• Explore magic, sacrifice and divination in the Congo, Paris.

    If you’re feeling the holiday buzz, but can’t tear yourself away for a full week in the sun, why not summer in the Congo (Paris) at the Quai de Branley Museum this weekend? The Quai de Branley holds a renowned collection of African art and artifacts stretching back thousands of years and across as many miles. This summer their exhibition Congo River focuses on the peoples of central Africa and...

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    Photo shows heart shaped mask held up by two hands under french title of exhibition

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  • EnTWINed by Rabindra Singh + Amrit Singh

    June 1, 2010 - June 1, 2011
    EnTWINed, The Singh Twins, gouache and gold dust on card, 2009, © the artists

    Singh Twins, Amrit and Rabindra, respond to the Museum's paintings by Henry Nelson O'Neil which depict soldiers setting off for the First Indian War of Independence. In their contemporary twist on...

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  • London Burials

    September 4, 2010
    Sepia arial photo shows Whitechapel plague pits

    Find out where the bodies of old Londoners are hidden – from single graves to plague pits.

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  • Trail blazing summer of Indian Portraiture

    A new window cut into a period of history which saw a number of important developments in portrait painting techniques and focuses. Peer through to...
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