Bisa Butler’s new show translates both photographs of Black figures and hip-hop lyrics into intricate textile art.
Category: Textiles
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A Painter and a Textile Artist Whose Legacies Meet in One Place
The town that gave its name to the Navajo weaving style associated with Melissa Cody’s work was also where Howardena Pindell grew up during Jim Crow.
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A Fashion Designer and a Writer on Unlikely Allegiances
In reading Raven Leilani’s novel, Ulla Johnson recognized a commonality in their respective crafts. Leilani did, too.
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A Filmmaker and a Fashion Designer Whose Artistry Comes From Curiosity
In watching Mira Nair on set, the textile maker Aneeth Arora learned how to handle creative pressures of her own.
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Textiles Are Part of the Fabric of Milan Design Week
The annual festival of furnishings and household objects has several presentations involving cloth materials and techniques.
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Tartan Explodes the Grid
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:The distinctive fabric has been finding new audiences as contemporary fashion houses and avant-garde weavers do their best to elevate the plaid.
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An Italian Villa That Houses 30,000 Beetles and a Flock of Porcelain Birds
The New York Times – T Magazine:Giorgio Taroni’s home overlooking Lake Como has become a cabinet of curiosities, filled with collections of oil paintings, books, ancient coins and vintage postcards.
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9 Furniture Designers From Across the African Diaspora
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:Jomo Tariku, a designer and data scientist, shines a spotlight on trailblazing industrial artisans and their provocative, inspiring work.
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A Panorama of Design
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:A look at design-world events, products and people.
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4 Books That Reflect on Faces, Fragments and Torments
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:New reading relates the history of mirrors, patchwork and a monumental teahouse, plus the struggle to make design more just.
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When Pretty Walls Tell a Deeper Story
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:How contemporary designers are using patterns and historical motifs to reframe — and reclaim — cultural narratives in homes décor.