Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.

In early April, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) announced that it has been awarded a USD 1.75 million gift from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for its textile art department.

The Andy Williams Collection of Navajo Blankets is to be offered for sale at Sotheby’s in New York on 21 May 2013.
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
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.
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
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

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 .

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…