Interlacing in African Textiles

Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States

This focus exhibition explores the concept of interlacing through a display of nineteenth and twentieth-century woven and dyed textiles from West and Central Africa. Image: Dioula weaver and dyer, Côte […]

Bolts of Color: Printed Textiles after WWII

Saint Louis Art Museum St. Louis, MO, United States

Saint Louis, Missouri. With a focus on Britain, Italy, and the United States, Bolts of Color highlights the Museum’s recent acquisitions of post-WWII textiles, all made during the height of the experimental […]

Ancient Andean Textiles

Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH, United States

Ancient Andean Textiles Ancient Andean weavers created one of the world’s most distinguished textile traditions. This new installation features examples utilizing the tapestry technique, particularly esteemed in antiquity. Image: Tunic […]

MODA — Moroccan Fashion Statements

Centraal Museum Utrecht, Netherlands

 MODA – Moroccan Fashion Statements The exhibition MOḌA--a Moroccan colloquialism for fashion--focuses on the versatility of contemporary makers from Morocco and the Moroccan diaspora in the Netherlands. Itbrings together the artistic […]

Wall Power! Modern French Tapestry

The Clarke Art Institute Williamstown, MA, United States

Tapestry is not just an art of the past. In the mid-twentieth century, tapestry once again came into prominence in exhibitions and building decorations, and artists continue to make designs […]

Batik Nyonyas: Three Generations of Art and Entrepreneurship

Peranakan Museum , Singapore

Batik Nyonyas: Three Generations of Art and Entrepreneurship Family, art, and entrepreneurship converge in the story of three visionary Peranakan women from Indonesia – Nyonya OeijSoen King, her daughter-in-law Nyonya […]

Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper

Peeler Art Center Depauw University, Greencastle, IN, United States

Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper Washi, which translates to “Japanese paper” has been integral to Japanese culture for over a thousand years. The strength, translucency, and malleability of […]