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Two brand new, searchable, illustrated databases aim to share the artistry and study of American Southwestern textiles with the world.

The exhibition 'Tsutsugaki: Japanese Indigo-dyed Textiles' at the National Museum of Asian Arts Guimet in Paris until 10 October 2013, brings together works taken from the museum's Krishna Riboud/AEDTA Collection, from a private collection and from Japanese collections,…
Lucy Upward · 2 min
Frank Martin Diehr reports: On the second weekend in June, the tiny village of Taura, near Chemnitz in Saxony became the hub of the Baluch collecting world, with participants in annual German-speaking Baluch collectors’ meeting coming from as far afield as the USA and Sweden.
Lucy Upward · 3 min
An inspirational exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Australia, until 22 September 2013, features over 200 years of British quilt-making.

An upcoming exhibition at The International Design Museum, Munich, will center on the collection of Munich architect Professor Jürgen Adam, from 29 September 2013 till 6 January 2014.

A stunning exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art features more than 60 pieces of antique textile art from North and Sub-Saharan Africa from the museum's diverse collection of African textiles, one of the most comprehensive in the USA.