TEFAF 2018: Embroidered truths
Markus Voigt reviews the 31st edition of TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht.
News: textile art
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Book of the week: Tibetan Dress in Amdo and Kham
In a new weekly feature, we highlight a book of a rug and textile interest. This week we look at Tibetan Dress in Amdo and Kham, published in 2017.
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London rug sale brought forward
The Spring Islamic Week sale of ‘Rugs and Carpets including Distinguished Collections’ at Sotheby’s in New Bond Street has been brought forward by one day to avoid a clash with Islamic and Orientalist art sales. The sale, now scheduled for the afternoon of Monday 23 April 2018, includes a further twenty historic Turkish village carpets… Read more »
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Rippon Boswell, Wiesbaden, 25 November 2017
To view the Rippon Boswell catalogue please click here
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The Fifth International Symposium on Azerbaijani Carpets, Baku
The 5th International Symposium on Azerbaijani Carpets (ISAC 2017) took place on 17-20 October 2017 in Baku. The programme was ambitious, with three days of lectures, museum exhibitions and numerous cultural events.
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Antique Rug and Textile Show, San Francisco
This year’s Antique Rug and Textile Show in San Francisco was held at the newly renovated Greenwich Inn, a 1950’s era motel at 2055 Steiner Street, 27-29 October. Emma Gardner reports.
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Oriental Carpets & Textiles, Christie’s London Autumn Islamic Sale, 26 October 2017
In addition to a handful of excellent textiles, Christie’s autumn ‘Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds‘ at King Street on Thursday 26 October 2017 has a separate section at the end of the sale of oriental rugs and carpets that contains a good number of top quality, antique collectable and high end decorative pieces. For an… Read more »
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Islamic Art in Dallas
The Keir Collection of Islamic Art Gallery opened at the Dallas Museum of Art on 18 April 2017, with a long-term installation in a new purpose-designed space dedicated to Islamic art. The new installation features more than 100 works from the Keir Collection, including a substantial number that have never previously been exhibited. Assembled over five… Read more »
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Fibres of Life, Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery
Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery’s exhibition ‘Fibres of Life’ (15 September–26 November 2017) and the publication Ikat Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago offer the world an overview of the ikat styles found across the islands, and the first comprehensive work of reference on the subject.
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Classical Carpets and Renaissance Paintings in Venice
A major exhibition, ‘Sérénissime Trame: Carpets from the Zaleski Collection and Renaissance Paintings’, opens on Thursday 23 March 2017 at the Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca’ d’Oro in Venice.
