Islamic dining traditions at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Current and coming: In Dallas, East meets West in jewelry
A new exhibition offers insight into the creative process of Cartier’s designers
Salaam to the Keir Collection in Dallas
Built by a Hungarian, named for an eighteenth-century house he owned in London, lent after his death to a museum in Berlin, and now residing at the Dallas Museum of Art—the Keir Collection of Islamic Art is the epitome of global cultural exchange even before you consider its contents.
This Week’s Top Lots: October 5 – 9
* Christie’s London/October 6, Islamic and Indian ArtThe sale total was just over £5 million. The top lot was a circa 1600 Ottoman navigational chart of the Mediterranean coastline that sold for £1.07 million (estimate £300,000-400,000). Other top lots were a Qu’ran dated 1288 AD that sold for £457,250 (estimate £200,000-300,000), and an 18th century painted and carved Damascus room …