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From HALI 187: Tales of Far Magic, Unrolled…
More than nine metres long, The British Museum’s ‘Cloth of Vrindavan’ is the focus of the current exhibition ‘Krishna in the Garden of Assam’.
Seth Siegelaub at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
An extract from an exhibition review by Alan Kennedy of 'Seth Siegelaub: Beyond Conceptual Art' at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, 12 December 2015 - 17 April 2017.
Rachel Meek · 2 min
Nazmiyal Collection at Bonhams, NY
' An Exemplary Decorative Antique and Vintage Carpet Collection by Nazmiyal ' on 4 April 2016 was the first carpet auction of any substance at Bonhams in New York in our memory. The selection was broad, with pile and flatwoven carpets both Oriental and European in origin and…
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair (LARTA) 14-17 April 2016
LARTA, the London specialist event for period rugs, carpets, tapestries and textiles, returns for the fifth year to The Showroom in Penfold Street.
Rothschild Vase Carpets and much more at Christie's, London, 19 April
Christie’s spring Oriental Rugs & Carpets auction on 19 April 2016 in London is headlined by an amazing trio of 17th-century Kerman ‘Vase-technique’ carpets that were once the property of Baroness Alice de Rothschild, but there is far more to the King Street sale.
