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AT this time of year, there are a lot of Old Master paintings on view. The Christmas-card market would be finished without them. There is, of course, more to the genre than Nativity scenes. There’s everything from landscapes to portraits and much more. The problem is that they are, as the name suggests, old. Collectors with money would prefer something newer.

THERE are many connections between Malaysia and the most folkloric figure in Islamic history, His Highness the Aga Khan. The current holder of this position has been here on many occasions, not the least of which was an exhibition with the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia almost 10 years ago.