Vikings at the British Museum
The British Museum’s blockbuster Spring 2014 exhibition, Vikings: Life and Legend 6 March – 22 June 2014 explores warfare and cultural identity amongst the often violent, raider and trader warrior race.
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Buddhist Traditions and Transformations at The Met, NY
‘Devotional Buddhist Art of North India and Tibet’, a selection of extraordinary Himalayan paintings, sculpture and illuminated manuscripts, ancient and modern, is on show until June 8, 2014 in the South Asian Art Gallery at The Met.
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Expedition Silk Road: Treasures from the Hermitage Amsterdam
This exhibition in Amsterdam from 1 March to 5 September 2014 will showcase over 250 objects, discovered by Russian expeditions, that span centuries of trade between East and West.
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Nelson Rockefeller’s Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at The Met, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has recently opened a year long exhibition of The Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision: In Pursuit of the Best in the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, till 5 October 2014.
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Court and Craft: A Masterpiece from Northern Iraq at the Courtauld Gallery
The Courtauld Gallery, London will stage an exhibition of art from the Islamic world from 20 February to 18 May 2014 centred around an incredibly intricate metalwork bag.
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Ancient Peruvian featherwork at the Metropolitan Museum, New York
Feathered Walls: Hangings from Ancient Peru, is an installation comprising twelve spectacular feather panels made by the Wari people of southern Peru, on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, until 2 March 2014.
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Made in Oceania: Tapa exhibition in Cologne
The Rautenstracuh-Joest Museum’s new special exhibition ‘Made in Oceania: Tapa – Art and Social Landscapes’ presents a number of unique tapa (bark cloth) masterpieces dating back to the 18th century, on show until 27 April 2014.
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The Gail Martin Gallery presents ‘Continuing Traditions’
In signature style, ancient, antique & ethnographic textile art will be juxtaposed with works by contemporary fibre artists Polly Barton and James Bassler.
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Peter Pap at the New York Winter Antiques Show
Views of Peter Pap’s stand at the New York Winter Antique Show, featuring an 18th century Andean Colonial tapestry, similar to the one featured in Auction Price Guide HALI 178.
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Battersea Decorative Antiques Fair Album, January 2014
The Battersea Winter Decorative Antiques Fair is pleasant and relatively low-pressure event, aimed primarily at the mid-level local (UK) antique and semi-antique decorative furnishings market.
