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Native American Art Gift on show at de Young Museum
A recent gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Thomas W. Weisel Family Collection is an extraordinary anthology of Native American art assembled over three decades by the local banker and businessman Thom Weisel, a pioneer in the development of high tech…
Flying carpets in Vienna
The Carpet Hall at the Austrian Museum for Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna has just reopened to the public after an extensive and imaginative reinstallation that presents the museum's permanent collection.
Daniel Shaffer · 2 min
Greek Dress at the Hellenic Centre, London
Marylebone, in Central London, might seem an unlikely place for an exhibition of Greek costume, but it is the home of the Hellenic Centre, a focus for philhellenes and London’s Greek community. There could be found a rare opportunity to see an impressive range of Greek dress…
Lucy Upward · 3 min
Christie’s Carpets soar to $4million
Christie’s well-attended King Street sale of ‘Oriental Rugs and Carpets’ in London on Tuesday 8 April 2014 was a triumph for consignors and, a rare thing these days, a pleasure to attend.
Chicken Cup sells at Sotheby's for $36 million
A tiny porcelain Chicken cup from the Ming dynasty has set a new record at Sotheby's Hong Kong, fetching $36m (£21.5m) at auction. Those gathered in the auction house broke into a round of applause as the hammer fell on the sale.
