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The HALI Colloquium in Italy: Florence, Milan, Turin and Genoa
HALI has organised a series of special events in Italy to precede the two-day colloquium Kerman Carpets of the Safavid Period (1501-1736) in Genoa, organised in memory of Alessandro Bruschettini, the renowned collector of Islamic art. Conceived as a celebration of the wealth…
The HALI Colloquium in Italy: Florence, Milan, Turin and Genoa
HALI has organised a series of special events in Italy to precede the two-day colloquium Kerman Carpets of the Safavid Period (1501-1736) in Genoa, organised in memory of Alessandro Bruschettini, the renowned collector of Islamic art. Conceived as a celebration of the wealth…
Katie Welch · 2 min
The Magnificent Sanguszko Carpets
Held in the Palazzo Rosso in Genoa, 'The Magnificent Sanguszko Carpets' presents the 16th-century Persian Kerman 'Sanguszko-type' carpets together for the first time. More than four hundred carpets from the Kerman region are known from the 16th and 17th centuries. The…
Katie Welch · 3 min
Indian Textiles:1,000 years of art and design, 22 January 2022
'Indian Textiles:1,000 years of art and design' opens from 22 January to 6 June 2022 and is accompanied by a limited-edition catalogue which includes essays by leading historians of Indian textiles, including Rosemary Crill, Steven Cohen, Avalon Fotheringham and Sylvia…
'Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith'
Featured in HALI 209’s pick of the best rug and textile exhibitions and events around the globe, the current exhibition, ‘Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith’ is open at The Met Cloisters, New York until 30 January 2022. In this article we take a more detailed…
