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How did kashmiri shawls transform global fashion?
A special exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, explores the luxurious splendour of Kashmiri shawls and their influence on global fashion and trade. Curator Aimée Froom, alongside Anushka Hosain and Chaeri Lee, guides us through the treasures on display.
A Kashmir Enigma: Mughal Kani Patka at the MFAH
Editor's Choice: a rare shawl fragment from the al-Sabah Collection on view in A 'From Persia to Paisley: Global Luxury and the Kashmir Shawl' at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Ben Evans · 4 min
V&A announces landmark Chintz exhibition for 2027 in collaboration with the Karun Thakar collection
The V&A's landmark Chintz exhibition opens 18 September 2027, uniting its collection with Karun Thakar's, celebrating South Indian makers as major artists in design history.
Hali magazine · 1 min
Highlights from London’s Islamic & Indian Art Auctions
It was a busy week in London last week, as the spring sales of Islamic and Indian art delivered strong results across the board. The HALI team had the opportunity to preview the lots ahead of the auctions. Among the highlights were a rare 16th-century Cairene Ottoman rug that…
Book Review: Indian Tiles
Featured in HALI 210 , Penny Oakley reviews Arthur Millner’s latest book, Indian Tiles: Architectural Ceramics from Sultanate and Mughal India and Pakistan: Arthur Millner’s first book, Damascus Tiles, addressed a topic never before studied in its entirety (reviewed HALI…
