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Tibet’s Secret Temple, Wellcome Collection, London
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.
Scandinavian Carpets at Artcurial
Artcurial’s second auction in Paris dedicated exclusively to Scandinavian design features three noteworthy 20th-century Swedish carpets.
Malin Lonnberg · 1 min
Kongo: Power and Majesty at the Met
‘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.
Rachel Meek · 2 min
Arthur Millner - Islamic, Indian, Himalayan & South-East Asian Art
The sale of over 400 lots includes Himalayan paintings and bronzes, Indian miniature painting, Islamic ceramics and metalwork as well as a wealth of textiles.
Art of the Zo at The Philadelphia Museum of Art
From 11th November – 20 March 2016, The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents ‘Art of the Zo: Textiles from Myanmar, India, and Bangladesh’, an exhibition of woven Chin textiles
