Decorative arts
Beyond the Glass Gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum
100 new contemporary objects on display
TEFAF: The world’s greatest fair offers yet another feast of art and antiques
Old Masters were booming, but decorative arts were a hard sell
Biggest Dutch collection to go under the hammer as Anton Dreesmann's life's work goes on sale at Christie's
Dreesmann was a passionate and committed collector who barely ever sold on his beloved acquisitions
Are the decorative arts finally sexy? Europe’s first international crafts fair gets under way this month
Collect is to be held at the Victoria and Albert Museum this February
'For the King’s pleasure': a ground-breaking study of the interiors of Windsor Castle by a director of the Royal Collection under Elizabeth II
A landmark account of George IV’s decorations and furnishings at Windsor Castle, by Hugh Roberts, who was closely involved in the restoration of many of those interiors following the 1992 fire
Fifth annual artpalmbeach shows Florida as glass capital of the US
Collectors are buying for sun-drenched second homes
The story of a style journey in the V&A's British galleries
The book that accompanies the newly opened British galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum reveals the extraordinary richness of the museum’s collections
Madame de Pompadour meets Philippe Starck at the Rijksmuseum
With a very glamorous display, this is the first serious look at Netherlandish rococo architecture and decorative arts
The brilliantly intelligent, new British Galleries should succeed in putting decorative arts and the museum itself back on the map
If architecture is the mother of the arts then this is the whole family
Boulle ancient and modern
An exhibition of classic French marquetry coincides with the completion of a contemporary cabinet-maker’s work with the same technique—but cut by laser
Decadent collection of English art enthusiast and eccentric William Beckford to go on show at Bard Graduate Center
A sample of the collector's princely taste
High end sales as glassware proves a winner at fourth SOFA fair
SOFA fair report '01
The Yale University Art Gallery has brought its 30 year-old decorative arts displays up-to-date, to good effect
Yes, you can show decorative arts and be interesting
New York Ceramics Fair 2001 hits upon winning formula as dealers elated by sales
Collectors defy mini-blizzard
Bella Napoli, Museo di San Martino, Naples
The San Martino’s decorative arts and theatre collections are, at last, on show again, in new rooms
Drouot reports 14% increase in turnover after another strong year in the market
End of auction monopoly still awaited
Letters: V&A was not intended to be purely decorative
If there is a museum anywhere in the world which can claim to be the first embodiment of this inclusive, antisegregationist approach, it is the V&A.
At Asian Art Week in London dealers, scholars and collectors congregate for major shows and great parties
Fifty-two participants will exhibit everything from Indian statue jewels to Islamic tiles
The consensus is that one of the world’s greatest museums, the V&A, has lost its way. A strong leader is needed.
Decorative arts flagship seeks captain who believes in its contents and curators
Rembrandt’s Venetian influence: Hanging around New York, a monthly guide by Brook S. Mason.
And bounty of decorative arts including Chinese porcelain and Mendini furniture
The Lagerfeld Collection: “We all have to live in our own times”
The couturier’s change to a minimalist lifestyle moved him to dispense with all his eighteenth-century furniture, his paintings, and decorative arts
Diary of a US dealer: Douglas Heller. Crafting a market for contemporary glass
As the SOFA fair of contemporary decorative arts comes to New York, we talk to a leading dealer in the field
Collector profiles: Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Scanu of New York and Madame M. of Paris. The modern charm of Art Deco
These collectors agree that the market has risen so much as to make buying almost impossible
“Art nouveau” at the V&A and “1900” at the Grand Palais. Unity of the arts
Artists and designers 100 years ago were united in their embrace of modernity
400,000 pieces of Nazi silver loot sold by US in 1950
British and French authorities dismayed at disposals that they considered illegal
Turin gets a private museum of decorative art
Pietro Accorsi's long wait to showcase his collection is over
Ritzy auction prices for homespun objects: American Arts and Crafts design receives boost in popularity from Barbra Streisand
“At least thirty collectors are spending $200,000-500,000 a year at auction” on this branch of the decorative arts