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War Art and Ritual: Visit to Bill Evans’s Shield Collection

31/05/2021 Collections, V26 Issue 2

Reviewed by Bill Rathmell Whenever I go to an art gallery or museum show, I buy the catalogue (or I don’t) on the basis of the “wow” factor of the …

Notes on Dumont d’Urville

10/12/2019 Collections, V24 Issue 4

One of the early French navigators whose collection will be viewed in La Rochelle on the OAS Pre-2020 Parcours Tour of South West France. By Pierre Laffont Dumont d’Urville survived three circumnavigations …

Masterpieces of Oceanic Art from the Todd Barlin Collection during OAS Forum February 2019

23/12/2018 Collections, V23 Issue 4

by Todd Barlin A passion for collecting over 40 years will showcase not only Oceanic Art but also Artworks from SE Asia, Tibet and Japan. The small group tours will …

Elizabeth Pryce and Dee Scott

The Elizabeth Pryce Collection on Centre Stage in Paris

23/12/2018 Collections, V23 Issue 4

Elizabeth (Beth) Pryce is well known to Oceanic art lovers throughout Australia and around the world. A founding member of the OAS and inaugural Secretary, Elizabeth is one of the …

The Sam and Sharon Singer Collection of Oceanic Art

24/08/2018 Collections, V23 Issue 3

Based on a presentation by Sam Singer at the OAS Savage Club Forum, 2017 I want to thank OAS for bringing all of us, scholars, collectors, museums, dealers, and auction …

Jens Bjerre – Danish Adventurer

05/03/2018 Collections, V23 Issue 1, Volume 23

by Leif Birger Holmstedt At the end of the Second World War the Danish travel ban ceased and the door had opened to the wider world. Jens Bjerre, a budding …

The Art of Warfare in Papua New Guinea

08/09/2017 Collections, V22 Issue 4

By Clémentine Débrosse, Pacific Arts volunteer, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Traditionally, warfare was one of the most important actions of a man’s life in Papua New Guinea. It was …

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