fabric art

Detailed and petite lace collar. Unknown, 1610-1620, Standing Band (Collar) with Tassels, Cutwork, needle lace, reticello, punto in aria, embroidery, linen. Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness, 1930. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. .
Handmade Lace & the Forgotten Women Behind the Trade
While much of modern lace is loomed by machine, until the mid-nineteenth century, the art of lacemaking was a painstaking and time-consuming craft produced predominantly by women. Despite being a…
Installation View of Fervor: Illuminating the Spirit of Nature
Ana María Hernando & Yoshitomo Saito Exhibitions Inspire Comparison
In a perfectly paired yin-yang juxtaposition of exhibitions, two artists—Ana María Hernando and Yoshitomo Saito—show works inspired by nature, yet rendered in extremely different media.…
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.
Laura Clark's Silk Patchwork Table Cover, 1855 - 1885
National Museum of American History Displays Rare Luxury 19th-Century Silk Quilts
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will display nine silk quilts from the national collection along with related needlework artifacts dating from the late 19th into the early 20th…
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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…