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Issue 229 · Autumn 2026·Issues raised by the 1976 World of Islam Festival in London, fifty years on, A Rabat-based collector explains his fascination with curtains from his home city, A visit to the MAK, Vienna, prompts questions about the role of a great museum
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'Unraveling Identity' at the new Textile Museum in Washington DC

'Unraveling Identity' at the new Textile Museum in Washington DC

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Daniel Shaffer

·1 min read·05 Apr 2015·
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Mike Berg and the Art of the Kilim
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Mike Berg and the Art of the Kilim

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.

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Grogan & Company, Boston, 1 October 2026: sale review
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Grogan & Company, Boston, 1 October 2026: sale review

A Salor wedding trapping made $87,500, more than double its low estimate, as Grogan & Company's sale of three collections totalled $890,000.

Ben Evans·5 min
A Kashmir Enigma: Mughal Kani Patka at the MFAH
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A Kashmir Enigma: Mughal Kani Patka at the MFAH

Editor's Choice: a rare shawl fragment from the al-Sabah Collection on view in A 'From Persia to Paisley: Global Luxury and the Kashmir Shawl' at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Ben Evans·4 min
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