This tag contains a collection of blogs by Nazmiyal Antique Rugs about museums. We have blogs about art museums around the world and focus on these museums through the lens of a rug-lover. Topics range from investigating extremely rare, old, or special carpets, to special collections and exhibitions of rugs in museums.
Exploring museums around the world is an incredible experience. Learning about the past through art, including rugs, tapestries, and carpets, is something special. Since it’s not always realistic to visit all of these museums in person, we’ve gathered the highlights and what you need to know about some of the best collections and experiences in existence.
Let these posts take you around the world on a virtual tour of fine art and learn something new about different parts of the world, different cultures, history, and art. And don’t forget to keep checking back, since we always have new and exciting blogs about different museums!
If you are planning a trip to Istanbul Turkey and you love antique Oriental carpets, the Topkapi Palace Museum has a collection that you do not want to miss. A visit to the collection of antique rugs at Topkapi Palace Museum is like stepping back in time. It has one of the most extensive collections of textiles and carpets in the world. The museum houses some of the finest examples of Ottoman Empire textile art dating from the second half of the fifteenth century to the early 20th century.
When you are visiting New York City as a lover of antique rugs, there are two places that you should put on your list. The first is our beautiful collection at the Nazmiyal Collection gallery, and the second is the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met Museum houses one of the most extensive collections of 17th century rugs and early carpets in the world, and these magnificent pieces will make a lasting impression.
Met Museum Islamic Arab Lands wing finally opens in NYC!!! Last November the Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiled its newly renovated and renamed Galleries for the Art of Arab Lands: Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia. $40 million dollars worth of work went into making the 19,000 square foot space. The word Islam is purposely missing in their title and Islamic art is presented from seventh century Damascus and Baghdad to Moorish Spain, the Ottoman Empire and 16th century South Asia in thematic flows that allow visitors to walk to and from various periods “out of order.” They also incorporate influences of other religions and artistic periods on Islamic arts.
During Christopher Columbus’s famous expedition westward through the Atlantic Ocean to Asia, he never imagined that he would uncover the body of islands we now know as the Americas, or the West Indies. Decades after his tremendous discovery, the land developed into one of the most sought out locations for Asian imported goods.
The Bauhaus School of Art lasted for only 14 years from 1919 to 1933, but its impacts on modern art and design continues to be felt strongly today. Two of the photography students of this famous German institution who found fame on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean were Grete Stern, a German, and Horacio Coppola, an Argentinean. The two met at the school, fell in love, fled Nazi Germany, got married and together became a powerhouse of modern photography.
To anyone interested in the rich and exotic art, culture and history of south India, the exhibition “Sultans of Deccan India: Opulence and Fantasy” is a sumptuous feast for the eyes. The landmark exhibition being held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from April 20 showcases some of the finest works of art from the five Deccan Sultanates of south India that existed between the 15th and 17th century. Nazmiyal Collection encourages you to view these beautiful works of Indian art.
Native Americans have created and continue to create artwork for many reasons, taking many different forms. This is evident from the collection of paintings, carvings, masks, textiles, potteries and other works of art on display at the “Life, Death and Transformation” Exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, which highlights pieces made by indigenous North and South American artists.
Since European explorers first landed on the shores of Far East Asia in the 16th century, people in the West have been fascinated by the rich and exotic culture of the greatest oriental civilization of all, China. In the centuries that followed, traders, travelers, soldiers of fortune and empire builders brought back a vast wealth of aesthetic products and works of art to decorate their homes and to quench the thirst of eager collectors.
To anyone who has even the slightest interest in pop art, the name Andy Warhol is synonymous with the genre as well as the decades it became mainstream. Between 1953 and 1967, when he was most creative and prolific, he produced many works of art that established his name as the foremost pop artist of his time.