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A new exhibition at the Museo Stefano Bardini in Florence explores how the art dealer Stefano Bardini and his children, Emma and Ugo, collected, traded and made textiles, from Borghese tapestries to a previously unseen carpet by Paul Follot.

A Paris exhibition, ‘Animalia: Bestiary from the Al Thani Collection’ (1 July 2026–10 January 2027), explores depictions of the animal kingdom in one of the world's most significant private art collections
Ella Haig · 5 min
A remarkable woven masterpiece from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is on display in a new spotlight loan at the Aga Khan Museum
Ella Haig · 2 min