Works from D'un ailleurs à l'autre
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I first learned about Aude Minart and La Galerie Africaine in 2010.  

The article I published about the gallery and its then current exhibition—Tout est Possible Tous les Possibles—was the first of 15 posts that showcase the multitude of artists that Minart has supported over her gallery's 25 years of existence.

This January, La Galerie Africaine has mounted yet another exhibition in the idyllic, historically-classified Cloître des Billettes in the Marais. 

Entrance to Cloître des Billettes
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D'un ailleurs à l'autre (From One Elsewhere to Another) retraces a quarter century of encounters and dialogues with various painters and sculptors from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo, Mali, Martinique, Nigeria, DRC, Senegal, and Togo.

Works displayed in and around the cloister's central courtyard
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La Galerie Africaine exhibitions frequently include works by Camara Gueye (Senegal), Yao Metsoko (Togo), and Yacouba Touré (Burkina Faso), and these artists are represented in D'un ailleurs à l'autre.

Garab
Acrylic on canvas
Camara Gueye
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Works by Yao Metsoko
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En-corps lost wax sculptures by Yacouba Touré
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The gallery is displaying sculptures by Bérengère d'Orsay (France) for the first time.  Large ethereal works occupy the center of the courtyard, and smaller ones are displayed along the long corridors of the cloister.

La Femme Papillon (left) and L'Enfant-Soleil (right)
Bérengère d'Orsay
2025 Sandstone, resin, paper cement and pigments on steel frame
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Le Couple
Bérengère d'Orsay
2025 Paper cement and pigments on steel frame
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An award-winning sculptor, d'Orsay studied art at Parsons School of Design in NYC and earned an MBA at the University of Paris IX Dauphine.  

La Galerie Africaine is also showing a work by Nigeria's Ebenezer Akinola for the first time. 

Gardiens du Royaume III (Guardians of the Kingdom III) is a large figurative painting that commands the space at the far end of the corridor to the left of the entrance of the cloister.

Gardiens du Royaume III
Ebenezer Akinola
Oil on linen canvas
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A lost wax bronze sculpture by Siriki Ky (Burkina Faso) is being sold to support the work of Africa Solidarity, a French and Malian nonprofit organization.

Sans titre
Bérengère d'Orsay
2010 Bronze (lost wax technique)
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Le Lion (The Lion) is an impressive work of iron welding by Bamassi Traoré (Senegal).

Le Lion
Bamassi Traoré
Iron welding, upcycled materials
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Of all the works displayed in this exhibition, my favorites were two by Nelson Gomes Teixeira (Cape Verde).  I loved the piercing gaze of the female portrayed in Présent and was touched by what I felt was sadness in the representation of the Tirailleurs Sénégalais in Le Chemin de l'Inconnu.

Présent
Nelson Gomes Teixeira
Mixed media on canvas
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Le Chemin de l'Inconnu
Nelson Gomes Teixeira
Mixed media on canvas
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D'un Ailleurs à l'Autre is open daily through January 25, 2026.  Visit the cloister Monday through Saturday from 11 AM to 7 PM and Sunday from 2 PM to 7 PM.

La Galerie Africaine hosts "Tea-time et Vin chaud (hot wine)" on Saturdays and Sundays from 4 PM - 6 PM.

Admiring Migration / Reflection ? by Piniang (Senegal)
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Cloître des Billettes
24, rue des Archives
75004 Paris

Contact Aude Minart at:
aude.minart@gmail.com
+33 6 60 24 06 26
Internet: lagalerieafricaine.com