Until 16 August 2015, a selection of barkcloth textiles from the Pacific region is on view at the British Museum. Used to wrap, drape and adorn the body in a myriad of styles and designs, these textiles demonstrate the long history of barkcloth, and its ongoing relevance today.
It has been announced that The International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC) will conduct its 13th International Conference in Washington DC from 6 – 9 August 2015. The Conference will include, among other events, a series of lectures produced by ICOC at the new Textile Museum on the campus of the George Washington University, special… Read more »
The Victoria and Albert Museum have announced a major textile exhibition. The Fabric of India, supported by Good Earth will present 200 handmade objects that will celebrate the variety, virtuosity and incomparable richness of India’s textile traditions, 3 October 2015 – 10 January 2016.
From 26 February to 20 March 2015, Wild Teppich- und Textilkunst in Berlin-Mitte will show selected Afghan war rugs, woven in the period between the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s through to almost the present day. These rugs shock through juxtaposing the beauty of traditional crafts and war-related imagery.
‘The Sultan’s World’, an exhibition at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, sees the Ottoman Orient interpreted in the works of western Renaissance masters.
Add to, Take Away: Artistry and Innovation in African Textiles is showing at Dallas Museum of Art to 6 December 2015
Skinner’s Boston sale of ‘American Furniture and Decorative Arts’ on 1 March 2015 features a highly important example of early American needlework that is expected to sell for a sum in the region of $1million.
The Art Institute of Chicago has unveiled its new galleries for Islamic art, meaning that the museum’s permanent collection is back on show for the first time since 2012.
A gallery album of selected highlights photographed on the opening evening of the 2015 San Francisco Tribal and Textile Arts Show.
The annual Caskey/Lees San Francisco Tribal and Textile Art Show opens tonight in the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason with the customary Gala.
