News: indian textiles

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   Court, Epic, Spirit: Indian Art 15th-19th Century, Luhring Augustine

   February 2, 2022

   London-based gallery Francesca Galloway, renowned for its Indian art and textile expertise, has partnered with New York art gallery Luhring Augustine to present ‘Court, Epic, Spirit: Indian Art 15th-19th Century’. The exhibition will take place at Luhring Augustine Tribeca in New York until 24 March 2022 and is accompanied by a catalogue. The show features some truly outstanding examples of Indian painting from different periods, but our focus here shall be the three textiles illustrated in the HALI 210 exhibition preview.

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   Indian Textiles:1,000 years of art and design, 22 January 2022

   January 19, 2022

   ‘Indian Textiles:1,000 years of art and design’ opens from 22 January to 6 June 2022 and is accompanied by a limited-edition catalogue which includes essays by leading historians of Indian textiles, including Rosemary Crill, Steven Cohen, Avalon Fotheringham and Sylvia Houghteling and will showcase court weavings, folk embroideries and other fabrics from the 9th – early 20th centuries. In this article Rosemary Crill, editor of the accompanying catalogue, explores the ideas behind the exhibition.

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   Textiles at Asian Art in London, 31 October-9 November 2019

   October 28, 2019

   Many exhibits, discussions and talks are taking place in the heart of the British capital as part of Asian Art in London, 31 October-9 November.

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   HALI London

   September 3, 2019

   Celebrating 40 years and 200 editions of HALI magazine, HALI London was the first London festival devoted to the art and history of textiles.

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   The ubiquitous ikat

   July 31, 2019

   We are excited to announce a new feature in the front section of HALI Magazine. ‘The Common Thread’ focuses on different textile types from around the world with a shared theme, either decorative or technical. In our latest issue, HALI 200, we look at ikat weavings.

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   ‘Asian Textiles: Art and Trade Along the Silk Road’, Dallas Museum of Art

   April 30, 2019

   Drawn from Dallas Museum of Art’s collection and currently on show, ‘Asian Textiles: Art and Trade Along the Silk Road’ has been extended until 18 August 2019.

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   Traded Treasures: Indian Textiles for Global Markets

   March 26, 2019

   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. 

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   ‘The Fabric of India’, Cincinnati Art Museum, closing 6 January 2019

   November 26, 2018

   ‘The Fabric of India’, co-curated by Rosemary Crill, is on show at Cincinnati Art Museum until 6 January 2019. The US show is based on the 2015-2016 Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition featuring two-hundred handmade Indian textiles from the fifteenth century to today.

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   Asian Art in London

   November 7, 2018

   The annual celebration of Asian art taking place in the British capital, 1-10 November, has much to offer in terms of textiles.

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    Book of the Week: Indian Cotton Textiles by John Guy and Karun Thakar

    May 18, 2018

    In a new weekly feature, we highlight a book of rug and textile interest. This week we look at Indian Cotton Textiles. Chintz from the 14th to the Early 20th Centuries in Karun Thakar Collection.