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On 14 March 2013, the Victoria & Albert Museum announced the finalists for the third Jameel Prize. The winner of the £25,000 biennial award is selected from a shortlist of ten artists and designers.

The unabridged review by Andy Hale of David and Sue Richardson's The Qaraqalpaqs of the Aral Delta, published by Prestel. The abridged version appeared in HALI 175
Daniel Shaffer · 29 min
Additional Caucasian highlights from the world's foremost private collection of rugs, the first tranche of which was published for the first time in HALI 175 .
Ben Evans · 1 min
Paris's Quai Branly museum has a good track record of bringing the art of little-known cultures to the attention of worldwide audiences. The Philippines can hardly been described as 'little-known', of course, but – unbelievably, until now – its art and culture have not been…

With museums around the world competing to find ever more imaginative ways to get new and younger audiences to visit their exhibitions, the Guimet in Paris has come up with treasure: its latest show celebtrates the '80s Japanese-French animated series The Mysterious Cities of…