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  • Memories of a Past That Never Happened

    Memories of a Past That Never Happened

    Wolfgang Jaenicke

    At first glance, these photographs appear to come from 1950s New York. They show museum visits, gallery openings, shop windows, elegant gatherings, and seemingly incidental encounters with African art. Their...

    Memories of a Past That Never Happened

    Wolfgang Jaenicke

    At first glance, these photographs appear to come from 1950s New York. They show museum visits, gallery openings, shop windows, elegant gatherings, and seemingly incidental encounters with African art. Their...

  • An object’s biography – The Night of Djenné-Jeno

    An object’s biography – The Night of Djenné-Jeno

    Wolfgang Jaenicke

    ...one can imagine ‘grave robbers’ plundering graves beneath a tent in the pale glow of a camping lamp, whilst a full moon tries to illuminate their sinister goings-on.I took the...

    An object’s biography – The Night of Djenné-Jeno

    Wolfgang Jaenicke

    ...one can imagine ‘grave robbers’ plundering graves beneath a tent in the pale glow of a camping lamp, whilst a full moon tries to illuminate their sinister goings-on.I took the...

  • The Myth of Provenance Research

    The Myth of Provenance Research

    Wolfgang Jaenicke

    When Historical Narratives Replace the Biography of an Object An artwork has a history. Yet this history does not reveal itself automatically. It must be reconstructed from traces, documents, memories,...

    The Myth of Provenance Research

    Wolfgang Jaenicke

    When Historical Narratives Replace the Biography of an Object An artwork has a history. Yet this history does not reveal itself automatically. It must be reconstructed from traces, documents, memories,...

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