Olympia Fair 2014: Tribal and Textile Art
The Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair returns for it’s 42nd edition at the Olympia exhibition centre, London, 5 – 15 June 2014.
The Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair returns for it’s 42nd edition at the Olympia exhibition centre, London, 5 – 15 June 2014.
At some unspecified time or times during the past year, three readily identifiable antique oriental carpets have disappeared from a private collection in Europe. An appropriate reward is offered for information leading to their successful recovery. In the hope that the rugs can be recovered without unnecessarily involving the authorities, HALI has been asked to… Read more »
Haughton International Fairs’ Art Antiques London takes place from 11 – 18 June 2014 in a purpose-built pavilion in Kensington Gardens opposite the Royal Albert Hall and close to the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851. The event brings together approximately 70 of the world’s leading art dealers. Antique carpets, tapestries and textiles are represented… Read more »
Antique carpets, textiles and works of tribal art are very lightly represented at this year’s summer Olympia (5-15 June 2014).
UK Oriental rug collector Simon Crosby has donated a group of seven ‘Ersari’ Turkmen carpets to the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Highest expectations in Rippon Boswell’s Spring sale in Wiesbaden on Saturday 31 May 2014 rest on this large, colourful and highly collectable fragment from a ‘Bukhara’ carpet with multiple rows of niches (lot 96, estimate €65,000).
The HALI editorial team invite you to view our curated carpet tour around the UK.
The annual AOA (Africa, Oceana and the Americas) Tribal Art Fair takes place 14 – 18 May 2014 on the Upper East Side, New York.
It is with great regret that we have heard of the passing of the well-respected and much-liked veteran Turkmen carpet collector and scholar E.B. (Ned) Long, in Akron, Ohio, on 2 May 2014, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. A scientist by training (like so many Turkmen rug enthusuasts) with a passion for the environment… Read more »
Christie’s well-attended King Street sale of ‘Oriental Rugs and Carpets’ in London on Tuesday 8 April 2014 was a triumph for consignors and, a rare thing these days, a pleasure to attend.