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Classical Carpets and Renaissance Paintings in Venice
A major exhibition, ‘Sérénissime Trame: Carpets from the Zaleski Collection and Renaissance Paintings’, opens on Thursday 23 March 2017 at the Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca’ d’Oro in Venice.
Carpets and Islamic Art at the MIA, Doha
'Imperial Threads: Motifs and Artisans from Turkey, Iran and India’, the current exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar (15 March–4 November 2017), brings a new perspective to the MIA’s remarkable permanent collection.
Daniel Shaffer · 2 min
Uzbek Silks from the Megalli Collection in Houston
‘Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats’, an unmissable loan exhibition of some fifty dazzling silk robes and panels from the collection of the late Murad Megalli, is now open at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas until 4 June 2017.
Daniel Shaffer · 2 min
International Symposium on Azerbaijani Carpets (ISAC 2017)
The fifth International Symposium on Azerbaijani Carpets (ISAC 2017), titled ‘Traditions and Innovations’ will happen 17-20 October 2017 in Baku in partnership with the International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC).
Rediscovery of a Tudor Dress Fragment
Curators from the Historic Royal Palaces in the UK have identified an embroidered altar cloth as a rare fragment of Elizabethan dress.
