About

ABOUT

Arnold Wentholt is an art historian specializing is the tribal arts of Indonesia, Melanesia and Africa. He holds an MA degree in Art History from Leiden University. Between 1987 and 1998 he worked for various Dutch and international auction houses.

Since 1998 he is an independent tribal art expert, author, and valuator, working for museums, auction houses, insurance companies, dealers and private collectors. In this period he curated two major exhibitions: In kaart gebracht met kapmes en kompas and Van verre volken thuis-Kunst in de kamer. He published two internationally acclaimed scholarly books, In kaart gebracht met kapmes en kompas. Met het Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap op expeditie tussen 1873 en 1960 (2003) and Nusantara, Highlights from Museum Nusantara Delft (2014) see Tribal Art (Summer 2014).

Wentholt’s special interest concerns the tribal arts of the Southeast Asian Archipelago, on which subject he regularly contributes to various journals. He is also developing on a major database documenting the tribal arts of this region.