For the first time, carpets by the contemporary Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed are being exhibited in his home country. A major exhibition dedicated to Ahmed’s work — a compelling fusion of traditional carpet weaving and contemporary digital techniques — is being shown at the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum in Baku. ‘Faig Ahmed: Epoch… Read more »
This dynamic Anatolian ‘Lotto’ rug was a gift from James F. Ballard to the Saint Louis Art Museum. Here we look at the characteristics of the type.
Spanish carpets and Spanish ceilings: John Mills weaves together the strands of a story prompted by the reappearance at an auction of a fragment of a late 15th-century Mudéjar carpet
Christie’s Louise Broadhurst views spectacular carpets and textiles at an exhibition in Urbino.
A structural uniformity is disguised by apparent randomness caused by the extensive colour range used in the field of this classical carpet in the Beijing Palace Museum
Christie’s Louise Broadhurst spots spectacular carpets and textiles at an exhibition in Florence.
Executive Editor Daniel Shaffer previews Rippon Boswell’s Major Spring Auction.
Markus Voigt reviews the 31st edition of TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht.
Significant rugs and textiles are not limited to specialised auctions or even Islamic and Asian art sales. A case in point is the upcoming Important Design auction at Bonhams in London on 25 April 2018.
The regular HALI magazine feature Thread of Time takes an abstract look at the links between two intriguing textiles from different places and cultures that deserve to be in the limelight. The following is extracted from HALI 194.
