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Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
The XXXIVth Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze, 2026
A rare small medallion Uşak and a well-travelled ‘bird’ Selendi rug led the carpet offering in Florence, alongside Tang tomb figures and Vittorio Zecchin’s zoomorphic mosaics. HALI Chairman Michael Franses reports.
Woven Histories: Reading the Croÿ Tapestry in Greifswald
A two-day symposium in Greifswald turned fresh eyes on the Croÿ Tapestry, the monumental 1554 weaving that places Martin Luther in the pulpit between the ruling houses of Saxony and Pomerania.
Markus Voigt · 8 min
Uzbekistan in Doha
A visually rich exhibition of art from Uzbekistan has just opened at the MIAQ, Doha showing highlights from collections in Qatar and Uzbekistan
Hali magazine · 7 min
A Kashmir Enigma: Mughal Kani Patka at the MFAH
Editor's Choice: a rare shawl fragment from the al-Sabah Collection on view in A 'From Persia to Paisley: Global Luxury and the Kashmir Shawl' at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
News & Events, 18 September
A weekly round-up of what is happening in the world of carpets and textiles through the lens of hali.com
