New carpet galleries at the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin
The new carpet galleries at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin contextualise the collections while keeping its woven masterpieces centre stage.
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‘Master – An Ainu Story’, The Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London
On show at The Brunei Gallery, SOAS in London until this Saturday 15 December, ‘Master – An Ainu Story’ presents photographs taken by London based photographer Adam Isfendiyar.
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‘Power of Pattern: Central Asian Ikats from the David and Elizabeth Reisbord Collection’, LACMA, Los Angeles
Over sixty Central Asian ikat robes and wall hangings will be exhibited at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) as part of their ‘Power of Pattern: Central Asian Ikats from the David and Elizabeth Reisbord Collection’ exhibition, opening 3 February through to 28 July 2019.
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‘Agnes Martin / Navajo Blankets’, Pace Gallery, New York
Paintings by Agnes Martin are exhibited alongside wearing blankets by Navajo Diné weavers in ‘Agnes Martin / Navajo Blankets’ at the Pace Gallery, New York until 21 December 2018.
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Fine Antique Oriental Rugs XIII, Austria Auction Company, Vienna, 15 December 2018
Udo Langauer’s upcoming sale of antique oriental rugs at Austria Auction Company’s Palais Breuner saleroom in Vienna’s Singerstrasse on Saturday 15 December 2018 includes quality rugs from the excellent collection of the late Theo Häberli.
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‘The Fabric of India’, Cincinnati Art Museum, closing 6 January 2019
‘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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LARTA The London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair, 22-27 January 2019
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.
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Collector Carpets at Henry’s, Mutterstadt, 8 December 2018
Henry’s Auktionshaus will be offering a selection of 416 lots at their special winter auction, ‘Collector Carpets’ on 8 December 2018.
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‘Anni Albers’, Tate Modern, London
The UK’s first major retrospective of the work of Anni Albers (1899-1994) is now on show at the Tate Modern in London until 27 January 2019. Exhibits range from the Bauhaus artist’s small-scale ‘pictorial weavings’ to wall-hangings and source material for her influential publication ‘On Weaving’ from 1965.
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‘Major Autumn Auction’, Rippon Boswell & Co., Wiesbaden, 17 November 2018
Rippon Boswell & Co. will auction 273 lots including rugs belonging to the private collections of Dr. Harald Böhmer as well as Dr. Günther Rapp, at the Major Autumn Auction in Wiesbaden on 17 November 2018.
