Madge Gill: Myrninerest, William Morris Gallery
The most comprehensive survey of Madge Gill’s work to date.
News: English textiles
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Dearle Carpet in Sotheby’s ‘Important Design’ Sale in New York
On Thursday 24 May 2018, Sotheby’s in New York will offer some 180 works of 20th-century European and American design, including one carpet of appropriate period and pedigree.
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TEFAF 2018: Embroidered truths
Markus Voigt reviews the 31st edition of TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht.
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A Textile Affair | Textiles As Art: Paul Reeves Collection | Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 23 February
On Thursday 23 February, Lyon and Turnbull in Edinburgh are offering an interesting and often amusing selection of ‘Textiles as Art’ from the Paul Reeves Collection. Estimates range from the low hundreds of pounds to more than £20,000. Reeves, who began collecting British furniture and artefacts over forty years ago, He opened his first shop… Read more »
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HALI Preview: LARTA at Battersea Park
HALI previews the London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair (LARTA), now at Battersea Park.
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Rediscovery of a Tudor Dress Fragment
Curators from the Historic Royal Palaces in the UK have identified an embroidered altar cloth as a rare fragment of Elizabethan dress.
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Opus Anglicanum at the V&A, London
‘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.
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Carpets, Textiles and Tapestries at Summer Olympia Fair 2016
A selection of oriental carpets, textiles and tapestries, antique and contemporary, as well as tribal art, seen on exhibitors’ stands at this year’s Olympia Fair.
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Seth Siegelaub at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
An extract from an exhibition review by Alan Kennedy of ‘Seth Siegelaub: Beyond Conceptual Art’ at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, 12 December 2015 – 17 April 2017.
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BADA Fair, London
The annual British Antique Dealers Association Fair is open until 15 March at Duke of York Square on London’s King’s Road. “The BADA Fair represents our aspirational community for fine art, design and antiques, providing an outstanding opportunity for collectors to meet and purchase from some of the country’s leading dealers” comments Marco Forgione, new… Read more »
