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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has recently opened a year long exhibition of The Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision: In Pursuit of the Best in the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, till 5 October 2014.

Webb's auction house, Auckland, are to sell a diverse range of tribal and oceanic art, taking place Saturday 14 September, 2013 including an array of items from the cultures of Africa, Australia and the Americas.
Lucy Upward · 3 min
The exhibition 'Red, White & Bold: Masterworks of Navajo Design, 1840-1870' is coming to an end on 22 September 2013 at the Denver Art Museum, Colorado. Don't miss out on the chance to see eye catching textiles created by Navajo weavers during the mid-19th century
Lucy Upward · 1 min
Two brand new, searchable, illustrated databases aim to share the artistry and study of American Southwestern textiles with the world.

Sotheby’s 22 May auction of the Arts of the American West realised almost $4 million. This was the first Sotheby’s sale to bring together the best examples of American Indian artistic traditions as well as Western paintings and works on paper spanning 2,000 years of cultural…

The Andy Williams Collection of Navajo Blankets is to be offered for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on 21 May 2013.