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

British folk art- an elusive and often overlooked artistic genre is given high art status at Tate Britain.
Rachel Meek · 1 min
The spectacular exhibition, Kimono for a Modern Age, at The Pavilion for Japanese Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is a must for anyone interested in design and textiles. Open until 9 October, t his is one of eight exhibitions celebrating the 25 th…
Rachel Meek · 3 min
The Musée d’Art modern et d’Art Contemporain de Nice (MAMAC), France is showing fifty works by Alexander Calder to 7 September 2014, the Jane Kahan Gallery, New York has original Calder tapestries for sale.

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Cairo under Wraps: Early Islamic Textiles, on view until 25 January 2015, features nearly 80 rare fabrics.

English embroideries from the Feller collection go on public display for the first time from 1 August to 12 October 2014 at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.