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Charger, circa 1500, Turkish. Detroit Institute of Arts. Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund(2006.58)New Islamic art gallery debuts in Detroit
Crains Detroit - February 22nd, 2010 04:22
The Detroit Institute of Arts will unveil a new 3,350-square-foot gallery on Feb. 28 with a rotating collection of 168 of the museum's 1,400 Islamic artworks. “This is a phenomenon going on around the world. Almost everyone is getting a new Islamic gallery,” curator Heather Ecker says. Works on view will include a Timurid Qur'an dating from about 1450, the largest surviving Ottoman velvet summer carpet from the 17th century, and an enameled bottle made in Syria for one of ...

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A Victorian silver askos-form jug with the mark of Paul Storr, London, 1837, from the collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III, brought $40,000 against a $20,000-$30,000 estimate at Christie's in January 2010. CHRISTIE'S INTERNATIONAL.
According to antiques valuers in the U.K., auction prices have been climbing steadily for leading English silversmiths of the 18th and 19th centuries, including works by Paul de Lamerie, Hester ...
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Theseus Slaying a Centaur, Antonio Canova, 1812. Photo: Flickr user arthistory390
On Thursday nights, Vienna's Museum of Fine Arts lures in tourists and locals alike with a tantalizing dinner and dessert buffet, not to mention the masterpieces of art. Leading caterer Gerstner ...
Part of the al-Sabah collection is a rock crystal bowl set with gems, India, 18th-19th c.
A 430-carat emerald the size of a tangerine, a dagger and scabbard studded with 2,400 rubies, diamonds, emeralds, ivory and agate---these now-unthinkably costly objects are stunning examples in an ...
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“European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century" is at Atlanta's High Museum of Art, June 5–August 29, 2010HIGH TO HOST EXHIBITION EXAMINING 20 YEARS OF INNOVATION IN EUROPEAN DESIGN FROM PHILIPPE STARCK TO JURGEN BEY
Release Date: 17 February 2010
The High Museum of Art will host “European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century,” the first comprehensive assessment of Western European design from 1985 to 2005. The exhibition traces the evolution of design with nearly 200 works by some of the most influential artists of this ...

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