FAD NEWS: The most interesting new art space in SoHo opens in a former Jackie Winsor loft.
17 June 2026 • Mark Westall
New York’s gallery landscape has no shortage of white cubes. What it has less of are spaces willing to rethink… Read More
Tag: textile art
Sculpture, poetry and plenty of chairs: Phyllida Barlow and Daisy Parris at Wolterton
11 June 2026 • Tabish Khan
The teetering sculpture of Phyllida Barlow meets the textile poetry of Daisy Parris.
Ophelia Arc talks to Phillip Edward Spradley
5 June 2026 • Phillip Edward Spradley
Ophelia Arc discusses crochet, compulsion, care, violence and vulnerability
Silvia Ziranek presents BY A THREAD incorporating UNSUNG SONGS at MOCA London
29 May 2026 • Mark Westall
MOCA London presents Silvia Ziranek’s BY A THREAD incorporating UNSUNG SONGS, a multimedia installation exploring solidarity, vulnerability and resistance.
5 very different art fairs throughout two days in New York City
15 May 2026 • Rayya Fadlo Khuri
After crawling through these 5 fairs (Frieze, NADA, Independent, 1-54, Esther III) during New York Art Fair Week, I found larger themes..
Crafts on Peel at London Craft Week 2026 Explores the Future of Chinese Heritage Craft
10 April 2026 • Mark Westall
An ambitious exhibition that brings historic Chinese craftsmanship into dialogue with contemporary practice.
RugLife Exhibition Reimagines the Rug as Contemporary Art at Pratt Manhattan Gallery
13 March 2026 • Mark Westall
RugLife, a travelling exhibition exploring how contemporary artists are transforming the traditional rug into a powerful artistic medium, is currently… Read More
Areen Hassan and Tatreez Collective: A Gathering of Palestinian Voices Through Embroidery
6 March 2026 • Kate McIlwee
Walking into Gathering is like being welcomed into someone’s home. Staffordshire St, a church-turned-project-space in Peckham, greets you with the… Read More
Ai Weiwei Turns Rubelli’s Silk Into an Immersive Act of Resistance
25 February 2026 • Mark Westall
Venetian textile house Rubelli transforms silk into a charged political medium in collaboration with artist and activist Ai Weiwei.
TBA21–Academy announces its 2026 exhibition, Tide of Returns, a new exhibition by the Repatriates Collective at Ocean Space, Venice
26 January 2026 • Mark Westall
TBA21–Academy presents Tide of Returns, an immersive exhibition
Public Gallery and Proyectos Ultravioleta Present The Fold for CONDO London 2026
15 January 2026 • Mark Westall
a group exhibition bringing together eleven international artists whose work moves between textiles, sculpture, installation and performance.
For Connecting Threads, Paul Carey-Kent and Christina Niederberger selected 11 artists whose works broaden the scope of textile art.
5 January 2026 • Mark Westall
Connecting Threads a group exhibition that explores the links between marginalised materials and cultural hierarchies.
Tenderness Edged with Danger: Lucy XC Liu’s Veilings
19 September 2025 • Mark Westall
Silks fall in translucent cascades, painted in gradients that recall twilight skies or shifting seasons.
Hui Zhang: Unravelling Narratives – A Critical Look at Textile, Memory, and the Overlooked
15 July 2025 • Mark Westall
In an art world increasingly grappling with sustainability, personal narratives, and the re-evaluation of traditional crafts, Hui Zhang emerges as… Read More
Review: Anya Paintsil at Ty Pawb – Where Memory Meets Mischief
14 July 2025 • Tabish Khan
Anya Paintsil’s world – a vibrant collision of Ghanaian heritage and North Welsh sensibility that transforms discarded clothes into stories.
Weaving the Spiritual: Tingting Xiao’s Contemporary Fabric Practice
30 June 2025 • Mark Westall
In an art world dominated by rapid consumption and digital abstraction, Tingting Xiao’s textile practice stands as a countercurrent
Material Power: Rewoven – Radical Threads at Hardwick Hall
25 June 2025 • Mark Westall
What happens when contemporary textile artists take over one of the grandest Elizabethan houses in Britain?
Stitching the Fractures of Emotion: On the Textile Practice of Weiyi Chen
22 May 2025 • Mark Westall
London-based artist Weiyi Chen stands out with a practice that is quietly radical and rigorously contemplative.
Ritual, Waste and Sensory Memory: On Yang Yumeng’s “Dining with Me”
29 April 2025 • Mark Westall
At a time when contemporary textile practices often succumb to either decorative nostalgia or hyper-digital spectacle, Yang Yumeng’s “Dining with… Read More
Threads of Power: Yulya Pakalina’s Fusion of Fashion and Art
17 March 2025 • Tabish Khan
The female form has always been prominent in art history. Thankfully, many female artists are taking it away from the… Read More
Fátima Rodrigo vs Colonial Temporality: ‘Piedra de sol, serpiente de humos’ at Cecilia Brunson Projects
19 November 2024 • Jasper Spires
Fátima Rodrigo is a textile artist from Peru’s capital Lima, whose hand-embroidered work celebrates Latin American popular culture.
Review: Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
4 November 2024 • Shireen Ikramullah
Textile art is a global sensation. As the traditional art-or-craft barriers are toppled by artists and collectors, textile art, which can include weaving, crochet, loose thread, carpets, hand and machine stitch and more, is in the lead.
Fine art textiles by Picasso, Henry Moore, Elizabeth Frink & more in exhibition from Gray M.C.A
24 April 2023 • Mark Westall
Gray M.C.A, the international leaders in modern artist textiles have opened ‘Styled by Design’ – an outstanding exhibition of framed 20th Century Modernist Textiles.
Designer and artist Christoph Hefti exhibits new textile works at Dries Van Noten’s first American home in LA
5 November 2020 • Mark Westall
The designer, artist and former creative collaborator of Dries Van Noten, Christoph Hefti, is exhibiting new textile works at The Little House, an exhibition space at Dries Van Noten, LA, the designer’s first American location.