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The Musée d’Art modern et d’Art Contemporain de Nice (MAMAC), France is showing fifty works by Alexander Calder to 7 September 2014, the Jane Kahan Gallery, New York has original Calder tapestries for sale.

English embroideries from the Feller collection go on public display for the first time from 1 August to 12 October 2014 at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Rachel Meek · 3 min
The first HALI UK Tour concluded last month. We spent 10 days gaining a privileged, in depth look at the best carpets and textiles in Britain in the good company of just under 20 HALI subscribers.
Rachel Meek · 1 min
On the evening of 10 July 2014, Christie’s King Street salerooms, London will hold the fifth edition of The Exceptional Sale.

The HALI UK Tour group spent ten days in June 2014 traveling the length of Britain. Taking in country houses and gardens, gaining behind-the-scenes access to the archives and encountering fine carpets and textiles in museums, study rooms and galleries along the way.

The intricate ‘Shroud of Gothenburg’ is one of four ancient Andean textiles that have returned to Lima from Sweden this month.