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Eli Wilner & Company announced a continued commitment of funds from several private benefactors to assist not-for-profit or government supported institutions with their framing and frame restoration needs. For projects of significant historical importance, these patrons are often able to offer substantial matching funds towards a curatorial team's available budget. In this image: A master artisan in the Eli Wilner & Company studio applies gold leaf to the surface of a replica of an 18th Century frame.

Dancers of the Hungarian National Ballet, prima ballerina Russian Karina Sarkissova and Byelorussian Mikalai Radziush perform on stage of the Erkel Theatre in Budapest on December 31, 2018 during their 100th performance of 'The Nutcracker' choreographed by Canadian Wayne Eagling and Hungarian Tamas Solymosi to a music of Russian composer Piotr Tchaikovsky. ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP

President of Russia Vladimir Putin (C) poses with ballet dancers who took part in The Nutcracker directed by Yury Grigorovich as part of the 2019 New Year gala event held at the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on December 27, 2018. Members of the Russian government, representatives of the Federation Council, State Duma, federal executive and juridical bodies, regional bodies, scientists, cultural figures, artists, athletes, military personnel, religious heads, leaders of political parties and heads of the largest enterprises and public organizations were invited. Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / AFP

Dutch violinist Andre Rieu (L) performs with his orchestra in the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam during their New Year's concert on January 5, 2019. Paul Bergen / ANP / AFP

German conductor Christian Thielemann and musicians of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra are pictured during the traditional "New Year's Concert" in Vienna, Austria, on January 1, 2019. HERBERT NEUBAUER / APA / AFP

An Indian vendor stands next to paintings on display at the annual 'Chitra Santhe' art fair in Bangalore on January 6, 2019. The 16th edition of 'Chitra Santhe', which provides a platform to artists to showcase and sell their work, is dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi to mark his 150th birth anniversary. MANJUNATH KIRAN / AFP

The curator of the 'Museum of Failure' exhibition, Dr Samuel West, stands next to one of the displays in the Dunkers Kulturhus in Helsingborg, Sweden on January 2, 2019. The ‘Museum’ one floor of a cultural centre in the coastal town of Helsingborg, is the work of psychologist Dr Samuel West, a 44-year-old Californian who used to carry out research on how to make big companies more innovative. Tom LITTLE / AFP

People visit an exhibition for the upcoming Lunar New Year at the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City, in Beijing on January 6, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

Abdullatif Al-Humaym, the head of Sunni Muslim endowments in all of Iraq (2nd-R) places the cornerstone for the rebuilding of the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri and "Al-Hadba" leaning minaret in Mosul’s war-ravaged Old City, during a ceremony on December 16, 2018. The famed 12th century mosque and minaret, dubbed Al-Hadba or "the hunchback," were where IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his only public appearance to declare a self-styled "caliphate" after sweeping into Mosul in 2014. The structures were ravaged three years later in the final, most brutal stages of the months-long fight against IS. Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP

The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island ferry transports passengers on January 5, 2019, in New York, as the US government shutdown enters its third week. New York state funds are being used to keep the attractions open during the shutdown which has affected US National Parks. DON EMMERT / AFP