Textile Art & Weavers

Roots is a monumental installation by Finnish artist Kustaa Saksi made from jacquard weaving and delicate Japanese washi paper yarns. The installation is on view at the Institut finlandais through February 21, 2026.

Berber rugs and weaving have gained enormous popularity in the last decades, but who are the people behind the rugs and what are the traditions and stories told within them? Mina Abouzahra curates “The Soul of a Rug,” an exhibition that sheds light into a community of weavers and their incredible talent as well as her own personal journey of discovery and craft.

The Fondation Cartier in Paris presents the first major European retrospective exhibition of Olga de Amaral. Covering two floors of the museum and featuring over 80 artworks, the exhibition offers an incredible opportunity to dive into the extensive career of this pioneering artist.

Looiersgracht 60 presented Repetition is a Form of Change, Sophie Rowley’s first major solo exhibition that followed on a 1-month residency the artist had at the non-profit space in August. The exhibition was on view between September 19-October 20th, 2024.

“I see my quest as building emotional connections with objects as a strategy for sustainability,” writes Mallorca-based artist Sylvia Sánchez Montoya. TLmag spoke to Montoya about her work, including her series titled Moiras and her recent performance and exhibition of this work in Colombia.

For our S/S 2021 issue: TLmag35: Tactile/Textile/Texture, TLmag featured six contemporary artists who are using the traditions of weaving to create groundbreaking and innovative work.

Chicago-based artist Jacqueline Surdell has her first solo museum exhibition at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), in Birmingham, Alabama.

Finnish textile artist Kustaa Saksi presents a decade of his hypnotic, intricate and beautiful jacquard weavings, along with two new special commissions, at the Design Museum, Helsinki through October 15, 2023.

Shoji Fabrics, a new collection of transparent fabrics that includes 16 variations in two types: ‘Diaphanous’ and ‘Essence’, designed by Mae Engelgeer in collaboration with the House of Hosoo, launched during Milan Design Week along with the opening of the Hosoo Milan showroom. This collection is part of an ongoing collaboration between the artist and heritage brand.

For our S/S 2021 issue: TLmag35: Tactile, Textile, Texture, Costanza Rinaldi wrote about the groundbreaking career of Maria Lai, a Sardinian born artist who used poetry and art as means to better understand life and its complexities, particularly as an independent woman of her generation.

Equal parts artist and activist, Cian Dayrit sat down with TLmag to explain why his art – usually in the form of embroidered textiles – fights against all forms of oppression across the globe and becomes a place of hope where social justice can survive and thrive.

Meet the new generation of African creatives taking the continent’s textile culture into the future. Helen Jennings reports.