Hannah Baader und Gerhard Wolf in collaboration with Suzanne Blier (Harvard University) and Romuald Tchibozo (University Abomey-Calavi, Benin). Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Art Histories Excursion
Tue 13 Jan 2015 – Fri 16 Jan 2015
Tue 13 Jan 2015 – Fri 16 Jan 2015
African Art in Paris: Collections, Objects and Aesthetic Practices, from the Traditional to the Contemporary
Hannah Baader und Gerhard Wolf in collaboration with Romuald Tchibozo (Université d'Abomey-Calavi) and Suzanne Blier (Harvard University).
Program
Tuesday, Jan 13
17:30 Museum visits
Optional: Musée de l'Histoire de l'immigration/ Institut du Monde Arabe, or: Musée des civilisations: Exhibition Le Maroc contemporain
19:30 Visit of Tour Eiffel: World Fair „Exposition Universelle” of 1900 in Paris
Wednesday, Jan 14
09:00 “Le Maroc médiéval. Un empire de l’Afrique à l’Espagne”. Louvre, Hall Napoléon, sous la pyramide) | Avinoam Shalem (Riggio Professor of the History of the Arts of Islam, Columbia University New York and Professor for Islamic Art History, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
15:00 Musée du quai Branly, Gaëlle Beaujean-Baltzer (African Collections, Musée du Quai Branly)
18:15 Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA), Lecture / Meeting: “Ife-Art and Diplomacy c. 1300” by Suzanne Blier
Thursday, Jan 15
10:00 Musée du Louvre, Pavillon de Session (Louvre porte le Lion), Aurelien Gaborit (African Collections, Musée du Quai Branly and Pavillon des Sessions du Louvre)
17:30 Visit at Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte, Thomas Kirchner (Director of Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte, Paris) | Presentation of Suzanne Blier (Harvard University): “Picasso’s Demoiselles: Africa, Sex and Evolution “, Short project presentations by the Fellows of both institutions
Friday, Jan 16
9:30 Musée Dapper (11:30 Meeting with Attaché culturel Gabin Bonny)
12:00 Musée Guimet, Musée national Français des arts asiatiques
