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Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
Opulent Farewell to Carpets at CNY
'Opulence', at Christie's New York on Thursday 13th April 2017 has a strong focus on 19th century furniture and decorative arts, including 34 rugs and carpets. These are the last such rugs and carpets to be seen for sale at Rockefeller Center, at least for the foreseeable…
Persian New Year: The Shrine Carpets of Mashhad
Join HALI and celebrate Nowruz with a special lecture by Dr Hadi Maktabi on 6 April 2017 at 7pm at the V&A in London, followed by a drinks reception.
Malin Lonnberg · 1 min
Success for the Vok Collection at Rippon Boswell
The well-attended auction of the third and final tranche of the Ignazio Vok Collection at Rippon Boswell in Wiesbaden on Saturday 25th March 2017 was, like its predecessors, a great success.
Daniel Shaffer · 2 min
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.
