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Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, at the MFA, Houston
A selection of Islamic masterworks from Kuwait’s al-Sabah Collection are on display at The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, until 26 January 2014, as part of a long-term collaboration with the Kuwait National Museum, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI).
When is a Talish not a Talish? HALI 175, Auction Price Guide Erratum
In HALI 175, on page 136, the image of a yellow-ground Northeast Caucasian prayer rug, sold at Grogan's in Dedham in January 2013, mistakenly accompanies the details and comment for an unusual Talish prayer rug sold by Rippon Boswell in Wiesbaden in November 2012. Here are…
Daniel Shaffer · 2 min
Extended to 16 June: Moscow’s Pushkin Museum hosts Russia’s premier private collection of Islamic Art
Hurry, there’s still time to see the exhibition 'Ninety-nine Names of God: Classical Art of the Islamic World from the IX to XIX Centuries', on show for another ten days at the A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Arts, Moscow. Open until 26th May, 2013, the display shows ninety-nine…
Daniel Shaffer · 2 min
Wannenes Genoa, Antique Carpets & Textiles, 29 May 2013
Wannenes in Genoa, Italy, has emerged over the past few years as a welcome player in the international antique carpet and textile auction market and Wannenes now hold regular specialist sales. A few of the possible highlights of their next Genoa sale, on 29 May 2013, are…
Freeman's Philadelphia, Oriental Rugs, 22 May
Freeman's sale in Philadelphia of Oriental Rugs, Carpets and Textiles on 22 May 2013 includes a small group of good 19th century Caucasian rugs and kilims.
