Dialogue and Silences at the Musée du Quai Branly

Sally Price will lead a guided tour through Paris’s new museum of “arts premiers” (once known as “primitive art”)Based partly on Professor Price’s recent book, Paris Primitive: Jacques Chirac’s Museum on the Quai Branly, this illustrated talk will explore the politics that contribute to the establishment of value and provenance, with special focus on the world of art collecting in France. Sponsored by donors to the Jane Powell Dwyer Memorial Lecture and the Friends HMA. Reception to follow.