LEFT: Do Society mask. Ligbi, Dioula, or Djimini (?), Bondoukou region, Côte d’Ivoire. Early 20th century. Wood, pigments. H: 32 cm. © Jacques Germain Gallery. BELOW: Ceremonial axe, kibiki (kasolwa). Luba, Katanga region, DR Congo. 19th–20th century. Wood, metal. H: 35 cm. © Jacques Germain Gallery. BELOW: Plate, by Vincent Buffile. Ceramic. Galerie Franck Marcelin. BELOW: Shield. Garo, Meghalaya, India or Bangladesh. Courtesy of Jonathan Hope and Max Hetzler Gallery, Berlin/Paris. Jacques Germain MONTREAL—As has become customary, Galerie Jacques Germain will mark the arrival of summer with an exhibition in his Montreal space. On view from June 15 until July 29, this show will be a preview of the material that will appear in opus VIII of the Art Ancien de l’Afrique Noire series, the launch of which will be held in Paris in September at this year’s Parcours des Mondes. Sixteen major sculptures will be presented to the Canadian public for viewing, as always with the hope that these outstanding and carefully selected works will arouse new interest. To keep the element of surprise alive, we will mention only two of these objects: an elegant Luba axe from the DRC and a mask from the Bondoukou region in Côte d’Ivoire. Possibly Ligbi, Dioula, or Djimini, the exact attribution of the latter remains uncertain, but it is unique for its polychrome red, white, and blue highlights. Ancestral Spirits BERLIN—Usually dedicated to contemporary art, the Max Hetzler Gallery is currently holding a major show of ethnographic art titled Spirits and Ancestors. On view until June 3 and curated by Jonathan Hope, a London-based tribal art and textile dealer who is active with exhibitions and specialized publications, the show brings together sculptures and masks from a variety of African, Indonesian, Himalayan, South Asian, and South American cultures. Whether through form or context of use, each of the works displayed has a common connection in that they are all connected to supernatural entities, whether spirits, deities, or ancestors. Papuan Inspiration AIX-EN-PROVENCE—From June 24 until October 1, 2017, Galerie Franck Marcelin will host an atypical exhibition devoted to ceramics by Vincent Buffi le that were inspired by the art of Papua New Guinea. Now the head of the atelier his mother, Léonie Sautet, founded in 1945, Buffi le discovered New Guinea art at the 2000 exhibition devoted to it at the Musée des Arts Africains, Océaniens et Amérindiens de la Vieille Charité in Marseilles. His response to it was as strong as it was fertile. Soon after he started work on a series of plates that would take years to complete. The Papuan infl uences in these are clear, both in the decorative designs and in the ochre and black hues with which they are colored.
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