Wearable Art Comes of AgeBut in 1999, seeing the plethora of antique jade and semiprecious stones in markets ... In 2001, Ms. Carsten made the break into Asian design after moving from Duesseldorf, Germany, to Shanghai for her husband's work with cosmetics company ...
A Thai's Winning WaysThe famous Southeast Asian land of smiles and guiltless hedonism ... banker over a possible bribe is camouflaged as a discussion about the value of an antique vase. In Burdett's always amazing Thailand, euphemism is reserved for the sinister.
Off the Brochure Travel Guide: Bangkok, ThailandWhether you’re seeking good luck, a love charm, fortune, or well-being, Thai Buddhists have long considered amulets as a source of great power ... These buildings are filled with art and antiques, including statues, furniture, portraits, pottery ...
Norberto “Peewee” Roldan: Collapsing Creative BordersFor more than 30 years as an artist, Norberto ''Peewee'' Roldan had been creating assemblages of found and antique objects in open shelves ... One might easily categorize post-colonial Asian artists crossing over from East to West as exhibiting an ...
One night at the museum... and the rhino is in troublePassing the geology gallery and a slavery exhibition, and ignoring the more obvious lure of gold-painted death masks, scarabs and amulets in the Egyptian ... of the Metropolitan Police Art and Antiques unit. “We have also been made aware ...