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Click below on the photo captions to download high resolution images of the current exhibition Under Malick Sidibé’s Eye and a Song against AIDS, Arts of Mali and the press release.

Malick Sidibé, Nuit de Noël (Happy Club), 1963. Copyright Malick Sidibé, courtesy Galerie Magnin-A.
Malick Sidibé, Djènèba Kouyaté, winner of the second prize of the contest “A Song Against AIDS”, June 2007. Copyright Malick Sidibé, Monique Barbier-Mueller.
Ornament. Inland Niger Delta, Mali. 13th-15th century. Copper alloy. H. 11.4 cm. Inv. 1004-85. Musée Barbier-Mueller, photo Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet.
Statuette with raised arms. Dogon, Mali. 15th-18th century. Wood, ochre patina. H. 76 cm. Former Emil Storrer and Josef Mueller collections, acquired c. 1950. Inv. 1004-3. Musée Barbier-Mueller. Photo Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet.
Large Hogon (ôgo banya) vessel. Dogon, Mali. 18th-19th century. Hardwood, indigenous restorations. H. 83.8 cm. Former Charles Ratton and Frederic R. Pleasants collections. Inv. 1004-33. Musée Barbier-Mueller, photo Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet.
Headdress mask (Chi Wara). Bamana, Ouassoulou region, Mali. Wood, remnants of ochre painting, red and white glass beads, plant fibres. H. 40.5 cm. Former Armand Trampitsch collection. Inv. 1004-187. Musée Barbier-Mueller, photo Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet.
Face mask (Kanaga). Dogon, Mali. Wood painted in white, black, red and blue, leather and fur cords, raffia net. H. 115 cm. Former Josef Mueller collection, acquired before 1952. Inv. 1004-35. Musée Barbier-Mueller, photo Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet.

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