HALI gives readers a first look at this thrilling exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in our Summer 2013 issue (HALI 176), with exclusive images and an extensive twelve page preview, written by exhibition organiser Amelia Peck and her team of interdepartmental exhibition curators.
Even before its public opening on 16 September 2013, the MMA's autumn exhibition has attracted high praise. 'Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800', which runs until 5 January 2014, is a staggering story of hidden treasures covering more than three centuries of art from all corners of the world.
The show occupies nine galleries, and brings together more than 160 fabrics and textiles, as well as paintings and books. Moving geographically from Europe to the Americas, Asia and India, the exhibition traces the world's early sea trade routes. The New York Times describes the result as 'a feast of transcendent artefacts variously embroidered, woven, dyed and printed, and one of the great art experiences of the season. Hybridity, a favoured buzzword in the art world these days, is shown to be as old as the sea.'
