Denver Art Museum: From Workshop to Nomad

Karapinar Rug

The Avenir Institute of Textile Arts and Fashion’s at Denver Art Museum has arranged a symposium ‘From Workshop to Nomad: New Thinking about Rug Weaving Categories and Design Influences’ 25 March 2023 between 9 am – 4 pm. This symposion will explore rugs and the various weaving cultures of West … read more

LACMA exhibition and symposium on Central Asian Ikats

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is featuring a large exhibition of ikats, ‘The Power of Pattern: Central Asian Ikats from the David and Elizabeth Reisbord Collection’ now through 11 August 2019. In conjunction with the exhibition LACMA present a one-day symposium on ikats 11 May 2019. Lectures … read more

Hali London 24-30 June 2019

The Hali London 2019 from 24 June through 30 June 2019 is a celebration of the 200th edition and forty years of Hali Magazine. The impressive programme includes a fair, two days of lectures, a series of events and a HALI tour… read more

13th International Conference on Oriental Carpets

Washington, DC, in August, you say? Well, it all turned out very well. Planned and produced on a very short schedule, requiring Wendel Swan, who needed to be nearly omnipresent to put things together and bring it all off, the International Conference on Oriental Carpets was a real success. The hotel … read more