Feathered Walls: Hangings from Ancient Peru, is an installation comprising twelve spectacular feather panels made by the Wari people of southern Peru, on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, until 2 March 2014.
The Rautenstracuh-Joest Museum’s new special exhibition ‘Made in Oceania: Tapa – Art and Social Landscapes’ presents a number of unique tapa (bark cloth) masterpieces dating back to the 18th century, on show until 27 April 2014.
Art & Textiles: Fabric as Material and Concept in Modern Art from Klimt to the Present will take place at the Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany, on view till 2 March 2014.
The Kunsthalle, Bielefeld, Germany will host To Open Eyes: Art and Textiles from the Bauhaus to Today till 16 February 2014
The Movses Khorenatsi Medal has been awarded to Volkmar Gantzhorn, for his huge tome The Christian Oriental Carpet, which has been revised and published in Armenia.
The 55th Venice Biennale played home to four Azerbaijani artists this year, including Farid Rasulov.
Ramayana, Indian Miniature Art from the National Museum, New Delhi offers an opportunity to savour the art of the miniature at The Cinquantenaire Museum, Brussels until 18th May 2014.
Michael Phillips writes: After a long battle with serious health problems, Ronald Franklin Hort passed away shortly after returning home from exhibiting at last October’s Antique Rug and Textile Show in San Francisco.
Henri Daumas writes: For a long time I was unaware of Toni Hutmacher. I met him a good while after I had met his wife, Arlette Bollag, a lively woman with a charismatic personality and an infectious love for old kilims.
