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At Asia Week New York, 10-20 March 2016, both Alan Kennedy, formerly of Paris but now relocated to California, and Milan’s Carlo Cristi are showing textiles among other Asian art objects.

The annual British Antique Dealers Association Fair is open until 15 March at Duke of York Square on London's King’s Road. “The BADA Fair represents our aspirational community for fine art, design and antiques, providing an outstanding opportunity for collectors to meet and…
Rachel Meek · 2 min
A selection of carpets from The Nazmiyal Collection, one of New York's leading antique and vintage rug galleries, will be sold by Bonhams New York on 4 April
Ben Evans · 1 min
A special (by appointment) exhibition at Gail Martin Gallery during Asia Week New York, 10-19 March 2016, will focus on Asian and Central Asian textiles along with the work of contemporary textile artist Polly Barton.

From 21 January to 8 May 2016, Berlin’s Bode Museum is host to an important exhibition, ‘The Madonna of the Würth Collection and Masterworks of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin’. It is devoted to the work of Hans Holbein the Younger (ca. 1497-1543), one of the greatest…

On the eve of the second Rippon Boswell sale of suzanis and kilims from the Ignazio Vok collection, in Wiesbaden on Saturday 12 March 2016, HALI contributing editor Markus Voigt meets one of the most influential collectors in the textile field, who has spent a lifetime…