Roots and Growth—Contemporary Art from Turkey
An abridged exhibition review from Alberto Levi from HALI 201 – coming soon!
News: Anatolian Rugs
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A living collection at HALI London
Visiting Anglo-Canadian collector Bob Bell at his home in the Cotswolds, Aaron Nejad finds a passionate, experienced and well-informed man who lives surrounded by an eclectic array of rugs, and who, despite the demands of a busy professional career, always finds time to enjoy and share. The following is an abridged article from HALI 199 – coming soon!
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Collector Carpets at Henry’s, Mutterstadt, 8 December 2018
Henry’s Auktionshaus will be offering a selection of 416 lots at their special winter auction, ‘Collector Carpets’ on 8 December 2018.
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‘Major Autumn Auction’, Rippon Boswell & Co., Wiesbaden, 17 November 2018
Rippon Boswell & Co. will auction 273 lots including rugs belonging to the private collections of Dr. Harald Böhmer as well as Dr. Günther Rapp, at the Major Autumn Auction in Wiesbaden on 17 November 2018.
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‘Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds’, Christie’s London, 25 October
At Christie’s in London on 25 October, the all-encompassing ‘Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds’ sale includes more than eighty other rugs and carpets, from most time periods and weaving cultures.
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Cotsen Collections donated to George Washington University and The Textile Museum
The Washington Textile Museum, now part of the US capital’s George Washington University, has received a $18.4 million gift of more than 4,000 textiles, together with purpose-built cabinetry and an endowment, from the 1985 Trust set up by Lloyd Cotsen, former CEO of Neutrogena.
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Full house at Austria Auction Company
Austria Auction Company’s sale in Vienna and online at Liveauctioneers on Saturday 29 September, comprising many excellent lots from the estate of the Swiss collector Theo Haeberli and from other European collections, produced an outstanding result for the auctioneers,
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Ottoman and Safavid carpets in London
Thursday 26 April 2018 was a very good day for classical-period carpets in the London salerooms.
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Carpets and Textiles at Christie’s, London, 26 April 2018
Christie’s forthcoming sale Arts of the Islamic and Indian Worlds features a selection of 70 carpets from the past five centuries, highlighting the various weaving centres within the Islamic world, from Spain to China.
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London rug sale brought forward
The Spring Islamic Week sale of ‘Rugs and Carpets including Distinguished Collections’ at Sotheby’s in New Bond Street has been brought forward by one day to avoid a clash with Islamic and Orientalist art sales. The sale, now scheduled for the afternoon of Monday 23 April 2018, includes a further twenty historic Turkish village carpets… Read more »
