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Bisa Butler, Genevieve Hanson for the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery.
Bisa Butler: The World Is Yours

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Installation view, Bisa Butler: Materfamilias, Gordon Parks Foundation. Works: Praise God, 2014, Wedding Portrait, 2001, Colored Entrance (after Department Store, Mobile, Alabama by Gordon Parks, 1956), 2023
Bisa Butler on the Magic of Quilting

The Gordon Parks Foundation recently opened Bisa Butler: Materfamilias…

Grace Zimiga, Sundance Star, 1968-1980. Cotton, muslin, and thread, 61.1 x 88.8 in. (155.3 x 225.7 cm.), National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.
Evolving Perspectives on Quilts as Folk Art

Folk art reflects the stories of survival and heritage among often underrepresented peoples. Its distinction as being a separate entity from fine art was…

Girl in blue dress in front of black and white polka dots and giant orange slices
Bisa Butler Solo Show to Reopen with Art Institute of Chicago

CHICAGO – The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce that its doors will reopen on February 11.Bisa Butler: Portraits, which opened last…

Judy Chicago triangular quilt blocks honoring female pioneers
Radical Tradition: American Quilts and Social Change
Disrupting our expectations of quilts as objects that provide warmth and comfort, Radical Tradition: American Quilts and Social Change will explore the complicated and often overlooked stories quilts…
Bisa Butler quilted painting portrait of 5 young black boys depicted in bright colored fabrics
Bisa Butler is Having a Moment
The year 2020 was shaping up to be a watershed moment in the career of New Jersey-born Brooklyn-based quilt artist Bisa Butler.
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“Ravelled Threads” Brings Contemporary Perspectives to Traditions in African Cloth

A powerful new exhibition at New York’s Sean Kelly Gallery, Ravelled Threads brings together work by ten African artists utilizing fabric in different ways. Cloth has cultural and…