Saturday, June 28, 2008

AFGHAN TREASURES ON TOUR

Art: Back Out in the World.
Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2008

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-afghan15-2008jun15,0,1538409.story


"Hidden Treasures From the National Museum Museum, Kabul" currently at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. On tour to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in October, and then the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston and the Met in New York before returning to Kabul by Sept. 2009.

COLLECTING FOLK ART

A very interesting article in the Wall Street Journal on collecting Folk Art:

Collecting: Loving the Ugly Mermaid
Wall Street Journal, June14/15, 2008, page W3 or online at:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121340317110073921.html