32 Parcours des Mondes 6 –11 September, Saint-Germain-des-Prés ART IN MOTION Autumn is just around the corner, and that means that the time for Parcours des Mondes is nearly upon us. From September 6–11, the Saint-Germain des-Prés neighborhood of Paris will be bustling with activity for the fi fteenth consecutive year as collectors, afi cionados, and museum professionals from around the world come to see what the best dealers in their fi elds have to offer. Inti Ligabue (the Italian collector with whom an interview appears in our Spring 2016 issue) will serve as the honorary president of this year’s show, and nearly eighty international galleries will participate: sixty specializing in tribal art and nearly twenty offering Asian art and archaeology, art forms that have only recently begun to be included in the event. Most of the dealers in these latter fi elds have exhibited before, among them Éric Pouillot and Kapoor Galleries Inc., both offering Asian art, who this year will share a large space on Rue de Seine with their colleagues Christophe Hioco and Alexis Renard. Others, like L’Ibis, specializing in ancient art; Max Rutherston, Japanese art; and Aboriginal Signature, contemporary Australian Aboriginal art, will be taking part in Parcours des Mondes for the fi rst time. Some dealers will be returning after a hiatus, notably tribal art specialist Charles- Wesley Hourdé, who has taken up being a private dealer again after spending several years with the African and Oceanic department at Christie’s, Paris. Innumerable fascinating treasures await the visitors to Parcours, who are expected to attend in large numbers, since yet again excellence promises to be ubiquitous on every street corner and in every gallery window. The somber elegance of an inlaid Hawaiian newa club offered by Entwistle, an exceptional model tipi that Donald Ellis will present, and the serenity and power of a Luba stool that Didier Claes will show are but a few examples of the marvels that the public will have the opportunity to appreciate as part of the many exhibitions that will be on view at Parcours des Mondes. RIGHT: Inlaid club, newa. Hawaii. 1820s. Wood, human molars. H: 25.4 cm. © Entwistle. Photo: Hughes Dubois. BELOW: Inti Ligabue, honorary president of Parcours des Mondes, 2016. © Ligabue archives. BOTTOM: Seated figure. Bambara, Segou region, Mali. Late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, polycrome. H: 66 cm. © Charles-Wesley Hourdé. Photo: Vincent Girier Dufournier.
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