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Thanks to Suzanne O’Connell, I have some more photographs from Paris to share with you all.  This first shot comes from the press conference on the Monday of opening week, which everyone was enjoying while Harvey and I were making our … Continue reading →

I. The Press More than two weeks have passed since French President Jacques Chirac formally opened the Musee du Quai Branly along with the deputation of Australian artists and advisors, curators, diplomats, and friends on June 20. News reports continue … Continue reading →

So far I’ve spent all my time on this blog talking about the adjunct building that houses the MQB conservators’ workshop and is the site of the Australian Indigenous Art Commission’s (AIAC) works. That was certainly the prime draw for … Continue reading →

During much of the week preceding the opening of the Musee du Quai Branly there was considerable talk about the Aboriginal work being installed in places that were not open to the public. Despite the architects’ repeated protestations that the … Continue reading →

I’ve not yet mentioned the Australian Embassy in my posts from Paris this week, and recognition of their efforts is now overdue. We are most grateful to Harriet O’Malley, the Cultural Attache here in Paris, for her wamrth and hospitality, … Continue reading →

This morning, June 23 2006, the Musee du Quai Branly opened to the public. To mark the occasion, and to recognize the gift from Australia’s indigenous people to the Musee of the great paintings that adorn the administrative building (aka … Continue reading →

Continuing on with my photo essay on the Musee du Quai Branly, here are some photographs of the one area that’s officially open to the public at large, the bookstore. It contains a large reproduction of a painting by Mawurndjul … Continue reading →