Tambaran Gallery

Tambaran Gallery Tambaran is one of New York City’s oldest Tribal Art galleries specializing in exceptionally beautiful museum quality pieces.

Founded in 1979 by Maureen Zarember, the gallery offers an unrivaled expertise in African, Oceanic and North-West Coast American art to private collectors and museums all over the world. Zarember’s eye for authenticity, condition and aesthetic are well established in the tribal art market where she has been helping clients build collections for over thirty years. With a gallery open to the public,

she also welcomes young collectors, first time buyers and students. Tambaran’s objects have been exhibited and sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Linden Museum in Stuttgart Germany, the Royal Academy of Arts London, the Royal Academy of Arts Berlin, the Museum of African Art, Smith College Museum of Art, the Heye Foundation of Art, the Minjie Museum in California, the Detroit Institute Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Neuberger Museum of Art, the National Gallery in Canberra Australia, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and Le Museé de quai Branly. Tambaran’s art has been featured in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper’s BAZAAR and the Estee Lauder “Primitive Worlds” Advertising Campaign. A number of major collections and auction houses have chosen Tambaran as a venue for their masterworks. Examples include the French collection of Hubert Goldet, the Geiger Collection of Pre-Columbian Art and the Pierre & Claude Verité collection.

03/24/2026
Tambaran Gallery is honored to invite you to the opening reception of CONVERSATIONSThe first in a series of exhibitions ...
10/25/2025

Tambaran Gallery is honored to invite you to the opening reception of CONVERSATIONS

The first in a series of exhibitions fostering dialogue among collectors, curators, and art dealers.

Guest of Honor is Mitchell Harwood

Opening October 29, 2024
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

The conversation is scheduled to start at 7:00 PM

As we reflect on what lies ahead for Tambaran in 2025, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude for y...
07/27/2025

As we reflect on what lies ahead for Tambaran in 2025, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering support during this challenging year. We wish you a joyful Christmas filled with warmth and happiness, and we look forward to seeing you in 2025. Thank you for being with us on this journey and stay Tuned!

Please join us on May 8th from 5-8 for the opening of Hidden Identities : Tribal Masks and contemporary works by Floranc...
05/02/2024

Please join us on May 8th from 5-8 for the opening of Hidden Identities : Tribal Masks and contemporary works by Florance Vacher

Image 1: important Lega Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, wood, pigment, fiber. H: 11 1/2 inches

Image 2: Florance Vacher, Kiki, 2022, wool, linen, denim with embroideries 56 x 56 inches

Last 2 days to visit us at The Winter Show, Booth B3,at Park Avenue Armory,643 Park Avenue & 67 St, New York The public ...
01/27/2024

Last 2 days to visit us at The Winter Show, Booth B3,
at Park Avenue Armory,
643 Park Avenue & 67 St, New York

The public hours of the show are as follows:
- Saturday: 12 PM – 7 PM
- Sunday: 12 PM – 6 PM

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Thank you everyone for coming to celebrate Virginia Webbs book signing last evening. It was great to see so many old fri...
12/15/2023

Thank you everyone for coming to celebrate Virginia Webbs book signing last evening. It was great to see so many old friends.

Very rare Bagwa Trophy HeadAfrica, CameroonBangwa / BamilekeCirca early 20th CenturyHeight 19”WoodProvenance Ex Prince N...
02/22/2023

Very rare Bagwa Trophy Head
Africa, Cameroon
Bangwa / Bamileke
Circa early 20th Century
Height 19”
Wood

Provenance
Ex Prince Ngoya Collection Cameroon

If you want to know more about this fantastic work, visit Tambaran Gallery profile on the VIRTUAL EDITION
of San Francisco Tribal and Textile Show & The American Indian Art Show
San Francisco, February 23–26, 2023!
Don't miss it!

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Tambaran Gallery and Tambaran 2
are pleased to invite you to the exhibition “ADELAIDE DE MENILPortraits from Papua New G...
12/03/2022

Tambaran Gallery and Tambaran 2
are pleased to invite you to the exhibition “ADELAIDE DE MENIL
Portraits from Papua New Guinea
1969–1973,” co-presented by Tambaran Gallery and the Rock Foundation in celebration of the 100th birthday of Edmund Carpenter.
OPENING RECEPTION
December 6, 2022 - 5 to 8
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5 E 82nd Street
New York, NY
10028

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 6pm
Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm

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