Colnaghi and Carlo Bella’s first joint exhibition, Power Figures, will open at Colnaghi New York on 27 May. Taking its title from the term ‘power figure,’ used in African Art to denote ancestral statues and reliquaries that served as instruments for protecting, healing and administering justice in tribal communities, Power Figures aims to investigate artworks as sites of memory, legacy, and convention, and to create dialogues between artistic traditions that speak to the significance of human representation in the formation and maintenance of cultural tradition.

Power Figures will be on view at Colnaghi New York, 23 East 67th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10065 from 27 May – 6 June 2025, and will be open additionally by appointment beginning 20 May. For appointments, please email newyork@colnaghi.com

    • URHOBO ARTIST, Shrine Maternity Figure, oniemo, Nigeria, late 19th-early 20th century
      URHOBO ARTIST, Shrine Maternity Figure, oniemo, Nigeria, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • GIOVANNI BATTISTA CARACCIOLO, Portrait of a noblewoman
      GIOVANNI BATTISTA CARACCIOLO, Portrait of a noblewoman
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    • SENUFO ARTIST, Rhythm Pounder, korogo, Ivory Coast, late 19th-early 20th century
      SENUFO ARTIST, Rhythm Pounder, korogo, Ivory Coast, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • Torso of Apollo
      Torso of Apollo
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    • SONGYE ARTIST, Figure, nkishi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th-early 20th century
      SONGYE ARTIST, Figure, nkishi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • YU'PIK ARTIST, Shaman Mask, Western Alaska, late 19th-early 20th century
      YU'PIK ARTIST, Shaman Mask, Western Alaska, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • DAN ARTIST, Mask, Ivory Coast, late 19th-early 20th century
      DAN ARTIST, Mask, Ivory Coast, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • Head of a Veiled Woman, Etruscan, late 4th to early 3rd century B.C.
      Head of a Veiled Woman, Etruscan, late 4th to early 3rd century B.C.
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    • ATTRIBUTED TO SEMANGOY, Kota Reliquary Figure, Gabon, late 19th-early 20th century
      ATTRIBUTED TO SEMANGOY, Kota Reliquary Figure, Gabon, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • ANONYMOUS, A First Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, 1673
      ANONYMOUS, A First Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, 1673
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    • IGBO ARTIST, Mask, Nigeria, late 19th-early 20th century
      IGBO ARTIST, Mask, Nigeria, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • BINI ARTIST, Ram Altar Head, Nigeria, 18th century
      BINI ARTIST, Ram Altar Head, Nigeria, 18th century
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    • BAMILEKE ARTIST, Standing Male Figure, Cameroon, late 19th-early 20th century
      BAMILEKE ARTIST, Standing Male Figure, Cameroon, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • Statue of Narcissus, Roman, Hadrianic, ca. 117-138 A.D.
      Statue of Narcissus, Roman, Hadrianic, ca. 117-138 A.D.
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    • TEKE ARTIST, Seated Figure, buti, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th-early 20th century
      TEKE ARTIST, Seated Figure, buti, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • Schematic Idol of the Kusura Type, Anatolia, Early Bronze Age, ca. 2700-2300 BC
      Schematic Idol of the Kusura Type, Anatolia, Early Bronze Age, ca. 2700-2300 BC
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    • SONGYE ARTIST, Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th-early 20th century
      SONGYE ARTIST, Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • KOTA ARTIST, Helmet Mask, emboli, Gabon, late 19th-early 20th century
      KOTA ARTIST, Helmet Mask, emboli, Gabon, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • SHERBRO ARTIST, Mask, Sierra Leone, late 19th-early 20th century
      SHERBRO ARTIST, Mask, Sierra Leone, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • NICCOLÒ CASSANA, Portrait of John III Sobieski, c. 1690
      NICCOLÒ CASSANA, Portrait of John III Sobieski, c. 1690
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    • IGBO ARTIST, Scepter Finial modeled after the skull of a leopard, Nigeria, 11th-15th century
      IGBO ARTIST, Scepter Finial modeled after the skull of a leopard, Nigeria, 11th-15th century
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    • YORUBA ARTIST, Owo Pendant, Nigeria, 15th-17th century
      YORUBA ARTIST, Owo Pendant, Nigeria, 15th-17th century
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    • BAMANA ARTIST, Headdress, Chiwara, Mali, late 19th-early 20th century
      BAMANA ARTIST, Headdress, Chiwara, Mali, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • TEKE (TSAYE) ARTIST, Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th-early 20th century
      TEKE (TSAYE) ARTIST, Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • MUMUYE ARTIST, Figure, Nigeria, late 19th-early 20th century
      MUMUYE ARTIST, Figure, Nigeria, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • KOTA ARTIST, Reliquary Figure, bwele, Gabon, late 19th-early 20th century
      KOTA ARTIST, Reliquary Figure, bwele, Gabon, late 19th-early 20th century
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    • QUIMBAYA ARTIST, Poporo of a Seated Female Holding Ceremonial Objects with Scrolls, Middle Cauca valley, Colombia, 400-1000 AD
      QUIMBAYA ARTIST, Poporo of a Seated Female Holding Ceremonial Objects with Scrolls, Middle Cauca valley, Colombia, 400-1000 AD
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    • MAYAN ARTIST, Incense Burner , Mexico/Guatemala, 300-600 AD, Early Classic period
      MAYAN ARTIST, Incense Burner , Mexico/Guatemala, 300-600 AD, Early Classic period
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