote area of Nepal.
This exhibition is a virtual meeting between artworks inhabited by shamanic spirits of the Himalayas and contemporary concepts.
Website of the exhibition.

Curated by MOA Director Stephen Whittington, the exhibition focuses on St. Bonaventure’s collection of ancient pottery from the Maya civilization dating from A.D. 250 through 900. The Maya culture flourished in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and western El Salvador during these years, commonly referred to as the Classic period. The collection is supplemented by additional ancient objects on loan from the Nasher Museum at Duke University and contemporary Maya objects from the MOA’s own collections and local collectors. Website of the exhibition.

Aztec to Zapotec: Selections from the Ancient Americas Collection features more than 180 works made prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus and the Europeans during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Representing a time period of more than 3,000 years, the exhibition is drawn from the OMA’s comprehensive Art of the Ancient Americas Collection and gives a rare glimpse into the life and culture of numerous civilizations from the North, Central and South American regions. Significant ancient works of gold, silver, jade, ceramic, shell and wood are included from the cultures of the Aztec, Maya, Moche, Nasca, Inca and Zapotec.

The exhibition BECOMING A MAN proposes to discover the spectacular initiation rites of the Bamana culture, and some of the animist traditions by exhibiting ritual objects, as well as photographs, and films produced by Ms.Catherine De Clippel, during her missions in Mali, since 1980.
Website of the Museum.