A major exhibition of European Medieval and Renaissance tapestries is showing at the National Museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Vilnius to 18 January 2015. Extract from a review featured in HALI 182.
BRAFA Art Fair returns to Brussels, 24 January – 1 February 2015, marking the fair’s 60th anniversary.
‘Woven Connections’, a selling exhibition by Samyama, will take place at Woo Gallery in Chiangmai on 18 to 22 January 2015. Here we select some of the highlights.
Visitors are greeted by a cosy Alpine retreat in the foyer and a warm and welcoming atmosphere throughout, at the latest edition of the Battersea Decorative Fair, 20 – 25 January 2015. 145 exhibitors offer a wide array of antiques and vintage items aimed specifically at the interior design market, displayed in appealing and approachable… Read more »
In May 2015, HALI is leading a rug and textile tour to Spain and Portugal in partnership with Martin Randall.
‘Daughter of History: Mary Soames and the Legacy of Churchill’, Sotheby’s white glove sale, featured an intriguing painting of the tapestry room at Blenheim Palace.
The exhibition ‘Sahib, Bibi, Nawab: Baluchar Silks of Bengal 1750–1900’ is at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly the Prince of Wales Museum), Mumbai, 12 December 2014 to 11 January 2015.
The Burrell Collection’s Wagner garden carpet is one of 50 highlights from the esteemed Glasgow collection on show at Bonhams New Bond Street showrooms, London, 15 December 2014 – 9 January 2015.
Le danse de forms – Textiles de Samiro Yunoki is showing at Musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris to 12 January 2015. The exhibition marks the entry of 72 mainly textile works into the museum’s collection, that have been donated by the artist.
A new mark for a Chinese carpet was set at Christie’s in New York on 11 December 2014, one of six world auction records set during the ‘Exceptional Sale’, by this Wanli period Ming Imperial double dragon carpet fragment. The carpet sold to an anonymous buyer within its $600-800,000 estimate for $665,000. A complete large… Read more »
