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for further edification contemporary/antiquarian arts: Gurari Collections, 91 Charles Street, Boston, 617-367-9800, gurari.com water-colors: Wendy Artin, wendyartin.com décor auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts, 3/28 at 10 a.m., Skinner, 63 Park Plaza, Boston, 617-350-5400, skinnerinc.com furniture: Sedia, 535 Albany Street, Boston, 617-451-2474, sedia.com building tours: Symphony Hall (Wednesdays and second Saturdays each month, until 5/20), 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, 617-638-9390, bos-tonsymphony.org; Boston Public Library (daily except Wednesdays; Sundays

mavens rodoLfo machado and JorGe siLvettiThe brains behind the eponymous architecture firm have designed residences , art museums, and offices

all over Massachusetts , and the world. For their own home and workplace, they’re also passionate

k JorGe siLvetti: Charles Street is where you go for fine art and home décor, just to see what’s in the galleries. rodoLfo machado: Such as the Gurari Collection, which specializes in prints, drawings, and watercolors. l rm: Gurari represents Wendy Artin, a Bostonian who lives in Rome and does the most beautiful watercolors. She’s great at registering the movement and gestures of the body. m rm: I’ve been buying textiles in Beacon Hill for years, such as this French 19th-century silk. I love the color, texture, and craftsmanship—very sumptuous and rich. n rm: About 10 years ago, we went to the Antiques Center of Cape Cod and found these Wedgwood plates. They feature Claire Leighton’s engravings of traditional New England industries, such as whaling. o rm: Skinner is good for antiques, furniture, and decorative arts—more than Art with a capital “A.” We recently bought an unsigned 18th-century Neapolitan painting there, Travelers in a Grotto. p Js: Most classical canonical sculptures were copied by making molds of the original. This plaster cast in our office, from the Winged Victory of Samothrace, was made from an 18th-century mold by the Real

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for further edification contemporary/antiquarian arts: Gurari Collections, 91 Charles Street, Boston, 617-367-9800, gurari.com water-colors: Wendy Artin, wendyartin.com décor auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts, 3/28 at 10 a.m., Skinner, 63 Park Plaza, Boston, 617-350-5400, skinnerinc.com furniture: Sedia, 535 Albany Street, Boston, 617-451-2474, sedia.com building tours: Symphony Hall (Wednesdays and second Satur-days each month, until 5/20), 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, 617-638-9390, bostonsymphony.org; Boston Public Library (daily except Wednesdays; Sun-

Cultural Affairs

mavens rodoLfo machado and JorGe siLvettiThe brains behind the eponymous architecture firm have designed residences , art museums, and offices

all over Massachusetts , and the world. For their own home and workplace, they’re also passionate

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k JorGe siLvetti: Charles Street is where you go for fine art and home décor, just to see what’s in the galleries. rodoLfo machado: Such as the Gurari Collection, which specializes in prints, drawings, and watercolors. l rm: Gurari represents Wendy Artin, a Bostonian who lives in Rome and does the most beautiful watercolors. She’s great at registering the movement and gestures of the body. m rm: I’ve been buying textiles in Beacon Hill for years, such as this French 19th-century silk. I love the color, texture, and craftsmanship—very sumptuous and rich. n rm: About 10 years ago, we went to the Antiques Center of Cape Cod and found these Wedgwood plates. They feature Claire Leighton’s engravings of traditional New England industries, such as whaling. o rm: Skinner is good for antiques, furniture, and decorative arts—more than Art with a capital “A.” We recently bought an unsigned 18th-century Neapolitan painting there, Travelers in a Grotto. p Js: Most classical canonical sculptures were copied by making molds of the original. This plaster cast in our office, from the Winged Victory of Samothrace, was made from an 18th-century mold by the Real

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