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| For Collectors of the Fine and Decorative Arts |
November 2010 - Art & Antiques Magzine eNewsletter
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 Mix Masters
In museum installations across the U.S., curators are breaking the old boundaries of media and time periods to make us see artworks in new ways.
By Ted Loos
The biggest museum news in the world this month is the opening of the new Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. On November 20, the grand old comprehensive museum, one of the finest in the world, is debuting its 121,000-square-foot space. To make it shine in the snazzy new digs, the curators have re-thought, re-arranged and re-interpreted the MFA痴 formidable American collection, a process that took a decade to complete. READ MORE 
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| Also Featured in November 2010 |
| The Fanciful Forties |
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Before and right after World War II, the furniture makers of Paris crafted astonishing works that still charm aficionados with their surreal appeal. READ MORE |
| Threads of History |
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In 1932, a New York engineer, Arthur Arwine, artfully recreated the plush atmosphere of a Turkmen yurt in his Sheridan Square apartment by draping colorful carpets on his walls, his furniture and, of course, his floors.READ MORE |
| Neolithic to Nebuchadnezzar |
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Ancient Near Eastern art, also called Western Asiatic, is not as well-known as Greek or Roman art, but is a fascinating and very complicated field. the complication is due to the fact that it spans an enormous time frame and an enormous geographical area as well a multitude of civilizations. READ MORE |
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