"The Taíno and Kalinago of the Caribbean" pays tribute to the exhibition presented thirty years ago at the Petit Palais on the initiative of Jacques Chirac, and considered to be a prelude to the birth of the musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac.
In 1994, Jacques Chirac commissioned art collector and dealer Jacques Kerchache to curate an exhibition on the art of the Tainos, a people of the Greater Antilles who were overrun by the Spanish conquest. Presented at the Petit Palais, this event dedicated to a little-known art was a resounding success, initiating a change in the general public’s view of non-Western art.
The Tainos and Kalinagos are two inseparable indigenous societies that inhabited the Caribbean before Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492. Despite their virtual disappearance in the 16th century - decimated by disease and forced labour within a decade - many of today’s Caribbean consider themselves to be their descendants.
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Museum ticket entranceFull price: 14,00 €Reduce rate: 11,00 €
- Place: Atelier Martine Aublet
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TimeSlots:
From Tuesday 04 June 2024 to Sunday 13 October 2024 - Public: All publics
- Categorie : Exhibitions
