Sin Sin Man, Solar Return: The Art of Beginning Again
19 October 2026 • Yichun Huang
Sin Sin Man explores transformation, intuition and renewal in Solar Return.
Tag: textile art
Alla Kolpakova: Geometry in Bloom
1 October 2026 • Mark Westall
Alla Kolpakova turns crochet and geometry into sculptural form.
Between Seams and Open Space: What Textiles Made Visible at The Armory Show 2026
29 September 2026 • Kun Sok
Kun Sok follows fabric and fiber works across The Armory Show 2026, from visible seams to open space and shifting viewpoints.
Beneath Time, Before Memory: What Remains When the Past Is Rewritten?
1 September 2026 • Mark Westall
Eighteen predominantly Asian artists explore memory, migration, the body and the traces that survive as histories are erased and rewritten.
Softwear: Intertwined Histories of Textiles, Computing, Code and Gendered Labour.
21 August 2026 • Mark Westall
Softwear explores the intertwined histories of textiles, computing, code and gendered labour.
Finish the Bayeux Tapestry: UK Schoolchildren Invited to Create Its Missing Ending
17 August 2026 • Mark Westall
UK schoolchildren are being invited to finish the Bayeux Tapestry, creating its missing final panel as part of the national Beyond the Battle competition.
How Many More Things Need to Be Crocheted Before We Ask Why? Ingrid Wiener and the Afterlife of Textile Art
30 July 2026 • Camille Moreno
Ingrid Wiener’s handwoven tapestries transformed everyday objects into works of sustained attention long before textile art entered the mainstream.
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
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?