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The Sydney Opera House have unveiled a bold tapestry by Le Corbusier, purpose designed for the building in 1960.

The annual British Antique Dealers Association Fair is open until 15 March at Duke of York Square on London's King’s Road. “The BADA Fair represents our aspirational community for fine art, design and antiques, providing an outstanding opportunity for collectors to meet and…
Rachel Meek · 2 min
Two striking Tibetan rugs are amongst the 120 objects that feature in ‘Tibet’s Secret Temple: Body, Mind and Meditation in Tantric Buddhism’ on show at Wellcome Collection, London to 28 February 2016.
Rachel Meek · 3 min
View the brochure for the next HALI Tour to Armenia & Georgia, 7 - 16 May 2016, with exclusive access to carpets and textiles in museum stores & private collections.

‘Kongo: Power and Majesty’ at the Metropolitan Museum tells the little known story of the earliest encounters between expansionary western trading powers and the kingdoms of the Central African coast.

‘Esthétiques de l’Amour: Sibérie extreme-orientale’ at Musée du quai Branly, Paris is showing decorative art from far eastern Siberia to 17 January 2016