CSK's summer Arts of India sale on 12 June 2104 includes several dozen Indian and southeast Asian textiles, including antique painted and block printed cotton chintz palampores, export chintzes, embroideries, painted temple cloths and a range of Kashmiri, Persian and European…
Daniel Shaffer
CSK's summer Arts of India sale on 12 June 2104 includes several dozen Indian and southeast Asian textiles, including antique painted and block printed cotton chintz palampores, export chintzes, embroideries, painted temple cloths and a range of Kashmiri, Persian and European shawls, as well as Indonesian batiks.
Serra Oruç reflects on Mike Berg’s 25-year engagement with Anatolian craft, and how his exhibition 'Innocent of Theory' invites us to see the kilim beyond function—as art, memory and cultural heritage.
A Salor wedding trapping made $87,500, more than double its low estimate, as Grogan & Company's sale of three collections totalled $890,000.
A rare small medallion Uşak and a well-travelled ‘bird’ Selendi rug led the carpet offering in Florence, alongside Tang tomb figures and Vittorio Zecchin’s zoomorphic mosaics. HALI Chairman Michael Franses reports.
Long-form reading recommendations, auction previews, and reports from museum floors — from the HALI editorial desk.