The African Art Market: Why So Many Antiques Are Not What You Think
One of the most difficult things to explain to somebody who is beginning to collect African art is that the ...
When the Ancestors Came to Court: The Hidden Drama of a Mossi Figure
A 47 cm wooden figure, a royal court, and a glimpse into the world of the Mossi. Looking at this ...
How I look at African Art
How I Look at African Art When an African object comes into my hands, I rarely begin by asking myself ...
The Bellows That Fed the Fire
When I first brought this old Kuba Lele blacksmith’s bellows into my Antwerp shop, it did not look like a ...
How to Collect African Art with an Experienced Eye – David Norden
Welcome To the African Art World. How to collect African Art with an experienced Eye Most people begin collecting African ...
What Is a Fake in African Art?
One of the questions I am most frequently asked is how one can distinguish an authentic African object from a ...
Close Encounters with African Sculpture
Not long ago, a client entered my gallery and paused in front of a small group of figures from northeastern ...
The Mask That Smiled Back
There is an old story I once heard from a collector who spent years traveling through mountain villages between Nepal ...
African Art Authenticity, Colonial Postcards, and the Problem of “Made for the Market” Objects
Recently I revisited a fascinating postcard from the Loango coast, dating from around 1910. At first sight, it appears to ...
Two African Pieces on the Table
This morning, before opening the shop, I placed these two next to each other. Not because they belong to the ...