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Due to COVID-19, the HALI Tour 'Textile Collections in Russia' has been postponed until 18-26 September 2020.

You are invited to the 10th anniversary edition of the London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair (LARTA).
Katie Welch · 3 min
The commission of a Russian carpet recently sold at Christie's and how it entered Empress Maria Feodorovna’s (1759-1828) Pavlovsk Palace make for an interesting story.
Katie Welch · 2 min
Many exhibits, discussions and talks are taking place in the heart of the British capital as part of Asian Art in London, 31 October-9 November.

It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of Dr John Mills, who had been associated with HALI since its inception in the 1970s. An organic chemist, John Mills served as Scientific Adviser at the National Gallery in London until his retirement in the 1980s and…

‘Symbols and Colors in Caucasian and Alpine Carpets’, Mercantile Museum and Mercantile Palace in Bolzano (Bozen), exhibition review by Ben Evans from HALI 201.