Sweden to host 2011 ICOC
Sat Apr 2, 2011 4:45PM GMT
The 'Marby' rug is one of the earliest surviving Turkish carpets found in the Church of Marby near Jamtland, Sweden.
Sweden
will hold the 2011 International Conference on Oriental Carpets,
hosting expert collectors, scholars and dealers from around the world in
Stockholm.
The 12th edition of the event, due to be held from June 16 to 19, 2011, will include educational lectures by international experts, the International Dealers' Fair and several exhibitions of rugs and textiles from private collections.
Participants will enjoy a special exhibition of rare Turkmen carpets in different museums and the Royal Palace.
The famous 'Marby' rug, 17th-century Transylvanian rugs, 'Polonaise' carpets, colorful 18th century Swedish folk art textiles, and the world-renowned Safavid silk, velvet coat belonging to Queen Christina will be part of the pieces which will be displayed during the exhibitions.
The annual event will include a pre-conference tour to Copenhagen on June 14 and 15, which will feature the new installation of the David Collection, one of the finest collections of Islamic Art in Europe.
The collection includes a small Mamluk rug, a large Seljuk carpet, a 'Salting' rug, an early Persian Safavid carpet and early Islamic textiles, as well as many outstanding European works of art.
This year's post-Conference tour will be in St. Petersburg, Russia from June 20 to 23, where participants will get the chance to see many famous carpets and textiles in the storage rooms of the world famous Hermitage Museum.
The Russian Museum of Ethnography will also open the doors of its storage areas and hold a special rug exhibition, organized by its renowned former curator, Dr. Elena Tsareva exclusively for the ICOC tour group.
The first International Conference on Oriental Carpets was held in London in 1976. Since then different cities around the world have hosted the annual event holding landmark exhibitions in the fields of carpet and textile art.
ICOC has also sponsored regional conferences in Baku, Istanbul, Leningrad, Marrakech and Tehran.
