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News: carpets

  1. HALI Fair Online 2022

    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 »

  2. Orient Stars Lands in Doha

    Since the beginning of October 2021, when the outcome of Rippon Boswell’s ‘Orient Stars 2’ sale of 98 early, art historically significant rugs consigned by the Kirchheim family was settled by a winning pre-sale offer for the entire collection, the identity of the institutional buyer has remained a well-kept secret, much speculated about by all… Read more »

  3. Postcard from Kyiv

    Featured in HALI 197 ‘Postcard from Kyiv’ recounts the journey of carpet dealer and scholar Aaron Nejad who returned to Ukraine in 2018 in order to seek out some truth in the story of the region’s distinctive and desirable ‘Bessarabian’ kilims. An abridged version of the article follows below. To aid the ongoing crisis in… Read more »

  4. ‘Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith’

    Featured in HALI 209’s pick of the best rug and textile exhibitions and events around the globe, the current exhibition, ‘Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith’ is open at The Met Cloisters, New York until 30 January 2022. In this article we take a more detailed look at some of the medieval textile pieces on display.

  5. Color Riot! How Color Changed Navajo Textiles

    Seventy bold artworks from 1860–1930 and the present day are currently on show at Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey until 2 January 2021. ‘Color Riot! How Color Changed Navajo Textiles’, celebrates the courage and vision to experiment.

  6. Tibetan Weaving – The Carpet Museum at Voigtsberg Castle

    The recently opened exhibition at The Carpet Museum at Voigtsberg Castle, Germany, provides an overview of 15th Century to Modern day Tibetan weaving, in a huge departure from the usual exhibitions of carpets made in the local region.


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