Royal Ontario Museum acquires collection of nearly 600 Arab textiles and artefacts

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events 16 June 2026, 13:00 UTC 16 Jun 2026

The collection was assembled by the textile historian Widad Kamel Kawar and significantly bolsters the Toronto museum’s holdings of materials from the region

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