{"id":5149,"date":"2019-02-03T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.covetfoundation.com\/events\/?p=5149"},"modified":"2020-01-19T20:05:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T20:05:29","slug":"fascinating-pre-columbian-art-at-pad-geneve-2019-galerie-mermoz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covetfoundation.com\/events\/fascinating-pre-columbian-art-at-pad-geneve-2019-galerie-mermoz\/","title":{"rendered":"Fascinating Pre-Columbian Art at PAD Geneve 2019: Galerie Mermoz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Galerie Mermoz<\/strong>, one of the exhibitors you can\u2019t miss at PAD Geneve 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/a>,\u00a0 dedicates itself to pre-Columbian<\/strong> Mesoamerican and South American arts since 1970. From the beginning, it is internationally celebrated as one of the finest references in this field.<\/p>\n

\n\"Fascinating

\u201cKneeling Priest\u201d. Huastec, Mexico. 1300-1500 A.D. Made of beige sandy limestone. Photo: \u00a9Galerie Mermoz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Fascinating

\u201cCihuateotl \u2013 Standing Goddess\u201d. Veracruz, Mexico. 900-1300 A.D. Made with brown hollow terracotta. Photo: \u00a9Galerie Mermoz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Through time, this art gallery<\/strong> was successful \u00a0in bringing to the light the mysteries about the richness<\/strong> of civilizations such as the Olmec<\/strong> (900 \u2013 600 B.C.), Mezcala<\/strong> (350 \u2013 100 B.C.), Colima<\/strong> (100 B.C.\u2013 A.D. 250), Maya<\/strong> (450 \u2013 750 A.D) as well as cultures from Peru (Nazca<\/strong>, Mochica<\/strong>, Chimu<\/strong>\u2026) and Costa Rica.<\/p>\n

\n\"Fascinating

\u201cFighting Scene\u201d. Chimu, Peru. 1100-1470 A.D. Made with hollowed out brown terracotta with black coating. Photo: \u00a9Galerie Mermoz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Fascinating

\u201cSeated Dignitary\u201d. Maya, Jaina, Campeche, Mexique. 500-850 A.D. Made of hollow beige terracotta with marks of turquoise painting. Photo: \u00a9Galerie Mermoz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Fascinating

\u201cStanding Man-Jaguar\u201d. Diquis, Costa Rica. 800-1500 A.D. Photo: \u00a9Galerie Mermoz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Its owner, Santo Micali<\/strong>, is a pioneer and expert for 40 years, who loves to share his passion for Pre-Columbian Art<\/strong> by showcasing his exquisite collection<\/strong> composed of the finest quality<\/strong> and carefully curated pieces<\/strong>. He contributed to the rising of major American<\/strong> and European art collections<\/strong>, and also collaborates with famous museums<\/strong> and private collectors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\n\"Fascinating

\u201cStanding Figure \u2013 Totem\u201d. Chimu, Peru. 1100-1550 A.D. Made of wood. Photo: \u00a9Galerie Mermoz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Fascinating

\u201cXipe Totec \u2013 God of Spring\u201d. Aztec, Mexico. 1300-1521 A.D. Made of brown andesite. Photo: \u00a9Galerie Mermoz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

His knowledge and advice are always treasured. Some of the gallery\u2019s extraordinary pieces are exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago<\/strong> (Chicago), the Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/strong> (New York), the Mus\u00e9e du Quai Branly<\/strong> (Paris), the Museum aan de Stroom<\/strong> (MAS \u2013 Antwerp) and the Miho Museum<\/strong> (Kyoto).<\/p>\n

\n\"Fascinating

\u201cStanding Dignitary\u201d. Teotihuacan, Mexico. 450-650 A.D. Made of green mottled serpentinite with inclays of pyrite. Photo: \u00a9Galerie Mermoz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Fascinating

\u201cShaman\u201d. Colima, Mexico. 100 B.C.-250 A.D. Made of brown hollow terracotta with a brown-beige coating. Photo: \u00a9Galerie Mermoz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Galerie Mermoz, one of the exhibitors you can\u2019t miss at PAD Geneve 2019,\u00a0 dedicates itself to pre-Columbian Mesoamerican and South American arts since 1970. From the beginning, it is internationally celebrated as one of the finest references in this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[847,1285,697,684,2613,2610,694,2607,2603,52,574,2611,2599,2604,2600,2612,2602,2616,2606,2614,2615,2363,2605,2601,2303,2302,2609,2608],"class_list":["post-5149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design","category-events","tag-art-collection","tag-art-collections","tag-art-collectors","tag-art-gallery","tag-art-institute-of-chicago","tag-best-art-collection","tag-best-art-galleries","tag-chimu","tag-colima","tag-curator","tag-fine-art","tag-finest-quality-art","tag-galerie-mermoz","tag-maya","tag-mermoz","tag-metropolitan-museum-of-art","tag-mezcala","tag-miho-museum","tag-mochica","tag-musee-du-quai-branly","tag-museum-aan-de-stroom","tag-museums","tag-nazca","tag-olmec","tag-pad-geneve","tag-pad-geneve-2019","tag-pre-columbian-art","tag-santo-micali"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covetfoundation.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covetfoundation.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covetfoundation.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covetfoundation.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covetfoundation.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.covetfoundation.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12808,"href":"https:\/\/www.covetfoundation.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5149\/revisions\/12808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covetfoundation.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covetfoundation.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covetfoundation.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covetfoundation.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}