Decorative arts

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Asia Week, New York: Dealers and auction houses report strong sales

There were new buyers and more collectors from India and China, but the art fairs were quieter events

Former fugitive opens decorative arts gallery

Roberto Polo, once the toast of Paris, returns in style

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Modern Indian art fetches top prices at Sotheby's

But older decorative arts of the subcontinent fail to excite buyers

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Parisian auction results buoyed by decorative arts

Most auctioneers reported increased sales in 2005

The new domesticity in Contemporary art

Focus is on the decorative arts at Art Basel Miami Beach

SOFA fair, Chicago. Who are the craft collectors?

Many who buy paintings and sculpture are now starting to invest in contemporary decorative arts

Booksarchive

Book review: 'English Pottery 1620-1840' is the harvest of a long and fruitful career:

Robin Hildyard’s book on English pottery is a fitting culmination of his distinguished V&A curatorship

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America votes for giltwood at the International Art and Antiques Show

Decorative arts dealers reported good sales but paintings were harder to shift

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Stained glass, from a Romanesque nave to a Canadian airport

A comprehensive history, and catalogues for collections in the Metropolitan and the Victoria and Albert Museums

From flea market to Manhattan penthouse: the revival of Christopher Dresser

Gilbert and George and Mickey Wolfson are among the enthusiastic collectors

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Contemporary decorative arts get sexy at Collect, London

Clear success for the first European crafts fair held at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Collectorsarchive

Collector interview: Sheikh Saud Al Thani of Qatar

The Art Newspaper visits the biggest art collector in the world and talks about the five museums he is building in Doha

Winter Antiques Fair: “The Academy Award of dealers’ shows”

Exhibitors reported enthusiastic buying as collectors embraced new areas of the market

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Rothschild sale brought British collectors out

Sotheby's sale lands within estimate at £1.3 million

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V&A Museum to host new craft fair, Collect

3 year run planned, inspired by US SOFA fair

Gothic: art for England, 1400-1547, Victoria & Albert Museum

300 objects illustrating all facets of medieval life

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Spring books: US. Decorative arts to the fore

Photography, Asian art, the art of antiquity, Old Masters, and historiography are also among the topics covered

Art Deco 1910-39 at the V&A

Promises to be one of the most glamorous exhibitions of the year

Le Corbusier before Le Corbusier: exhibition focuses on the formative years of experimentation

The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts Design and Culture

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Diary of a London dealer: Alistair Sampson. Yes, trade is dreadful at the moment

Leading specialist in early English decorative arts expects a slow improvement in trade

A market for baskets: Interview with New York dealer Sebastian Izzard

The difference between Japanese and European taste in the field of Japanese art

The Art Newspaper reports on the 2002 Biennale des Antiquaires held at The Louvre

Barges on the Seine, a Liao gold mask and spooky pre-Colombian tomb figures at the smartest decorative arts fair in the world

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Amazing things under the Louvre at Biennale des Antiquaires

Barges on the Seine, a Liao gold mask and spooky pre-Colombian tomb figures at the smartest decorative arts fair in the world

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Diary of New York art advisors: Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen on trends in the decorative arts market

Sophisticated collectors are crossing over from 19th- and 20th-century painting

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High season for art fairs, selected June fairs

Art Basle, High Society meets High Art at the Grosvenor Antiques show, 20th-century decorative arts star in New York and Paris, a new ceramics show in London

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Americana in high favour at Philadelphia Antiques Show 2002

The event has become the main venue for collectors in this field

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Oriental origins of Italian Renaissance art

How Islamic decorative arts influenced 15th- and 16th-century Western artists