Textiles don’t immediately come to mind when thinking about art. But as observers of the creative worlds have noticed, the much heralded crossover between design, craft, and art has upended ...

The exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt aims to rectify the artist's erasure from the history of U.S. design. Dorothy Liebes Studio, New York City (ca. 1957). Photo courtesy of the Dorothy Liebes Papers, ...

Long before ragas, chicken tikka or Bollywood movies were exported from India, there was brisk international demand for the subcontinent’s textiles. These items didn’t simply trickle from local ...

Join Asia Society Texas to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition Stenciled Elegance: Ise Katagami and the Art of Textile Design, showcasing the intricate paper stencils used to create the ...

Chiara Skabelund distinctly remembers the first sculpture she ever made: a giant carrot constructed from yarn. She was 3, the creation spread out on the floor. Now 21, the budding fashion designer and ...

Detail of embroidery design by May Morris overlaid with portraits of May and her father William Morris (collage Isabella Segalovich/Hyperallergic, images via Wikimedia Commons) Already a member? Sign ...

Always held in Venice, the Homo Faber Biennial is never one to miss. Though it only takes place every other year, the Homo ...

To honour the legacy of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother, the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles has opened its doors ...

Fiber art is having much more than a moment, with increasing market attention paid to artists working in this medium as well as institutional recognition left and right. As just one prominent example, ...

Fiber arts and textile traditions from around the world will be showcased throughout October’s Portland TextileX Month. The citywide festival will have exhibits, workshops, artists talks, studio sales ...

In one sense, you could look at the $25 million handed to the Denver Art Museum this month as an extremely generous gift card. After all, DAM will use it to fund the sort of exclusive shopping trips ...

Frances Glessner Lee, born in 1878, made dollhouse-size dioramas of murder scenes. These detailed mini-murder models were more than grisly hobby: Her Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death were used to ...