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Block Prints from the Indus Valley – Textiles collected by Lisette Kampmann in the 1980s, on exhibit until 31 August 2014

CSK's summer Arts of India sale on 12 June 2104 includes several dozen Indian and southeast Asian textiles, including antique painted and block printed cotton chintz palampores, export chintzes, embroideries, painted temple cloths and a range of Kashmiri, Persian and European…
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
The annual auction of Arts of the American West is happening at Sotheby’s, New York on 21 May 2014.
Rachel Meek · 1 min
Many of you will already know Kerry Taylor’s London-based auction house for its expertise in antique and vintage fashion, for which the company is renowned worldwide. Since the ex-Sotheby’s auctioneer started the firm in 2003 each sale has contained a relatively small section…

Nagel’s Fine Arts and Antiques sale in Stuttgart, 26 – 27 February 2014, includes two notable German tapestries of greatly different periods and styles.

Ending on 17 January 2014, the Motamedi family’s latest exhibition, ‘The Golden Knot’, is taking place within one of the giant neo-gothic warehouses that line the canals of Hamburg’s Port City.