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Ramayana, Indian Miniature Art from the National Museum, New Delhi offers an opportunity to savour the art of the miniature at The Cinquantenaire Museum, Brussels until 18th May 2014.

Feathered Walls: Hangings from Ancient Peru, is an installation comprising twelve spectacular feather panels made by the Wari people of southern Peru, on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, until 2 March 2014.
Lucy Upward · 2 min
Exploring the truth behind the legend of El Dorado, the British Museum focuses on Colombian culture before the 16th-century Spanish invasion.
Lucy Upward · 2 min
Rippon Boswell will hold their autumn sale of Collector Rugs and Textiles in Wiesbaden, Germany on Saturday 30th November 2013. The auction is open to preview daily from Wednesday 27th until the morning of the sale.

‘Ram Horns and Scorpion Tails: Textiles from Uzbekistan’, which opened on 8 November 2013 in in the new Nickle Galleries at the University of Calgary, features a selection of Uzbek rural flatwoven and embroidered textiles and knotted pile rugs from the Jean and Marie Erikson…