A show at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, dedicated to carpets from Safavid Iran, Mughal India and Ottoman Turkey, loaned from the Museum of Islamic Arts in Doha, marks the first major Islamic art exhibition in the city. Showcasing one hundred artworks spanning the 10th–19th centuries, ‘Wonders of Imperial Carpets: Masterpieces from the Museum of… Read more »
‘From India to the World: Textiles from the Parpia Collection’ at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston celebrates the acquisition of 187 Indian textiles from the collection of Banoo and Jeevak Parpia, one of the most comprehensive private collections of Indian textiles outside of India. This show follows the museum’s 2023 installation ‘Woven Wonders:… Read more »
A war rug, bought in Kabul in 1986, from Luca Brancati’s collection appears in ‘De Bello: Notes on War and Peace’, an exhibition at Gres Art 671 in Bergamo, Italy, until 12 October 2025. The identity of the weaver remains unknown, however, evidence suggests it was likely made in the village of Qal’ha-ye, now… Read more »
The Hajji Baba Club in New York City has announced that Kristen Pearson has been awarded the 2025–2026 Hajji Baba Club Research Fellowship. Since it was established in 2018, the programme has promoted original scholarship in the field of carpet studies and provides support and visibility for emerging scholars and independent researchers. Chosen from… Read more »
The Princess of Wales has selected nine rare artefacts—including textiles—to be displayed at the newly opened V&A East Storehouse. The mini display, ‘Makers and Creators’, includes a Morris & Co furnishing screen, a Welsh-made bedcover, a Qing dynasty porcelain vase, and a costume from the 1960’s ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ ballet. The patchwork… Read more »
For the first time, carpets by the contemporary Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed are being exhibited in his home country. A major exhibition dedicated to Ahmed’s work — a compelling fusion of traditional carpet weaving and contemporary digital techniques — is being shown at the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum in Baku. ‘Faig Ahmed: Epoch… Read more »
In his article in HALI 215, Jeff Spurr sets out to demonstrate an integral link between a brilliant but eccentric and ill-understood subset of antique urban suzanis from the Emirate of Bukhara, and small-scale embroideries created by the Lakai, a rural Uzbek people, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Read the unabridged article.
HALI has organised a series of special events in Italy to precede the two-day colloquium Kerman Carpets of the Safavid Period (1501-1736) in Genoa, organised in memory of Alessandro Bruschettini, the renowned collector of Islamic art. Conceived as a celebration of the wealth of antique carpets and textiles in Italy, a week of talks, guided museum visits… Read more »
HALI Fair Online returns from 20-30 May 2022. The virtual event is focused exclusively on extraordinary antique rugs and textiles from around the globe. It follows the success of the inaugural virtual HALI Fair in June 2021 and promises to be one of the best places to source unique, collectible and decorative carpets and textiles this spring. … Read more »
From 24 March to 14 May 2022, Gallery 1957 in London is presenting a solo show by Kour Pour, a British-Iranian artist who spent considerable time in his father’s carpet shop as a child, memories of which have become a central component in his practice. Exhibition review by Sara Makari-Aghdam. ‘Or was home indeed the… Read more »
