Blogs1 - 10 of 22 recent posts for tag:"private collections"
31
Jan
2012
The acquisition of African antiquities

12 days ago by Mary Seeley

In this article from Project Sydicate, Juliet Torome, a writer and documentary film maker, looks at the dubious provenance of many of the African cultural and historical artifacts that have been removed from their original sites or owners and found their way into museums or the hands of private coll ...

SOAS History Library - soashistory.blogspot.com

02
Jan
2012
Khartoum Known For Horses

41 days ago by admin

Article by dayna midler Khartoum is a very subtle and famous city of Africa. Khartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan. It contains many amazing spectacles within itself that holds the interest of tourist from all over the world. The word has a very deep meaning in history. Horses have alway ...

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29
Dec
2011
Khartoum Known For Horses

45 days ago by admin

Khartoum is a very subtle and famous city of Africa. Khartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan. It contains many amazing spectacles within itself that holds the interest of tourist from all over the world. The word has a very deep meaning in history. Horses have always been famous in the har ...

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24
Dec
2011
Adam Nankervis @ webSYNradio

50 days ago by erika

Adam Nankervis [photo Stephanie Gerner] Adam Nankervis is an artist and independent curator. His practice has infused artistic, conceptual and curatorial practice in his lived in nomadic museum, Museum MAN, which renders the ready made, the habitated box, an apartment, to the navigation of the expan ...

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23
Dec
2011
One Artist's Passion: Collector Scott Cook

51 days ago by AntiqueGuide

One Artist's Passion: Collector Scott Cook Filed under: collections antique The dogs are as much a presence on the antiques trail as they are in "their” gardens and throughout "their” house. —Antiques and The Arts Photo, R. Scudder Smith One artist's passion spawned a compelling antiques collection, ...

Antiques and Collectibles - squarecircleantiques.com · Rank: 76,169 · 1 reference

07
Dec
2011
Armoires and Accents

66 days ago by Isaac's Mom

I am giving you a tour of my house.... okay so its actually THE Armoires and Accent space but still, these pieces are going somewhere once I move out of my apartment. I love this dog, doesn't make a mess, doesn't even poop and even doesn't want to be fed. What more can you ask for? This is my favori ...

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28
Oct
2011
Cézanne et Paris at Musée du Luxembourg

106 days ago by Karen

There are so many block-buster (read overcrowded) art expos in Paris that it’s a treat to see a small show in a small museum. Organized in collaboration with the Petit Palais, and drawing on private collections from around the world, Cézanne et Paris at Musée du Luxembourg is a gem. Eighty major wor ...

What’s New in Paris - parisbydesign.wordpress.com · 1 reference

25
Oct
2011
Vieira da Silva painting "Saint-Fargeau" sold for 1.54 Million Euro

110 days ago by José

This October 22nd, the oil painting "Saint-Fargeau" (162 x 114 cm) by the portuguese artist Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908-1992), and completed between 1961-1965, was sold for € 1,544,701 (includes buyer premium) during the auction of the Jorge de Brito collection at the Tajan auction house. Thi ...

The Art Inquirer - theartinquirer.blogspot.com · Rank: 129,836 · 13 references

28
Sep
2011
Unusual museums start from private collections

136 days ago by Beverly Burmeier

Many collections originate from personal passions. But what happens when they outgrow those simple beginnings? Some morph into public museums that continue to reflect the owner’s love for specific, often quirky, items.

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