Peter Barnet, the Met's curator in charge of medieval art and the Cloisters, said he had been hoping for some time to bring in a work of contemporary art that complemented the Cloisters' setting and collection.

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All it took was setting up a collection bin in every teacher's room and a couple in the cafeteria.

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Part of the increase came as a result of IRS collection employees setting arbitrary deadlines and refusing to grant reasonable extensions for responses.

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Sterling and Francine Clark turned down an offer from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1946 when they were looking for a home for their art collection, setting their sights instead on Williamstown.

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Buyers can discover new art and potentially build a whole collection from the comfort of their own homes, not the occasionally intimidating setting of a gallery.

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As your outdoor room setting will probably be further away from your kitchen than your indoor dining room, a collection of big trays and a trolley come in handy.

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Downstairs is a fine-dining restaurant that not only serves great Cantonese food (try the signature fried fresh lobster with scallion and shallots), but also provides the setting for the exhibition, A Taste of the Masters: Paintings from the M K Lau Collection (running until late 2013).

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