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• Islamic art takes centre stage in Dallas

  26-12-2016 22:00
  
  When the Dallas Museum of Art secured the loan of one of the worlds most significant private collections of Islamic art two years ago, few predicted the resonance it would have today. As the US prepares to inaugurate a president who once proposed banning Muslims from entering the country, the museum is reaffirming its commitment to Islamic art. It is preparing a dedicated gallery on its ground floor for the Keir Collection2,000 works assembled by the late Hungarian lawyer and collector Edmund d
  
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• Antiques trade adapts to survive

  26-12-2016 22:00
  
  Times are tough for the antiques trade. Storefronts on a stretch of Madison Avenue that was once home to august firms like Kentshire, Florian Papp and Mallett are seeking new tenants, while Bland, Louis Bofferding and the Chinese Porcelain Company have moved to smaller quarters near the Decoration & Design Building.
   
  Although demand for modern and contemporary furniture and all things Tiffanyas highlighted by the December design salescontinues to climb, the market for British and cont
  
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• 4 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week

  26-12-2016 18:36 via artnews.com
  MONDAY, DECEMBER 26Screening: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg at Metrograph As the year winds to a close, it’s a perfect time for unrestrained sentimentality. And what better way to get you in the mood than Jacques Demy’s classic romances? The Umbrellas … Read More
  
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• Morning Links: George Michael Edition

  26-12-2016 15:00 via artnews.com
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• Why we're still baroque-ing around the Christmas tree

  26-12-2016 10:00
  
  We think of Christmas decorations as a Victorian invention, but they actually link us back to the baroque age – when bling and glitz formed a stairway to heavenIt’s the time of year when the baroque makes a comeback. Angels are everywhere, garlands are festooned about the place, and everything that can be decorated, is.We tend to think of Christmas decorations as a 19th-century idea. In Britain, the first Christmas tree was installed by Queen Charlotte in 1800, and the definitive Vic
  
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• Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, ‘gentleman collector’ of ethnographic art, has died aged 86

  26-12-2016 08:25
  
  The private Swiss collector Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller died on 22 December in Geneva, aged 86. A gentleman collector of ethnographic art, as described by the French newspaper Le Figaro, Barbier-Mueller amassed one of the largest private collections of Pre-Columbian, African and Oceanic art in Europe, together with his wife Monique Barbier-Mueller. The couple were also instrumental in establishing the Muse du quai BranlyJacques Chirac in Paris by providing more than 1,200 works to the museums col
  
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• 'A new generation of art lovers should see the genius of Sidney Nolan'

  26-12-2016 08:01
  
  Trust hopes that centenary of once-famous painter, now largely forgotten in the UK, will revive his reputation There was a time when Sidney Nolan was one of the best-known artists in the world, yet mention his name in the UK today and there might be a vague flicker of recognition. But more likely a shrug of the shoulders.“It is really hard to imagine just how famous Sidney Nolan was,” said former journalist David Lipsey, now a Labour peer. “He was a man absolutely at the forefr
  
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• Liz Glynn brings turn-of-the-century grandeur to Central Park with her open-air ballroom

  26-12-2016 06:08
  
  New Yorkers can enter a gilded ballroom next spring in Central Park courtesy of Liz Glynn. The Los Angeles-based artist will present her version of the grandiose William C. Whitney ballroom, which once stood in a Fifth Avenue mansion located eight blocks away, at the 3,500 sq. ft Doris C. Freedman Plaza located at the parks southeast entrance.
  For the new Public Art Fund commission, entitled Open House (1 March-24 September), Glynn will re-create the 18th-century ballroom furniture, from sofas
  
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