Celebrating Kanak culture

Posted on Aug 23, 2013 in ART, LISTINGS

A new exhibition at Musée du quai Branly, Kanak: l’Art est une parole, 15 October 2013-26 January 2014, celebrates the Oceanic society’s artistic heritage, for centuries regarded by academic writers and mass media with skepticism, derision and revulsion. The exhibition is the largest ever held on Kanak culture, bringing together more than 300 exceptional works and documents from public collections in Europe (Austria,...