Currently on show at The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, ‘Traded Treasure: Indian Textiles for Global Markets’, spans five hundred years of the history of India’s thriving commerce to Southeast Asia, Europe, and Japan, an exhibition that reveals why Indian textiles were in demand the world over.
A special exhibition of ancient Andean textiles will be on show at The Whitworth Museum in Manchester, 29 March-15 September 2019.
Milan-based antique carpet dealer David Sorgato curated the exhibition ‘Zeki Müren’s Inspiration’ at the Sartirana Textile Show, 13-16 September 2018, followed by a selling exhibition at his gallery that closed in January 2019. HALI Assistant Editor Rachel Meek reviews David Sorgato’s Milan exhibition in HALI 198.
Exclusive rugs designed by contemporary artists take the tiger and traditional tiger rugs as inspiration—and, as Stephanie Douglas explains, aim to support the conservation of these awe-inspiring creatures.
Valois Tapestries thought to have been commissioned by Catherine de’Medici are on show at The Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio until 21 January 2019.
The new carpet galleries at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin contextualise the collections while keeping its woven masterpieces centre stage.
LARTA, The London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair, a celebration of colour and design in antique rug and textile art from 22-27 January 2019.
Galleria Battilossi have opened a new showroom in Turin with an inaugural ‘Antique Textile Art I’ exhibition of exceptional antique textiles from a prominent private collection.
Deborah Spivak reports on ‘Balance and Opposition in Ancient Peruvian Textiles’, an exhibition of works from the St Louis Art Museum’s impressive collection of Andean textiles.
Opening 22 September at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and running until 13 January 2019, Armenia! explores the arts and culture of Armenians, from their conversion to Christianity in the early fourth century, through to their leading role in international trade in the 17th century.
