A happy coincidence brings "Masterworks of New Guinea Art: Selections From the Marcia and John Friede Collection" to the Legion of Honor concurrently with "Dreaming With Open Eyes: Dada and Surrealist ...

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A general lack of knowledge about island cultures of the South Pacific hasn’t deterred the European and American romance with the region. It may have heightened it, as a matter of fact, since one ...

Being fluent in Oceanic art is no easy feat. Few museums have focused on art from the islands of the Pacific and Southeast Asia—and the works, mostly made from wood and fiber, tend to degrade easily ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — For about 50 years, a Lakeland couple has collected ceremonial art from Africa and Papua New Guinea, located off the coast of Australia. Ceremonial African, Oceanic art collection ...

PAINTER Paul Gauguin set in motion one of the main art trends of the 20th century when he decided that “the Greek [style] is the great error, beautiful though it is,” and plunged off to Tahiti to ...

In the 1920s, French art collector Pierre Vérité began building – almost in secret – one of the world’s most impressive stashes of African and Oceanic masterpieces. And over the years he developed an ...

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