Paris, 2 April 2014,
Artcurial has announced the opening of a new department dedicated to tribal art. According to the auction house, this venture has been prompted by a string of successful sales, notably, the collections of Louis Carré (2002), Baudouin de Grunne (2006) and Alex Van Opstal (2008).
The department is to be led by Florence Latieule, a specialist in contemporary art. Lucas Ratton, an expert in African art and the founder of the eponymous gallery on Paris’s Rue de Seine, is to take up the position of consultant. Bernard de Grunne, a Belgian historian specialising in tribal art, is to become the department’s advisor on scientific and cultural plans.
Despite the fact the department is only in its first year of action, Artcurial have already announced two sales to take place this year: the first on 16 June, and the second scheduled for a date in December.