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HALI launches the first in a series of cultural tours in association with Martin Randall Travel: The Decorative Arts of Iberia Tour, 19 - 31 May 2015

Visitors are greeted by a cosy Alpine retreat in the foyer and a warm and welcoming atmosphere throughout, at the latest edition of the Battersea Decorative Fair , 20 - 25 January 2015. 145 exhibitors offer a wide array of antiques and vintage items aimed specifically at the…
Rachel Meek · 1 min
A major exhibition of European Medieval and Renaissance tapestries is showing at the National Museum - Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Vilnius to 18 January 2015. Extract from a review featured in HALI 182.
Rachel Meek · 2 min
BRAFA Art Fair returns to Brussels, 24 January – 1 February 2015, marking the fair's 60th anniversary.

The first comprehensive retrospective of work by the ‘father of modern Iranian sculpture’, Parvis Tanavoli at a US museum is to be held at The Davis Collection at Wellesley College, MA, 10 February – 7 June 2015.

Two winners of the most prestigious award in the field of oriental carpets, the Joseph V. McMullan Award have been announced for 2014.