Articles, reports & dispatches.
Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
Alberto Boralevi opens Sofreh exhibition in Florence
If you happen to be in Florence in March 2014, it will be worth your while to visit Alberto Boralevi's 'I Tappeti del Pane: Kilim Sofreh della Persia Orientale'.
Christie's Spring Carpet Sale, London, 8 April 2014
In the past year the structure of the top end of the international specialist rug auction market has seen some radical changes – both in the wake of the triumph of SNY’s single owner Clark Collection sale last summer and the very successful follow-up of Carpets from…
Lucy Upward · 2 min
Fine Persian town rugs in Copenhagen at Bruun Rasmussen’s February 2014 sale
Copenhagen art auctioneers Bruun Rasmussen’s first international sale of the year on 26 February 2014 included a good selection of fine 20th century Persian workshop pieces.
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Ancient & Modern Award Winners Announced
Master of tent studies, Dr Peter Alford Andrews has been granted the £1000 Ancient & Modern award for 2014. The £500 Godfrey Goodwin Prize for the runner-up goes to Oxford biochemistry graduate, Harriet Rix.
Fine Antique Oriental Rugs II, Austria Auction Company, Vienna, 15 March 2014
Udo Langauer’s second sale of ‘Erlesene Antike Orientteppiche’ will be held at Vienna’s Novomatic Forum at 4.00 pm on Saturday 15th March.
