From the editors of Textile Forum magazine (1982-2013)
Some impressions from a very successful conference in Borås, held from 12 to 18th. September2017 at the Fashion Centre in Borås. Organizers where the Nordic Textile Artists (NTA) together with the European Textile Network (ETN) supported by... Read more
Press Text: The twelfth international Paper Biennial Rijswijk will be held from June to November 2018. The aim of the Paper Biennial Rijswijk is to showcase the diversity and ingenuity of contemporary paper art. In... Read more
Last week I was finally able to visit this Biennial in Rijswijk near The Hague. Having been a jury member, I knew most of the artists, but in some cases I had only viewed their... Read more
The 57th Venice Biennial is a feast for all those loving textiles! Visitors, who have seen it many times, are saying that never ever has there been so many textiles on show. This is not... Read more
Yesterday I have visited the Kassel Documenta. I will now just show a first series of images on textile-related works. Even though (or because?) there were lots of political issues at this exhibition, there were... Read more
In recent years textile has increasingly become a medium of significance in the art world. In other words, the fibre arts are now being shown in many art exhibitions. Unfortunately, the work of those... Read more
This exhibition held at the Turner Contemporary in Margate, Kent, from 28 January to 7 May 2017 was announced in my blog post of 22 February 2017. My visit during the Easter weekend was a... Read more