Having been cancelled for almost two years, you could almost hear the collective sigh of relief when it was announced that ARTS was going to happen again on the 3 – 5 December 2021. This traditional get-together of dealers and collectors in the Bay Area is an important part of the rug and textile collecting… Read more »
You are invited to the 10th anniversary edition of the London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair (LARTA).
‘Symbols and Colors in Caucasian and Alpine Carpets’, Mercantile Museum and Mercantile Palace in Bolzano (Bozen), exhibition review by Ben Evans from HALI 201.
Celebrating 40 years and 200 editions of HALI magazine, HALI London was the first London festival devoted to the art and history of textiles.
A special exhibition of ancient Andean textiles will be on show at The Whitworth Museum in Manchester, 29 March-15 September 2019.
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.
‘Imperial Threads: Motifs and Artisans from Turkey, Iran and India’, the current exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar (15 March–4 November 2017), brings a new perspective to the MIA’s remarkable permanent collection.
A spectacular votive embroidery will go under the hammer at Bonhams Hong Kong on 29 November 2016.
An unusual exhibition opens in Canada at the Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History in November 2016.
‘Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery’ opens on 1 October at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. Read an excerpt of the co-curators’ introduction from HALI 189.
