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HALI London
Celebrating 40 years and 200 editions of HALI magazine, HALI London was the first London festival devoted to the art and history of textiles.
‘Ancient Textiles from the Andes’, at The Whitworth
A special exhibition of ancient Andean textiles will be on show at The Whitworth Museum in Manchester, 29 March-15 September 2019.
Katie Welch · 2 min
New carpet galleries at the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin
The new carpet galleries at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin contextualise the collections while keeping its woven masterpieces centre stage.
Katie Welch · 2 min
'Anni Albers', Tate Modern, London
The UK's first major retrospective of the work of Anni Albers (1899-1994) is now on show at the Tate Modern in London until 27 January 2019. Exhibits range from the Bauhaus artist’s small-scale ‘pictorial weavings’ to wall-hangings and source material for her influential…
Cotsen Collections donated to George Washington University and The Textile Museum
The Washington Textile Museum, now part of the US capital’s George Washington University, has received a $18.4 million gift of more than 4,000 textiles, together with purpose-built cabinetry and an endowment, from the 1985 Trust set up by Lloyd Cotsen, former CEO of Neutrogena.
