Chess and Other Games Pieces from Islamic Lands (The al-Sabah Collection) Interior Design Reference visitors to Simon Starling's exhibition

visitors to Simon Starling's exhibition at New York's Casey Kaplan Gallery were confronted with Staling's own Bird in Space (2004): a two-ton slab of steel from Romania (Brancusi's country of origin) leaning against the gallery wall and propped up on three inflatable cushions

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Bensley's eponymous design studio

Complete with specially commissioned essays by established academics and subject specialists

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Chess and Other Games Pieces from Islamic Lands (The al-Sabah Collection) Interior Design Reference visitors to Simon Starling's exhibitionA stunning collection of intricately made games pieces from The al Sabah Collection, Kuwait Among the many treasures of The al Sabah Collection, Kuwait, are hundreds of games pieces dating from the seventh to the nineteenth century CE. Intricately crafted in a rich variety of materials, including ivory, wood, ceramic, glass, jade, and agate, these tiny objects not only mark the evolution of familiar games into their modern forms, but also evoke the