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LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair is currently taking place in Berkeley Square, London. Executive Editor Daniel Shaffer selects some textile highlights

This year’s busy autumn Islamic week sales in London are set to begin on 6 October. HALI reviews the textile offerings from the three main auction houses
Malin Lonnberg · 4 min
This year's Sartirana Textile Art Show as always presented an excellent selection of antique oriental carpets and textiles. There were a few new faces, such as Max Lerch from Munich and Nasim Hakemie from Holland, as well as old hands like Bertram Frauenknecht and Tina…
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
The London autumn Islamic sales are drawing near. In terms of rugs and carpets, this year Christie’s is the main player.

The first exhibition of items from the Keir Collection, funded by an $800,000 endowment from Kosmos Energy, is opening at DMA on 18 September 2015.

The 14th edition of Parcours des mondes takes place 8 - 15 September 2015 in Paris, with Asian art being shown alongside tribal art for the first time.