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Material Culture in Philadelphia offers visitors a unique sample on its old and new rugs and textiles on the 4th July weekend at huge discounts

Skinner's antique rug sale on 11 May in downtown Boston has several highlights that deserve attention from international collectors and dealers.
Ben Evans · 2 min
Two events in New York's Upper East Side bring the best African, Oceanic and American art to the USA for a week in May.
Ben Evans · 3 min
Additional Caucasian highlights from the world's foremost private collection of rugs, the first tranche of which was published for the first time in HALI 175 .

Paris's Quai Branly museum has a good track record of bringing the art of little-known cultures to the attention of worldwide audiences. The Philippines can hardly been described as 'little-known', of course, but – unbelievably, until now – its art and culture have not been…