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'Under the Night Sky', Albertz Benda & Friedman Benda, New York
Spanning the spaces of Friedman Benda and Albertz Benda in New York, 'Under the Night Sky' will run until 15 December 2018. The show explores the numerous ways in which the frontier of the night sky influences the human psyche and continues to hold artists in its grip.
'A Collection of Collections', Sotheby's London, 6 November
Sotheby’s London sale on 6 November is led by a group of twenty-three carpets from the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in Madrid. The consignment includes a handful of classical Ushak, Esfahan and Caucasian rugs and fragments, as well as some particularly good Chinese…
Katie Welch · 2 min
‘Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds’, Christie’s London, 25 October
At Christie's in London on 25 October, the all-encompassing ‘Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds’ sale includes more than eighty other rugs and carpets, from most time periods and weaving cultures.
Katie Welch · 2 min
Cotsen Collections donated to George Washington University and The Textile Museum
The Washington Textile Museum, now part of the US capital’s George Washington University, has received a $18.4 million gift of more than 4,000 textiles, together with purpose-built cabinetry and an endowment, from the 1985 Trust set up by Lloyd Cotsen, former CEO of Neutrogena.
'The art of kilims'
The current major exhibition at the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum in Washington DC, 'A Nomad's Art: Kilims of Anatolia' on view until 23 December, features 18th- and 19th-century Anatolian kilims entrusted to the museum by Murad Megalli’s family.
