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Understated Protest Sewn into the Fabric of Brazilian Textile Art

Leda Catunda, “Eldorado II” (2018) acrylic on canvas and plastic at the 33rd São Paulo Biennial (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) In October, a little more than a month after the biennial’s ... read more

Rebellion by design: when ceramics and textiles get radical

At the opening of the Subversive Design exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery on England ... domestic spaces were turned into spaces of political protest. Groups of women assembled to sew ... read more

ART GUIDE

Given the revolutionary temper of the art, the presentation is surprisingly understated, and this adds enormously ... and straight lines with dry economy and strategically sewn buttons to the fabric. ... read more

Showtime fabric introductions

Introductions include: Sac de Café — collection made from jute coffee sacks from Brazil that are ... competitively priced fabric. Launching unique wax finish leather that develops character with wear. ... read more

Could this vest spell the end of the yoga instructor? The tank that claims to perfect your downward-facing dog

Aptly named Move, the tight fitting T-shirt looks like any other supportive sportswear top but has tiny sensors integrated into the fabric that detects the ... haptic feedback components sewn into the ... read more

THE MOVEMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FIBER ART AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCULPTURAL TEXTILES

Sculptural Textiles combined with the power of the materials and concepts, sometimes meanings contain the protest today ... the movements of enviromental fiber art and three-dimensional sculptural ... read more

The Myth of the Ethical Shopper

It all started in the mid-’90s, when anti-sweatshop mania burst into the mainstream of American culture. Naked people chanted outside the opening of an Old Navy, Jennifer Love Hewitt led an ... read more

Datebook: Feminist performance, intersecting art worlds, the photographs of Sally Mann

This exhibition, organized by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, brings together 110 black and white images, some produced as tintypes, and many of which have never before been seen. ... read more

Keeping pace with luxurious lace

Lace has always been associated with fine lingerie, the softness of the fabric making for luxurious innerwear. But lace, usually reserved for innerwear, made its foray into the world of ... can be ... read more

A Few Questions for Lauren Luloff, India-Inspired Painter of Fabric and Bleach

Lauren Luloff makes paintings with bleach and muslin, combining layers of fabric with ... easily incorporated into painting. The most influential experience I've had recently was traveling to India ... read more

Datebook: The art of text at the Getty, Titian comes to town, new abstract sculpture, holiday events

Memory has a way of fashioning reality into something else ... shows devoted to ceramics (Shumei Hall Gallery), video game art (at And/Or Gallery) and acoustic devices connected with protest (Pitzer ... read more

Royal Wedding 2011: Kate Middleton marries Prince William in dress designed by McQueen's Sarah Burton

The ‘borrowed’ was the 1936 diamond Cartier Halo tiara from the Queen, and the bride had an unseen piece of blue ribbon sewn into the dress’s lining ... It is not an understated look. We have been ... read more