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Musee du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac

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1913-1923: the Spirit of the Times

Musee du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac · Paris, France · 17 Mar to 20 Sep 2026

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On now at Musee du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac: Plumes from Paradise, First Nations: Arts and Culture of the Northwestern United States, See Tahiti. Early Photographs, 1859-1870.

Visiting Musee du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac

Traces how African and Oceanic objects, once seen mainly as ethnographic material, came to be recognized as art in Paris between 1913 and 1923, through dealers such as Paul Guillaume and artists including Picasso, Matisse and Derain, using archival documents, photographs and sculpture.

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