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ART in motion NEW LOCATION Paris—On November 22, 2012, the “quarter” has welcomed 22 a new space, Galerie Pablo Touchaleaume, which is devoted to tribal art, archaeology, and Asian art, again reinforcing, as if it’s necessary, the neighborhood’s status as the world center of non-European art. Located at 21 Rue Guénégaud in the sixth arrondissement, this establishment run by a young dealer opened its doors with an exhibition titled Benue River: Masques Wurkun - Poteau Tiv (Benue River: Wurkun Masks - Tiv Posts), clearly created to echo the exceptional exhibition on the art of the Benue that was held at the Musée du Quai Branly from November 13, 2012, to January 27, 2013. The gallery’s initial effort was ambitious and demonstrated its desire to forcefully erupt onto the art scene. We look forward to following its development. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Paris—Well known to aficionados of pre-Columbian art since it opened in 2007 on Rue Jacob in the sixth arrondissement, on December 21, 2012, Galerie 1492 moved to a new space at 46 Rue de Seine. The space is small but boasts an attractive double exposure, one on the Rue de Seine and the other on Rue de l'Échaudé. Closed to the public during its participation in the BRAFA show in Brussels, the gallery opened its doors on January 29 with an installation of choice objects from Peru and Costa Rica, as well as a collection of Peruvian textiles. The good news doesn’t stop there for 1492. This year it will be exhibiting for the first time in TEFAF in Maastricht as a newly designated permanent member. REFLECTIONS Paris—An interesting exhibition opened on October 18, 2012, and will run until June 29, 2013, at Rosenblum Collection & Friends, a privately supported exhibition space dedicated to contemporary art located at 183 Rue du Chevaleret in the thirteenth arrondissement. Titled Crossing Mirrors, this is the third exhibition for this gallery and the first to look at tribal art. Searching to underline the role of art as revealing the present—like a reflection in a mirror—the exhibition presents the work of nineteen emerging contemporary artists in a dialogue with traditional objects from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Novel parallels can be found here: a sculpture by Sherrie Levine responds to a Makonde belly mask from Tanzania, while an Inuit kayak from Alaska echoes a modern work by Amanda Ross-Ho. ABOVE: Helmet mask. Wurkun/Bikwin, Nigeria. Galerie Pablo Touchaleaume, Paris. ABOVE: Standing female figure. Chimu, Peru. C. AD 1100–1400. Galerie 1492, Paris. RIGHT AND BELOW: Installation view and Sherrie Levine, Body Mask, 2007. Rosenblum Collection & Friends, Paris. SHELLS FROM THE PACIFIC Aix-en-Provence—The program of Galerie Franck Marcelin this year is echoing the excitement of the region engendered by the designation of Marseille-Provence as the 2013 European Capital of Culture. The first of a long series of exhibitions is titled Aurélien Raynaud. Coquillages du Pacifique. Carnet d'un voyageur (Aurélien Raynaud: Pacific Shells, A Traveler’s Journal) and will be devoted to the drawings and watercolors of this zoological painter. It can be seen from April 4–27 at 9 Rue Jaubert, Aix-en-Provence. THE OTHER KONGOS Brussels—Galerie Congo is presently showing an exhibition that was created for the Winter B Sablon called Autres Kongos. Open until March 20, it features historic works from the Yombe, Vili, Sundi, Manianga, Kakongo, Woyo, and Shiloango. Together they show the great variety of styles that exist within these peoples who are often designated simply by the generic term Bakongo. Among the most important of these pieces is a Muchikongo funerary stele from Angola; a depiction of Saint Antoine, whose face is executed in a style typical of the art of the Kongo; as well as the polychrome statue of a chief collected in the nineteenth century.


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