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On show at The Brunei Gallery, SOAS in London until this Saturday 15 December, 'Master - An Ainu Story' presents photographs taken by London based photographer Adam Isfendiyar.

Over sixty Central Asian ikat robes and wall hangings will be exhibited at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) as part of their ‘Power of Pattern: Central Asian Ikats from the David and Elizabeth Reisbord Collection’ exhibition, opening 3 February through to 28 July…
Katie Welch · 2 min
Paintings by Agnes Martin are exhibited alongside wearing blankets by Navajo Diné weavers in ‘Agnes Martin / Navajo Blankets’ at the Pace Gallery, New York until 21 December 2018.
Katie Welch · 4 min
Udo Langauer’s upcoming sale of antique oriental rugs at Austria Auction Company’s Palais Breuner saleroom in Vienna’s Singerstrasse on Saturday 15 December 2018 includes quality rugs from the excellent collection of the late Theo Häberli.

'The Fabric of India', co-curated by Rosemary Crill, is on show at Cincinnati Art Museum until 6 January 2019. The US show is based on the 2015-2016 Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition featuring two-hundred handmade Indian textiles from the fifteenth century to today.