The fifth International Symposium on Azerbaijani Carpets (ISAC 2017), titled ‘Traditions and Innovations’ will happen 17-20 October 2017 in Baku in partnership with the International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC).
A special exhibition of textiles from Sumba, curated by Thomas Murray and drawing from his extensive collection, is now online.
In HALI 189, the Yousef Jameel Curator of Islamic Art at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford,Francesca Leoni introduces the landmark exhibition, ‘Power and Protection: Islamic Art and the Supernatural’, showing there from 20 October 2016 until 15 January 2017.
A selection of works from the 15th edition of one of the world’s most important tribal art fairs, Parcours des Mondes in Saint-Germain-Des-Prés, Paris, 6-11 September.
The current exhibition ‘Art of the Austronesians’ at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles is showing until 28 August 2016. Read an extract from Thomas Murray’s review published in HALI 188.
The Art & Antiques Fair, Olympia returns to west London on 27 June to 3 July 2016.
For the first time, the three established fairs AAB (Asian Art in Brussels), BAAF (Brussels Ancient Art Fair) and BRUNEAF (Brussels Non European Art Fair) are joining together for ‘Cultures: The World Art Fair’ in Brussels, 8-12 June 2016.
Phulkari from the private collection of Guido and Aldo Accornero Lazzarino were exhibited at the Museo d’Arte Orientale di Torino in Italy, 14 April – 15 May 2016.
For ‘Kum Kapi’, the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon is drawing on little known items from its collection to display a handful of very fine Istanbul workshop rugs.
‘Suolo sacro. Tappeti in pittura (XV – XIX secolo)’ is a spring exhibition to be held at Gallery Moshe Tabibnia’s Via Brera premises in Milan from 6 April–2 July 2016. The exhibition will feature 25 rare antique (15th-19th century) oriental carpets from Tabibnia’s incomparable holdings.
