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Exhibition view of the module “Open Storage Africa. Appropriating objects and imagining Africa“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum, with the exhibition "Confronting Colonial Pasts, Envisioning Creative Futures" about the cooperation project on collections from Namibia in the foreground, on the right a textile artwork by Namibian fashion designer Cynthia Schimming © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “Open Storage Africa. Appropriating objects and imagining Africa“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum, with the exhibition “Confronting Colonial Pasts, Envisioning Creative Futures“ about the cooperation project on collections from Namibia in the foreground, on the right a textile artwork by Namibian fashion designer Cynthia Schimming © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “Open Storage Africa. Appropriating objects and imagining Africa“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “Open Storage Africa. Appropriating objects and imagining Africa“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Outrigger Boat from Santa Cruz Islands in the module “Oceania: People and Sea. A sea of islands“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Outrigger Boat from Santa Cruz Islands in the module “Oceania: People and Sea. A sea of islands“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Throne "Mandu Yenu" with footrest (Cameroon, before 1885) in the module "Colonial Cameroon. Conquest and agency“ of the Ethnologisches Museum at Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Throne “Mandu Yenu“ with footrest (Cameroon, before 1885) in the module “Colonial Cameroon. Conquest and agency“ of the Ethnologisches Museum at Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “Sound of the World. The study of organised sound“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “Sound of the World. The study of organised sound“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

The listening room in the module "Sound of the World. The study of organised sound" of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

The listening room in the module “Sound of the World. The study of organised sound“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module "Art from Oceania" of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “Art from Oceania“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Buddha (Pakistan, 2nd-3rd century) in the module "Buddhist Art in South Asia. Stupas, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Buddha (Pakistan, 2nd-3rd century) in the module “Buddhist Art in South Asia. Stupas, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Processional bull "Nandi", Shiva’s mount, (17th century) in the module "Hindu Art in South Asia“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Processional bull “Nandi“, Shiva’s mount, (17th century) in the module “Hindu Art in South Asia“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module „Courtly India“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module „Courtly India“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in water-moon-pose (China, Song Dynasty, 960 – 1279) in the module "Art and cult. Sacred art in China and Japan“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in water-moon-pose (China, Song Dynasty, 960 – 1279) in the module “Art and cult. Sacred art in China and Japan“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander

Exhibition view of the module "Art in Japan, area: Text, Image and Performance“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “Art in Japan, area: Text, Image and Performance“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Imperial throne seat with three part screen (China, 1651 - 1675) in the module “China and Euope. Art between war and peace" of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Imperial throne seat with three part screen (China, 1651 - 1675) in the module “China and Euope. Art between war and peace“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Tee house by Ai Weiwei (China, 2009) in the module “China and Euope. Art between war and peace" of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel
In the event of a request for use, the respective editorial office is requested to contact the artist Ai Weiwei or his office independently and clarify the use.

Tee house by Ai Weiwei (China, 2009) in the module “China and Euope. Art between war and peace“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

In the event of a request for use, the respective editorial office is requested to contact the artist Ai Weiwei or his office independently and clarify the use.

Exhibition view of the module „Artists and Connoisseurs. Chinese art in context“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module „Artists and Connoisseurs. Chinese art in context“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Art work "Without title" by Cynthia Schimming as part of the exhibition "Confronting Colonial Pasts, Envisioning Creative Futures" on the cooperation concerning the collections from Namibia at the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Julia Binter

Art work “Without title“ by Cynthia Schimming as part of the exhibition “Confronting Colonial Pasts, Envisioning Creative Futures“ on the cooperation concerning the collections from Namibia at the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Julia Binter

Power figure "mangaaka" (Congo, Yombe, 19th century) in the module "Open Storage Africa. Appropriating objects and imagining Africa" of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Power figure “mangaaka“ (Congo, Yombe, 19th century) in the module “Open Storage Africa. Appropriating objects and imagining Africa“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Big Outrigger Boat from the Island of Luf in the module “Oceania: People and Sea. A sea of islands“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Big Outrigger Boat from the Island of Luf in the module “Oceania: People and Sea. A sea of islands“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Installation "Indignation" by Justine Gaga in the module "Colonial Cameroon. Conquest and agency“ of the Ethnologisches Museum at Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Installation “Indignation“by Justine Gaga in the module “Colonial Cameroon. Conquest and agency“ of the Ethnologisches Museum at Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “Sound of the World. The study of organised sound“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “Sound of the World. The study of organised sound“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module "From New Ireland to Berlin. Collecting in the colonial period“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “From New Ireland to Berlin. Collecting in the colonial period“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Feather coat (Hawaii, before 1819) in the module “Art from Oceania“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Feather coat (Hawaii, before 1819) in the module “Art from Oceania“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module "Jain Art in India“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “Jain Art in India“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Parvati or Uma, the goddess Shiva as a processional figure (South India, 14th -16th century) in the module "Hindu Art in South Asia“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Parvati or Uma, the goddess Shiva as a processional figure (South India, 14th -16th century) in the module “Hindu Art in South Asia“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the domed room in the module "Turfan Collection Central Asia“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the domed room in the module “Turfan Collection Central Asia“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

The tea house developed by URA Architects from Kanazawa (Japan) in close coordination with the Chado Urasenke Teeweg Association in Berlin in the module "Art in Japan, area: Tea as Art“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

The tea house developed by URA Architects from Kanazawa (Japan) in close coordination with the Chado Urasenke Teeweg Association in Berlin in the module “Art in Japan, area: Tea as Art“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module "Art in Japan, area: Painting and Space" of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “Art in Japan, area: Painting and Space“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “China and Euope. Art between war and peace" of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the module “China and Euope. Art between war and peace“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Pair of "Child Companions" (Joseon Dynasty, 1392 – 1910) in the module "Korea inspires. Regional and global“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Pair of “Child Companions“ (Joseon Dynasty, 1392 – 1910) in the module “Korea inspires. Regional and global“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the "East Asia study collection“ and the modul "Artists and Connoisseurs. Chinese art in context“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst im Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Foto: Alexander Schippel

Exhibition view of the “East Asia study collection“ and the modul “Artists and Connoisseurs. Chinese art in context“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst im Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Foto: Alexander Schippel



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