LEFT: Sword ornament.
Akan, Ghana or Côte d’Ivoire.
Late 19th–early 20th century.
© Galerie Olivier Larroque,
photo: Hughes Dubois.
THE LEADING INTERNATIONAL
TRIBAL ART FAIR
ASIAN ART FAIR
PARCOURS DES MONDES
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PARIS, SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÉS
Parcours des Mondes
11–16 September, Saint-Germain-des-Prés
RIGHT, FIRST COLUMN,
TOP TO BOTTOM: Altar
mask, komo. Bamana or
Malinke, Mali or Guinea.
Early 20th century.
© Galerie Abla and Alain Lecomte,
photo: Paul Louis.
Seated fi gure, bulul. Ifugao,
Luzon, Philippines. C. 1750.
© Galerie Bernard de Grunne,
photo: Frédéric Dehaen.
SECOND COLUMN:
Whistle vessel. Viru, Peru.
4th–1st century BC.
© Galerie Dodier, photo: Michel
Gurfi nkel.
Mask. Dan, Côte d’Ivoire.
19th century.
© Galerie Bernard Dulon,
photo: Hughes Dubois.
Door post. Maori, New
Zealand. C. 1600.
© Kevin Conru, photo: Hughes Dubois.
LEFT: Flute stopper. Biwat,
Yuat River, Papua New Guinea.
19th century.
© Serge Schoffel Art Premier, photo:
Frédéric Dehaen/Studio Asselberghs.
RIGHT: Theater mask, okina.
Japan.
© Galerie Alain Bovis,
photo: Vincent Luc, Agence Phar.
FAR RIGHT: Ancestor fi gure.
Leti, Indonesia. 20th century.
© Pascassio Manfredi,
photo: Franck Verdier.
ART IN MOTION
PARIS—For the seventeenth year, we’re pleased to use
our autumn issue to announce the imminent event that
all the major players in the tribal art market, whether
dealers or collectors, impatiently await: the Parcours
des Mondes. From September 11–16, 2018, the Saint-
Germain-des-Prés neighborhood of Paris will become a
hunting ground for the many visitors from all over the
world who come to “do the galleries” —that is, to visit
the fi nest international galleries with specialties in African,
Oceanic, American Indian, and Asian art that will
have gathered in the neighborhood to exhibit their top
pieces. There will be sixty-four participants this year, including
Galerie Kevorkian, specializing in archaeology
and Islamic art, which is taking part in the event for the
fi rst time this year and will be showing at Galerie Meyer
on Rue des Beaux Arts.
While the Parcours des Mondes is synonymous with
activity, it is equally as much, if not more so, about excellence
and quality. These are values that the show’s management
has diligently promoted and that participating
galleries have honored with exhibitions and displays that
are worthy of top museums. The seventeenth Parcours
des Mondes will be no exception, and many thematic
exhibitions have already been announced. It is impossible
to list them all in the space we have here, and just rattling
off a list of titles would not be doing justice to what is
often years of work that dealers have invested in their
presentations. Suffi ce to say that their subject matters,
which are as varied as they are fascinating, will appeal
to the most diverse sensibilities. Beyond that, you’ll just
have to come see for yourself!