When artists and collectors in the West first took an interest in African Art, they did not appreciate its social or spiritual function. African art was simply viewed as a naive genre with a strong visual impact. At the dawn of the 20th century, European artists were looking for new forms of expression that challenged, rather than simply illustrated, their rapidly changing world of ideas and technology. The traditional techniques of realism and perspective seemed overworked and predictable. Their solution was to draw on images from other cultures and fuse them with European influences to ..read more

In the early 20th Century, artists like Pablo Picasso and Andre Derain were inspired by the bold abstract designs that they discovered in African tribal masks. They collected and used these works of art to influence their own styles of Cubism and Fauvism. In effect, they used African culture to refresh the tired tradition of figure painting in Western Art. As a result, we now tend to admire the bold design and abstract patterns of African masks through European eyes. We appreciate them as exhibits on museum walls, cut off from their original meaning and magical power. However, this is not h ..read more

A good guide will explain how it calculated the values, and it will be as recent as possible (check to see when the ACTC website was last updated.) Auction leads may come from auctions, Village community, shows, or other dealers, and may vary widely. In fact, one source alone does not give a true value. Auction prices may be too high because of a bidding war. Show prices may be high at the start of the show or lower at the end of a show. However the case all visitors are given the chance to ask questions about their areas or objects of interest they encounter during visits and tours. Our te ..read more

Ancient Status Heritage Collections Carbon dated ancient historic antiquities exhibitions, Artifacts collectors, African & Asian Traditional Tourism. Globalization and cultural tourism are interrelated for these are attractions tourist seek during travels, tour guides, exhibitions, traditional dance festivals etc. If you are a tourist, art lover or collector do contact us with your proposals for eventual interactions and opportunities ..read more