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Louvre Opens New Gallery for Primitive Arts

exhibition · 2026-04-23

A new gallery dedicated to primitive arts has opened at the Louvre, with plans for an additional museum space. The gallery showcases various forms of tribal arts, celebrating a stratum of magical thinking and the origins of art in the present tense.

Key facts

  • A room at the Louvre is now devoted to primitive arts.
  • A new museum dedicated to primitive arts is planned.
  • The gallery presents diverse types of tribal arts.
  • The exhibition celebrates magical thinking and art origins.

Entities

Institutions

  • Louvre

Locations

  • Paris
  • France

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