Textile artist Blair Treuer shares stories through unique fabric portraits. Blair Treuer never considered herself a storyteller until she started to work with fabric. Now, she uses textiles to tell ...

Surrounded by textile fabrics hanging from the walls beside inkblot paintings and portraits, dozens of people filed through the Rhode Island School of Design Museum’s Danforth Hall, exploring artworks ...

Gio Swaby wants Black women to take up space in the art world — more than they ever have. The 30-year-old Bahamian artist, whose solo museum debut opened at The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg on ...

Inspired by many special women in her life, Sandy Hook textile artist Liz Alpert Fay decided to honor them by "hooking" their portraits. Her medium is traditional rug hooking, and the portraits are as ...

When it comes to textiles, there are myriad possibilities. A delicate baby blanket, a hanging quilt that calls attention to climate change, a whimsical figure made of hand-dyed wool, enormous felt ...

Four shows this month deal with personal identity — how it’s formed by the past and how we are forced to deal with it, one way or another. But the ways that the four artists explore it are very ...

From the largest textile in the collection to a recently acquired work by the artist behind former first lady Michelle Obama’s official portrait, the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has ...

When Bisa Butler started to create her art, she knew she wanted it to be more than just portraits. She wanted to represent the energy and vibrancy of African American life. Her quilted masterpieces ...

In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. Visions Museum of Textile Art’s vision statement gets right to the heart ...

Corina Gertz — The Averted Portrait: The Quiet Language of Textiles on view from 29 January to 30 May 2026 at Ira Stehmann Fine Art. Join us for our Open Saturday on 31 January 2026 from 11:00 am till ...

More artists are working with fiber, according to Hong Kong curator Takahashi Mizuki, but it 'is still an underrated medium.' Exhibition view: “Lining Revealed – A Journey Through Folk Wisdom and ...

The museum added more than 1,000 artworks to its collection in 2025, including pieces from Chicago artists like Hunt and ...