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Wardrobe Of The Tsars On Display In London

London's Victoria & Albert Museum is currently hosting a rather decadent exhibition, of luxury lost called the Magnificence of the Tsars. The exhibit spans a period of almost two centuries from the early 1700s focusing on the dress and uniforms of Emperors and the Russian Court with highlights like the elaborate coronation robes of Paul l, Nicholas l and Alexanders l, ll and lll. The exhibit is curated and mounted by the Moscow Kremlin Museums and shows men's Russian fashion as it is rarely seen.

Located near the museum, the five-star Egerton hotel, has put together a V&A Tsars package to coincide with the exhibition. The V&A Tsars package includes a two-night stay, English breakfast, exhibition tickets to the V& A including exclusive access and use of the elegant Members' Lounge, an ice cold vodka martini served in frozen glasses accompanied by caviar blinis one evening of your stay and afternoon Tea one day and a glass of pink champagne. The package starts at £349 per room per night.

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Hearst Collection Goes On Display

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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Now seems like the perfect time for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) exhibit Hearst the Collector. The exhibit brings together about 150 works from the extensive collection of media magnate William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951). Much of Hearst's collection was sold off during a "liquidity crisis" in the late 1930s. As bankruptcy loomed, his huge collection, spread out over his many residences, was divided in half. Half he got to keep, the rest became an asset for his companies and were sold to keep his empire alive (something some of today's tycoons might want to take note of).

The exhibit at the LACMA runs November 9 through February 1, 2009 and shows Hearst's wide range of collecting interests. He had large collections of armor, silver and Renaissance tapestries as well as paintings by Boucher, Copley, van Dyck, Fragonard, Gérôme, Greuze, Lawrence, Lotto, Reynolds, and Vouet, with sculptures by Canova, Clodion, Marin, Sansovino, and Thorvaldsen. His collection of three hundred Native American textiles also showed a collector who was a bit ahead of his time. The pieces in the exhibit came from Hearst Castle as well from museums around the world. A book of the exhibition, shown at right, sells for $50.

[via Art Daily]

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