NEWS & VIEWS
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Rug Embargo
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03 September 2010
It was on 1 July 2010 that US President Barak Obama signed the 'Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Ac' (H.R. 2194), legislation that expands US sanctions against Iran in response to the country’s nuclear activity. The new law will ban many Iranian imports to the United States, including rugs, and takes effect on 29 September 2010.
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Life, Death and Magic
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27 August 2010
Thomas Murray reports: I have just attended a most important opening at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, of Robyn Maxwell's magnum opus effort, titled ‘Life, Death and Magic’.
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Palace Robbery
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27 August 2010
HALI readers, especially in India, should keep a sharp eye open on the market for a pair of 19th century Persian fine silk carpets that stolen from The Lily Pool Palace in Jaipur, Rajasthan, the private quarters of the Jaipur royal family. The theft took place earlier this summer, and is believed to be an "inside Job".
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Carpetbagging on Closure Systems in the Baluch Tradition
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02 August 2010
Frank Martin Diehr reports: On 3 July 2010, a hot and sweltering day in southern Germany, some thirty German, Swiss and Austrian Baluch rug aficionados ignored the 22 men kicking a spherical piece of plastic in South Africa (Germany were playing Argentina) and met at Galerie Kelim in a Collector’s meeting.
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LONDON IN JUNE 2010
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09 July 2010
London in June has always been a major attraction for art and antiques buyers at all levels of the market but most art world observers were keen to see how the cards would fall in the 2010, first year in living memory without The Grosvenor House Antiques and Art Fair, the supposed jewel in the crown of the London art fairs.
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A Stitch in Good Time
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09 July 2010
‘A Story of Islamic Embroidery’ under the patronage of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nayhan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, opened at Gallery One in the Gulf state’s Kempinski Emirates Palace Hotel, on 6 April 2010. It brings together more than two hundred exceptional textiles that take visitors on a cultural and poetic journey to the Silk Road and North Africa and beyond, exploring the embroidery tradition in urban, rural and nomadic settings.
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Matriarchs and Patriarchs
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07 July 2010
This year sees Istanbul flaunting her charms as European City of Culture and awash with exhibitions of both the old and the new, in museums of all shapes and sizes. We focus on two that are direct opposites.
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Rag Time in New York
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17 June 2010
New Yorkers have a wealth of opportunities to look at one of the most recently discovered weaving traditions of North Africa during the Summer by way of two exhibitions focusing on the Moroccan rag rugs.
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The Austrian Dorotheum - New Hope for Carpets and Textiles
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17 June 2010
Founded in 1707 by Emperor Joseph I, the Austrian Dorotheum is the oldest among the world’s major auction houses.
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Olympia Hilton Textile Fair
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04 June 2010
The London Antique Textiles, Vintage Costumes, Carpets and Tribal Art Fair is on Sunday 6 June at The Olympia Hilton, Kensington High Street.
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The Real India
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11 May 2010
Tom Cole writes: I have been fascinated with Asian classical art for years. In fact, the impetus to venture out into the world and a life of adventure on the road in India at an early age was first provided by my contact with Tibetan thangkhas. That was so long ago that it seems like a lifetime, but more like someone else’s life than my own. I can barely remember NOT being on the road in Asia in my life.
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Madison on the Mind
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10 May 2010
The Caskey Lees Tribal and Textile Art Fair had been, until it was cancelled early this year, a key event in the New York arts calendar, one around which rug, tribal and textile dealers focused their East Coast activities prior to the summer. Its cancellation due to insufficient number of dealers committing to exhibit this year left a gap in the calendar that has now been filled by The First Annual Madison Promenade and New York Tribal Arts Week.
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Mark Your Calendars for the 12th ICOC in Stockholm and St Petersburg
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23 April 2010
In June of 2011, ICOC will offer a veritable smorgasbord of unexpected discoveries, receptions and festive cultural events that are sure to appeal to enthusiasts and aficionados, expert collectors, scholars and dealers from around the world.
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World Record Smashed for Carpet at Auction
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15 April 2010
In today’s sale of carpets at Christie’s in London (15 April 2010), a sublime 17th century Kerman vase technique carpet sold for an astonishing £6.2 million ($9.5 million), more than double the mark set not quite two years ago at CNY for the Doris Duke ‘Polonaise’ carpet. It is likely, though not yet confirmed, that the carpet will be going to the Gulf area.
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Carpets and Textiles in the Iranian World 1400 – 1700
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12 April 2010
Published by The May Beattie Archive at the Ashmolean Museum and The Bruschettini Foundation for Islamic and Asian Art, the new publication ‘Carpets and Textiles in the Iranian World 1400 – 1700’ is one of the most significant contribution to carpet studies since Oriental Carpet & Textile Studies II.
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Christie’s Carpets
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08 April 2010
For serious buyers and mere enthusiasts alike, Christie’s London Islamic Week sale of Oriental Rugs and Carpets, to be held in two sessions in their King Street rooms on Thursday 15 April 2010 is the main event of the week.
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The Best of Bonhams
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08 April 2010
Bonhams Knightsbridge Oriental Rug auction on 13 April has 202 lots and clearly demonstrates that this room has become a favourite of the London trade for buying and selling. The auction is always lively and well attended, and there are a few lots that will be hotly competed over.
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The Stars at Sotheby's
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07 April 2010
Sotheby’s Arts of the Islamic World auction on 14th April 2010 in London has fewer rugs than one would like to see but it does contain a few items of high quality that merit the attention of serious collectors.
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Islamic Art Galleries in Motown
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01 April 2010
The Detroit Institute of Arts began collecting Islamic art in the 1890s. Some of the most important masterpieces in the collection were acquired under Wilhelm Valentiner, director from the 1920s to the 1940s...
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Nagel's Early Spring
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26 March 2010
Sarah Haberkern reports: Nagel of Stuttgart’s carpet and Islamic art sale on 16 March 2010 can be considered an overall success. The preview was very well attended and on auction day itself all seats were taken.
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