Liquid Light: 500 Years of Venetian Glass: NGV International
Liquid Light: 500 Years of Venetian Glass an entry free exhibition at NGV International March 8 – Aug 4 will showcase the art of glass at Venice 17 – 19 century
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AA&ADA Antiques Fair Melbourne – Art-Design-Living, May 2018
AA&ADA has announced their Antiques Fair at Melbourne will take place at Melbourne Showgrounds in 2018, with a Gala Preview May 3, and the Fair open May 4 – 6
Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical, Italian Cool, The Met Breur
Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical at The Met Breur, New York from July 21, 2017 will showcase furniture and furnishings from Memphis at the height of Italian cool
Chihuly: Art Glass at NYBG Glistening & Dazzling Day & Night
Chihuly, an exhibition now showing at the New York Botanical Garden, presents breathtaking art glass works by sculptor Dale Chihuly, dazzling both day and night
Europe 1600 – 1815 – Art of Fine Living on Show V & A London
On December 9 the V & A at London, will open a new suite of seven galleries with nearly 1100 objects that best tell the story of the evolution of art and design
Masterpiece London – Celebrating Art, Design & Craftsmanship
Celebrating the art of design and craftsmanship in any age the Masterpiece Fair 25 June – 1 July 2015 at London, offers a diverse range of dazzling master works
The Mirror – Mastering Reflection or Eye Catching Deception
Described as the ‘matrix of the symbolic’ the Mirror has accompanied the human quest to know and understand our own identity… who is the fairest of them all?
Chinese Snuff Containers – Collections Not to Be Sneezed At
For a long time snuff was taken from containers by the wealthy and elite in Europe in salons in which polite conversation was punctuated by a sound of sneezing
Glass a Magic Material – Pt 2 Venice, Verzelini & Vauxhall
Venetian maker Jacopo Verzelini was bought to England by Huguenot Jean Carré to improve the quality of glass being produced at his London workshop.
Melbourne Antiques Fair – Everything Old Becomes New Again
The recent Melbourne Antiques Fair in the atmospheric Exhibition building was a fabulous show of select antiques and art from Australia’s leading AA&ADA dealers
Antiques & Art, Culture & Commerce for Breakfast @ Tiffany’s
One of the most enduring programs on television for 30+ years is about antiques and art. For BBC London the Antiques Roadshow is a jewel in its media crown