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MAK Vienna unveils new galleries with reimagined carpet displays
The new galleries at the MAK in Vienna have adopted a new approach to presenting artworks—including replacing its controversial carpet displays
Collector Carpets and Textiles, Henry’s, Mutterstadt, Germany, 9 June 2018
Executive Editor Daniel Shaffer previews Henry’s Auktionshaus’s large summer sale of 'Collector Carpets and Textiles'.
Malin Lonnberg · 1 min
Collector Carpets at Henry's, Mutterstadt, 9 December 2017
Henry's sale on 9 December 2017 has almost 350 lots with a good offering of antique Tibetan and Chinese rugs among the semi-antique and antique furnishing carpets and rugs that represent the bulk of the sale.
Malin Lonnberg · 2 min
The Fifth International Symposium on Azerbaijani Carpets, Baku
The 5th International Symposium on Azerbaijani Carpets (ISAC 2017) took place on 17-20 October 2017 in Baku. The programme was ambitious, with three days of lectures, museum exhibitions and numerous cultural events.
From HALI 193: The Bruschettini Collection at the Aga Khan Museum
In late September 2017, the great and good of the Islamic art world gathered in Toronto for a programme of events to celebrate the opening of the exhibition ‘Arts of the East’ at the Aga Khan Museum, featuring loans from the Bruschettini Collection.
