BELOW: Ancestor figure. Hemba, DR Congo. 18th century. Photo: Paul Louis. © Congo Gallery. BOTTOM LEFT: Spoon. Tlingit, Alaska. Photo: Michel Gurfinkel. © Laurent Dodier, RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM: Head. Sierra Leone/Guinea. 15th century. Ex Mario Meneghini, Italy. Photo: Mathieu Ferrier. © Alain Bovis. Mask, emboli. Kota, Gabon. © Bruno Frey. Reliquary guardian. Mahongwe, Gabon. Photo: Vincent Girier Dufournier. © Bernard Dulon. LEFT, TOP TO BOTTOM: Figure. Ngbaka, DR Congo. Ex Pierre Thoma, Belgium. © Galerie Joaquin Pecci. Mask. Lega, DR Congo. Ex F. Van Nooten, Brussels. Photo: Studio R. Asselberghs–Frédéric Dehaen. © Bernard de Grunne. Head. Fang, Gabon. Ex Charles Ratton. Photo: Paul Louis. © Classic Primitives Gallery/Renaud Riley. Crucifix. Kongo, DR Congo. Photo: Philippe de Formanoir–Paso Doble. © Galerie Claes. RIGHT: Ancestor figure. Abelam, Papua New Guinea. Ex Van Bussel, Amsterdam. Photo: Studio R. Asselberghs– Frédéric Dehaen. © Kevin Conru. BRUNEAF Brussels—Sixteen of this association’s dealer-members recently participated for the first time in the Hong Kong International Antiques Fair, which was held May 24–26, and now they are back in Europe for the opening of the twenty-fourth Brussels Non- European Art Fair (BRUNEAF), which will take place June 4–8. That week, the Sablon neighborhood of Brussels will be the epicenter of the tribal art world, with some fifty international tribal art dealers (including one newcomer, Pablo Touchaleaume) showing carefully selected works to a faithful and ever-growing public, under what will undoubtedly be the watchful eye of Emile Deletaille, this year’s honorary event chairman. Several thematic exhibitions have been announced as part of the event. Joaquin Pecci will host Présence du Sacré, Invocations Ubangiennes (The Presence of the Sacred, Ubangi Invocations), which will feature about thirty high-quality works from the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. All are illustrated in a catalog by Georges Meurant that accompanies the show. David Serra will hold a thematic show called Formes et Matières (Forms and Materials) highlighting African and Oceanic objects that emphasize the qualities that the title suggests. Alain Bovis’ show will be titled Têtes (Heads), and Maine Durieu will be putting on an exhibition called Autour du Blanc (About White). The quality of movement in the arts of Africa and Oceania will be the theme in Jo de Buck’s gallery, and Men in
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