His dream was to create a kind of hotel cum museum, not only showcasing antiques in the public spaces but also different collections in each room.

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To make more room for its collections, the Sheldon has entered into negotiations with Zaha Hadid for a new structure, to be constructed several blocks away in the Haymarket neighborhood of warehouses and galleries.

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She spends most of her workday in her living room, which is filled with colorful collections fresh flower arrangements, vintage cookie jars, gnomes, Russian nesting dolls, crochet-covered exercise balls and piles of Technicolor crocheted afghans, all of which serve as inspirations for the bright color mixtures in her art.

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More than 60 artists have lent small, domestic-sized works from their own collections which can be borrowed and installed in your own living room for three days at a time, for the duration of the festival.

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