Artapestry 6
Artapestry 6 Since 6 February this year this important European tapestry exhibition is on show at the Art Centre Silkeborg Bad but due to Covid 19, only Danish visitors can visit it! I am hoping... Read more
Thread Magic – Weaving for Shape and Texture
Thread Magic – Weaving for Shape and Texture, Lotte Dalgaard and Paulette Adamson, Forlaget Mellemvaerk/DK, 2020, ISBN978-87-999832-3-0, text English, price 400 DKK (approx.53 Euro) Lotte Dalgaard is a well-known Danish weaver most noted for her... Read more
Fiberart International 2022
Fiberart International 2022 This international competition is organized since 1976 by the Fiberart Guild of Pittsburgh Inc., a member supported fiber art organization. I had started to include this competition in my blog (https://www.textile-forum-blog.org/2017/09/fiberart-international-2019/) when... Read more
The Art is the Cloth
The Art Is the Cloth: How to Look at and Understand Tapestries by Micala Sidore; Schiffer Publishing, Atglen PA 19310, USA, 2020; 223 pages, 620 colour and 4 black-and-white photos, price US $ 45 Micala... Read more
The 13th Paper Biennial at Museum Rijswijk
The 13th Paper Biennial at Museum Rijswijk, 12 June to 15 November 2020 in Rijswijk near The Hague The theme chosen by the organisers for this year was “Home”: “When we established HOME as the... Read more
Extra Large – Tapestries from Picasso and Le Corbusier to Louise Bourgeois
Extra Large Tapestries from Picasso and Le Corbusier to Louise Bourgeois March 28.2020 to January 3.2021 at the Kunsthal Rotterdam Within this exhibition, the tapestries that were produced in the French state manufactories were presented for... Read more
Contextile 2020 – Contemporary Textile Art Biennial
Contextile 2020 – Contemporary Textile Art Biennial from 5 September to 25 October 2020 On a very warm and sunny 5 September I made it to Guimarães, Portugal to visit Contextile, the Biennial competition/exhibition with accompanying events. It was... Read more