My name is Bernard de Grunne, I am a specialist in Tribal Art: African, Oceanic and Indonesian Tribal art. There are few leading cultures on the market: what is considered as "classic" is what is mostly searched for by collectors, such as the Kongo, the Luba, or the Dogon. But more and more clients are coming from the contemporary art market and are more into tribes that have forms related to what the European Artists got inspired from. Supply issues are common to the general art market. To avoid it, man needs to have a lot of imagination and perseveration such as finding unique groups of objects. In terms of provenances of my clients in a close future, the good old Paris-London-Brussels New York-Los Angeles won't disappear. I see a slight movement towards South America with Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil, but I don't see any access in Asia, neither in Africa. Compared to other fields (Chinese arts, contemporary and modern arts), Tribal Arts are really undervalued. But the African art market hasn't ever been an "investors art market"; my clients envoy buying pieces and keep them for a long time.
180, avenue Franklin Roosevelt
1050 Bruxelles
Belgique
Tél.: +32(0) 2 502 31 71
Mob. : +32(0) 475 61 62 14
Fax : +32(0) 2 503 39 69
E-mail : grunne@skynet.be
