The Art World Is All Wrapped Up in Textiles Right Now

Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction at The Museum of Modern Art (New York)

Incorporating approximately 150 objects, the Woven Histories exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art highlighted how techniques such as weaving, knitting, and braiding have long been linked to abstraction. The thematic show also revealed how fiber craft has been used across different creative disciplines, in the creation of everything from tapestry and apparel to basketmaking. The exhibition featured works by notable historical and contemporary talents, including Anni Albers, Sonia Delaunay, and Igshaan Adams.

You Stretched Diagonally Across It: Contemporary Tapestry at Dallas Contemporary (Dallas)

Curated by multifaceted writer Su Wu, the You Stretched Diagonally Across It: Contemporary Tapestry group show at Dallas Contemporary brought together a range of hung textile works by 30 contemporary artists such as Diedrick Brackens, Jovencio de la Paz, and Christy Matson. The exhibition explored both the handicraft aspect of the medium—the physical labor and improvisation involved—and its conceptual dimension, the potential of woven forms depicting or suggesting different types of meaning.

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles at the American Folk Art Museum (New York)