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'Cover Story' to open this week alongside 'Spun: Adventures in Textiles', Denver, Colorado
This week the Denver Art Museum (DAM) will be unveiling a new gallery space, Cover Story, which will exhibit over sixty artefacts from the museum's textile collection. The objects explore the ways in which textiles have been used by different cultures across centuries of time.
LACMA acquires rare Balinese painting
The LACMA has acquired an exceptional Balinese painting depicting The Temptation of Arjuna, from the estate of renowned Indian art historian Ananda Coomaraswamy.
Lucy Upward · 1 min
Freeman's Philadelphia, Oriental Rugs, 22 May
Freeman's sale in Philadelphia of Oriental Rugs, Carpets and Textiles on 22 May 2013 includes a small group of good 19th century Caucasian rugs and kilims.
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
English Textile Design of the Late 19th Century at the MAK, Vienna
'A Shot of Rhythm and Colour: English Textile Design of the Late 19th Century', at the Museum für angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna Until 13 October 2013, offers a representative survey of the MAK's major collection of European Arts & Crafts textiles
Chinese gallery reopens in Zurich
The China department of Museum Rietberg, Zurich has reopened after a six-month rebuilding programme.
