34 a show dedicated entirely to shamanism, which promises particularly interesting Inuit material. Throckmorton Fine Art is planning a photography installation on the work of Elisabeth Sunday titled GRACE. These striking platinum prints feature men and women from the Congo, Kenya, Ghana, Mali, Zaire, and Ethiopia photographed via a slightly distorting mirror, which imparts a ghostly sense of mystery. Moreau & Montegut will show a collection of works from Côte d’Ivoire. Bonhams will hold its annual spring sale on the afternoon of May 15. Chief among its offerings will be a rare and large Tshokwe figural doorpost, once in the collections of Lee Bronstein and Jacques Kerchache. Sotheby’s will hold its spring sale on the afternoon of May 16. As we go to press in early February, they are still structuring the sale, but they promise a strong collection with some very special surprises. MAY IN NEW YORK New York City—After some turbulence following the demise of the annual spring tribal art armory show, things in New York City seem to have settled back down into something reasonably routine for the benefit of tribal art enthusiasts. Like last year, two multi-dealer shows will be held on the same block on the Upper East Side, just steps away from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The first of these, the third annual AOA New York fair will be held again in the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion at 79th and Fifth. The cadre of well-selected dealers that Maureen Zarember of Tambaran Gallery has assembled is augmented this year with two new additions: Canadian Marc Assayag, a generalist with a strong emphasis on Melanesia, and Ben Hunter from the United Kingdom, who always has interesting works from Africa and Polynesia. The event will run May 9–12 with an opening cocktail reception on May 8. Just around the corner on Madison Avenue, the group that has become known as Madison Ancient and Tribal Art (MATA) will hold their second event from May 10–16, with cocktail receptions on both the opening and closing evenings. Their roster of dealers will be swelled by three additions from Brussels—Pierre Loos, Jo de Buck, and Joaquin Pecci—as well as by US-based dealers Wayne Heathcote and Thomas Murray. Several other smaller shows and short-term installations will also be taking place in other parts of town, as will special exhibitions in a number of the city’s established art galleries. Tambaran Gallery will be holding ART in motion LEFT TOP TO BOTTOM Frontlet. Northwest Coast. AOA New York. Standing figure. Anggoram, Papua New Guinea. MATA New York. Hei tiki. Maori, New Zealand. AOA New York. Yipwon figure. Karawari, Papua New Guinea. AOA New York. Kifwebe mask. Songye, DR Congo MATA New York. BERNSTEIN RELOCATES New York City—After twenty-two years in his Park Avenue digs, total building renovations have obligated David Bernstein to relocate. Now he’ll be offering by appointment some of the finest pre-Columbian art available from his new location at 355 E. 72nd Street, just one block west of Sotheby’s. We wish him all the best in his new location. ABOVE: Pectoral. Sinu, Colombia. AD 800–1500. David Bernstein Fine Arts, New York. LEFT: Female figure. Dan, Côte d’Ivoire. Moreau & Montagut Gallery, New York. RIGHT: Figural Doorpost. Tshokwe, Angola. Bonhams, New York, 15 May 2013.
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