Decorative arts
May is craft time in London
More than 50 venues around the city are organising events and exhibitions that focus on decorative arts and artisans
Scholar-collector John Hardy’s historic pieces for sale at Christie’s
A selection of objects with exceptional histories
A short history of furniture from the V&A
Simon Swynfen Jervis selects his highlights from the V&A, spanning five centuries
Books: William Morris and creating a social fabric
An indispensable book on Morris’s revolutionary cloth designs and techniques—and the political views that inspired them
Connoisseur collectors: A story of ten approaches to acquiring art
From Liechtenstein to Lisbon, these collectors discuss their interests and methods
Maiolica explained through the world’s greatest collection of Renaissance decorative art
This book, linked to a current exhibition, explores the V&A’s unrivalled holdings
New galleries and keen collectors at Design Miami
The modern and contemporary design fair's profile is rising
What Chinese collectors are really buying
While ancient art and ceramics remain popular, Contemporary Chinese art is taking off at home, and buyers outside the mainland are slowly looking toward Western art
Met faces claims for Hittite artefacts
Provenance of late trustee’s gifts investigated as Turkey takes tougher line on restitution
Collectors remain cautious at Pavilion of Arts and Design in Paris as impulse buying declines
Many dealers reported mixed results from the fair
Impressive publication on the anonymous 'RA' collection of Chinese porcelain
Maria Antónia Pinto de Matos' three-volume catalogue is painstakingly researched and beautifully presented
Maynards looks East as Canadian auction house targets new Asian collectors
Striking while the market is hot
A selection of the most sought after works of Asian art recently sold
The objects that made collectors dig deep
The many faces of medieval women on view in Bilbao
Elegant, humorous, erotic—and liberated
Bringing back the Baroque—colonial style
Yale prepares for the 2012 installation of its decorative arts galleries by reconstructing a period room
V&A ceramics galleries to open in full, while European collection waits its turn for refurbishment
Completion is expected in 2014 or 2015
The catalogue of the Ashmolean’s English and continental gold and silver
Oxford’s greatest treasure trove
Books: The continuities in Medieval and Renaissance art at the V&A
A deep look into the remarkable objects now on display in the museum's recently opened galleries
V&A plans £120m second phase of renewals
Medieval and Renaissance galleries crown phase one of museum’s “Future Plan”
Openings and expansions: Ceramics at the V&A
Over 3000 objects from 2500CB to the present day on display
The luxuries of a vanished world of Maharajas are explored through over 250 objects at the V&A
Next month the V&A in London presents 'Maharaja: the Splendour of India’s Royal Courts'
Books: William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones presented in an unfamiliar light
Collaboration and contradiction in the Pre-Raphaelite world
For sale: works seized by Stasi
The East German intelligence service confiscated hundreds of items in the 1970s and 1980s, which are now being returned to their rightful owners and their heirs
Book review: the history of Irish furniture in all its finery
An invaluable resource, lavishly illustrated
Illuminating lacquer maker Onishi Isao, one of Japan's Living National Treasures
“The beauty is in the process and the final object is the sum of the path"
Metropolitan re-opens Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts
Also now open is its Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education
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