Category Archives: Exhibitions

Longer video of a Max Allen presentation. Here is one more from the CBC about The Textile Museums of Canada’s war rug show Bravo Max!

The folks at City Lore have posted an exhibition web site for the Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory exhibition. Nice design. Tank slider is a nice touch.

A highpoint of my interest in war rugs was attending the opening of Max Allen’s collection of war rugs at Canada’s Textile Museum. Max and everyone at the Textile Museum have developed an excellent war rug database. It has structural … Continue reading →

Textile expert and war rug aficionado Max Allen has curated an exhibition of his war rugs at Canada’s Textile Museum which opens April 23. There is a story today from Reuters about the show. “It’s hard to tell what a … Continue reading →

From The Salt Lake Tribune. Hozain, who weaves on a loom in her home, is one of dozens of textile artists from around the globe whose work is included in a traveling national exhibit. … The common thread among these … Continue reading →

Here are a few links about the exhibition at the Miami University Art Museum. Some of the rugs in the museum exhibition serve as warnings to people to be aware of unexploded ordinances, illustrating what not to touch. Others contain … Continue reading →

Warrug.com is proud and honored to lend more than 80 rugs from our collection to the Miami University Art Museum for an exhibition titled, Tanks, Helicopters, Guns and Grenades: The Afghan War Rugs of the 1980s-2007. The wide ranging and … Continue reading →

I stumbled on this last weekend, but I see Nigel has a link. Nice work Luca!