News

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   Editor’s Choice: East Anatolian Rug

   May 22, 2020

   For more than forty years HALI has found and published some of the most important and beautiful rugs and textiles in the world. The many different paths we have followed to find interesting pieces—auctions, collector meetings and conferences, dealers’ exhibitions and adverts—have been a constant source of wonder and excitement in our pages. Illustrating gems we have discovered and wanted to share has tended to be confined to an appropriate context. Here we are attempting something different.

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   Around the World in Tie-dye

   May 18, 2020

   In HALI 201, we looked at tie-dye and other ‘shaped-resist’ textiles, which are culturally ubiquitous.

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   HALI: The India Edition

   May 18, 2020

   More than ever are we reminded of the interconnected nature of our world. In his editorial for HALI: The India Edition, Ben Evans muses on how this fact and its historical significance can be understood through the lens of Indian textiles.

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   Thread of Time: A Qing Kesi Roundel and an Indian Cotton Dhurrie

   May 4, 2020

   In the regular HALI feature Thread of time, we connect two seemingly very different textiles through material, technique, iconography or use. In the two tapestry-woven textiles of this article, the link is the peacock.

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   Anatomy of an Object: Ushak Coupled-column Prayer Rug

   April 23, 2020

   Contributing editor Alberto Boralevi reflects on a rare yellow-ground early ‘Transylvanian’ west Anatolian Ottoman niche rug.

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   Three great online resources for antique carpets and textiles

   April 7, 2020

   With most major museums across the world temporarily closed, our study and appreciation of antique carpets and textiles are forced to move online. Luckily, many institutions now have collection databases with high-resolution images and thorough catalogue entries. Here are three great resources for discovering new and old carpet and textile favourites.

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   Rethreading & Retracing: Textiles and Techniques by Bita Ghezelayagh

   April 3, 2020

   ‘Rethreading & Retracing: Textiles and Techniques by Bita Ghezelayagh’ at the Aga Khan Centre Gallery in London explores the artist’s long-standing interest in working with found materials such as antique carpet fragments. Deborah Freeman Fahid pays a visit.

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   Unbound: Visionary Women Collecting Textiles

   March 30, 2020

   Textiles assembled by seven pioneering collectors, active between 1900 and 2018, and drawn from seven public collections in the UK were the focus of the annual exhibition (25 January-19 April 2020) held at Two Temple Place on London’s Embankment.

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   ‘Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk’, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, until 21 June 2020

   March 9, 2020

   Currently on show at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, ‘Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk’ traces the sartorial and social significance of the kimono from the 1660s to the present day, both in Japan and in the rest of the world.

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    Asia Week New York, 12-19 March 2020

    March 9, 2020

    Many exhibitions, discussions and talks are set to take place in the heart of New York City as part of the annual celebration of Asian art, Asia Week New York, 12-19 March 2020.