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Lyon - Splendours in the City of Silk: 1. Textiles, by Georgina Adam
In the mid 1980s HALI published a series of four articles on the textiles and carpets in the collection of the Musée Historique des Tissus (MHT) in Lyons, France. The first article, by Georgina Adam, in HALI 32, focused on a select handful of the historical textiles in Lyon,…
Flora Islamica. Plant Motifs in the Art of Islam in Copenhagen
For over a millenium, plant motifs in the form of vines, leaves, flowers, fruits, and trees were among those most frequently used in the art of the Islamic world. Many of these works were created in the hot, barren regions of the Middle East, and the lush Paradise as…
Lucy Upward · 9 min
Rudolf Stingel at the Palazzo Grassi, Venice, to December 2013
Curated by the artist himself, Rudolf Stingel, has collaborated with Elena Geuna to conceive an installation for Palazzo Grassi. Spreading over 5,000 square metres, the exhibition begins to unfold at the atrium and spans two floors above.
Lucy Upward · 1 min
Caucasian 'Shield' Carpets by Michael Franses and Robert Pinner, 1978
Caucasian Shield Carpets' by Robert Pinner and Michael Franses, published in 1978 in the inaugural issue of HALI magazine, remains to this day the definitive study of these 17th and 18th century carpets with variants of the classical shield palmette design.
Summer Olympia 2013 - Rugs, textiles and tribal art
Exhibitors with items of special interest to HALI readers in the wide-open spaces of this year's summer Olympia fair in London, until 16 June, include Galerie Arabesque (Ulrike Montigel), Esther Fitzgerald, Clive Loveless, Tribal Gathering (Bryan Reeves), Johanna Booth,…
