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London’s leading fair for 20th century art, design and decorative arts is back, and better than ever! This year, there will be 66 galleries in the new tent, including 14 newcomers, and noted dealers Magen H Gallery, Modernity Sweden, Peter Petrou, and Chahan. You can discover and acquire pieces of museum quality with a distinct history in an environment that cultivates eclecticism, authenticity and connoisseurship with passion and flair. This year, PAD London will be paying a stunning tribute to the late architect, Zaha Hadid, a longstanding supporter of the event, which pitched its first tent ten years ago. Its boutique setting is sure to inspire collectors, consultants, interior designers, and the public alike throughout the week of October 3-9, in the heart of Mayfair.

Steven Holl Architects has been selected to design a new extension to one of India’s oldest museums, the Mumbai City Museum, also known as the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum. Selected over OMA, Studio Mumbai Architecture, Zaha Hadid and four others, Holl is now the first architect ever to be chosen through an international competition to design a public building in Mumbai.

“The winning design was distinctive for its sculptural and calligraphic qualities,” stated the official press release. “It proposes a simple volume, which is enlivened by deep subtracting cuts, creating dramatic effects of light and shade. Its central feature is a reflecting pool in a new garden courtyard between the old and new buildings. The scheme will establish a cultural campus around the Museum in this growing district within Mumbai.”

Veins bulge from a wasp-waisted candle holder, while sinuous flow-lines run down the side of a teacup, splitting to merge seamlessly with the faceted saucer beneath. It looks like a colony of mutant lifeforms has scuttled into Harrods’ interiors department, which can only mean one thing: Zaha Hadid has taken on homewares.

At the age of 63, the Iraqi-born architect has won every prize going, graced international power lists and erected buildings across the globe – and now she’s making a bid for your dining table.

The New York Review of Books on Monday night issued a retraction from its architecture critic over an article criticizing British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid for her attitude to construction worker deaths in Qatar.

The magazine published a statement on its website in which the author of the article, Martin Filler, said he regretted his error.

Hadid began proceedings for defamation against the magazine and Filler at Manhattan supreme court last week.

Zaha Hadid, an award-winning architect known for futuristic designs, sued The New York Review of Books and the architecture critic Martin Filler on Thursday over alleged defamatory statements about her in a recent book review.

Hadid, who was born in Baghdad and is now a British citizen, claimed that Filler falsely implied she was indifferent to the alleged difficult working conditions of migrant workers on high-profile construction projects in the Middle East, including her own.

Art collector, philanthropist, and financier, Eli Broad, announced this week that he will donate 19 works to the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at his alma mater, Michigan State University. The contemporary art museum is slated to open on November 10^th. Designed by the architect, Zaha Hadid, the 46,000-square-foot museum was expected to open in April but was delayed due to construction.

Broad’s donation includes a large-scale piece, Containment 1, by the American sculptor Roxy Paine that will be displayed outdoors. There are other works by various artists including Robert Longo, Elizabeth Murray, Terry Winters, and Jonathan Lasker, which are worth around $2 million collectively.

Broad donated $28 million for the museum, with $21 million going toward construction and $7 million for acquisitions, exhibitions, and other functions. Michael Rush, the museum’s director, is curating the inaugural show.