CARVICO WELCOMES NET POSITIVE. THE TEXTILE COMPANY, HEADQUARTERED IN THE DISTRICT OF BERGAMO, HOSTS THE SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION BY PATERA&SBRA PEREGO MADE OF OVER 10 KILOMETERS OF FABRIC STRIPES

The main hall of the historical site of Carvico, market leader in the production of warp-knit performance fabrics and symbol of an industrial model based on quality, welfare and beauty, has been turned into the shrine hosting Net Positive, a site-specific installation made by Federica Patera & Andrea Sbra Perego.

CHIHARU SHIOTA AND THE ECHO OF THRESHOLDS

| By Eleonora Giglione | Till June 28th 2026, the MAO in Turin will host The Soul Trembles by Chiharu Shiota, a retrospective that transcends the notion of a simple exhibition to become a vast, pulsating organism of memory, pain, hope, and rebirth. Curated by Mami Kataoka, a leading figure in the field of contemporary art, and Davide Quadrio, with curatorial assistance from Anna Musini and Francesca Filisetti, the exhibition transforms the museum’s spaces into an emotional limbo, a path through suspended presences and invisible narratives. Taken as a whole, the exhibition does not merely recount Chiharu Shiota’s career but invites visitors to cross an inner threshold.Shiota, born in Osaka…

LA MAIN NUE: AN ECOSYSTEM OF ART AND CRAFT IN THE FRENCH TAPESTRY CAPITAL

La Main Nue is a community of artists and artisans based in a former tapestry manufactory in Aubusson, a city synonymous with the French textile tradition. The tapestry industry here is supported by the Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie — a museum and training center — as well as by a network of independent manufactories and workshops that sustain a centuries-old savoir-faire. The community was founded four years ago by Delphine Ciavaldini, a textile artist and scenographer, with the aim of bringing together and promoting the local creative scene that has developed around tapestry.

THE TEXTILE ROOTS OF EMANCIPATION AND FASHION AS AN ACT OF LOVE: YAYOI KUSAMA, THE ART OF OPENING UP TO THE WORLD

| by Susanna Cati | The Fondation Beyeler presents from October 12, 2025 through January 25, 2026, the first retrospective in Switzerland dedicated to the renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929, Matsumoto). Organized in close collaboration with the artist and her studio, the exhibition offers a comprehensive overview of Kusama’s oeuvre, spanning more than seven decades of artistic creation. Iconic works will appear alongside lesser-known pieces — some never before shown in Europe—as well as a new production and one of her celebrated Infinity Mirror Rooms.

WHAT TO DO WITH A COLLECTION OF 632 WOOL SKIRTS?

| By Susanna Cati | SUDESTADA is a multidisciplinary studio positioned at the intersection of fashion and art, dedicated to identifying and amplifying voices from every form of creativity – from artists to artisans, designers to brands, and collectives and beyond – voices that are often marginalized by the dominant narrative of the industry. From October 16 to November 30 in Brooklyn, NY, Sudestada presents “Wool Skirts,” an exhibition project and capsule collection dedicated to an extraordinary textile heritage: an archive of 635 wool skirts collected over the course of three generations.

LIFEWEAVE: WHEN DNA BECOMES TEXTILE ART. THE INNOVATIVE STARTUP FOUNDED BY EMILIO VAVARELLA TRANSFORMS THE HUMAN GENOME INTO UNIQUE TAPESTRIES

| by Susanna Cati | Transforming the most personal data – the genome – into works of art: this is the mission of Lifeweave, an innovative company founded and managed by artists, positioned at the intersection of genomics and textile craftsmanship. The company has recently launched a world-unique service: transforming human DNA into Jacquard-woven works of art, creating deeply personal, tangible artifacts designed to last over time.

FROM GRANDMA’S BISCUIT TINS TO THE HEART OF THE FOREST: VERONICA SANTAMARIA AND TEXTILES AS LIVING BONDS. WINNER OF THE 2025 DOROTHY WAXMAN PRIZE

| by Susanna Cati | Founded in 2015 through the initiative of Lidewij Edelkoort, Willem Schenk, and Philip Fimmano, the New York Textile Month has grown to establish itself as a global benchmark for textile thought, intertwining creative research, cultural engagement, and material innovation. Over the past five years, under the direction of Ragna Fróðadóttir, the festival has expanded its vision and strengthened its role in the international debate on the future of textiles, fostering dialogue across disciplines, generations, and cultures.

THE INVISIBLE RESONANCE: SIGNS, SOUNDS, AND WEAVES AS LANGUAGES OF THE LIVING

In the beginning was the sign, and the sign was vibration. Even before words, before thought itself, communication takes shape in the essential patterns of nature: in the celestial rotations, in the geometry of a snowflake, in the propagation of waves. Every living being generates and interprets signs: from the tilt of a leaf to the direction of a herd, from the flutter of wings to the echo of a whale’s call. The universe itself, in its deepest structure, seems to move according to logics of repetition and variation, rhythm and interference, like a cosmic score in constant rewriting

WOMEN PULLING AT THE THREADS OF SOCIAL DISCOURSE: THE TEXTILE PROJECT OF THE CAMP GALLERY

The Contemporary Art Modern Project Gallery (CAMP), founded and directed by Melanie Prapopoulos, distinguishes itself for an interdisciplinary curatorial approach that merges art consultancy with a strong focus on contemporary research, centering on emerging and mid-career artists working across a wide range of practices, from installation and painting to photography, sculpture, textiles, and video art. The gallery operates as a space where creativity and reality coexist, positioning art as both a personal and collective instrument of reflection. It is within this framework that the project Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse (WPATTOSD) was conceived, with the aim of restoring centrality to textile practice as an artistic language capable…

ENUNDO – CIRCLES OF MOTION

Within the framework of New York Textile Month, ENUNDO is a collaborative exhibition honoring Izukura’s legacy and expanding his philosophy through contemporary expression. Co-organized by Nobuko Tsuruta and Remnant & Co. Japan (Toyoko Motojima and Mika Ichikawa), the exhibition features fiber installations, wearable art, and the short film by Fujimoto. Tsuruta incorporates Izukura’s remaining silk threads and fabrics into her freeform weavings and garments, while during the opening reception performers wear these pieces in an intuitive performance, bringing the works to life in space…

NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER

This past weekend, The Scandinavian House, in collaboration with New York Textile Month, hosted the second edition of NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER, a comprehensive program combining exhibition, talks, and workshops dedicated to contemporary Nordic textiles. Inside the Scandinavian House gallery, visitors had the opportunity to attend artist talks, curator-led walkthroughs, a reception, and hands-on workshops, with special attention given to the work of recent textile art graduates from the Textilhögskolan in Borås…

BETWEEN WEAVE AND TIMBRE: WHEN FABRIC TRANSFORMS INTO MUSIC

| by Eleonora Giglione | From warp to sonic vibrations, an invisible thread connects looms, scores, and contemporary experiments. A frontier still waiting to be woven. The history of textile art is a silent symphony that spans millennia. Behind every nomadic carpet, every medieval tapestry, every Renaissance brocade lies a language of rhythms, pauses, and counterpoints. The warp and weft are like intertwined melodic lines; the loom itself is as much a compositional instrument as a violin or piano. In the 19th century, with the invention of the Jacquard loom, weaving took a leap into mathematical abstraction. The punched cards used to control thread movement were nothing but ancient binary…

FEDERICA PATERA AND ANDREA SBRA PEREGO: WINNERS OF THE 2025 MOTHERSHIP NYC RESIDENCY AWARD

Federica Patera and Andrea Sbra Perego, Italian artists known for their shared visual and textual practice, have recently been selected as the winners of the 2025 Residency Award from Mothership NYC, one of the most vibrant independent spaces on the Brooklyn art scene. The duo, originally from Bergamo and recently relocated to New York, work by weaving fabrics and words together, creating hybrid works in which language and material merge into installations, sculptures, and multimedia performances. The official announcement was published on Mothership’s website. Since 2014, the space has welcomed artists from around the world aboard its Ship-That-Does-Not-Sail, a former industrial factory in the heart of Greenpoint that has been…

COLLECTIVE STITCHES FOR NEW PERSPECTIVES ON PARTICIPATORY TEXTILE ART

| by Nikola Filipovic | There was a moment when I stopped thinking of my work as something I should personally sign and began to see it as a collective gesture. Textile art and traditional techniques have taken centre stage in my research. I first got into textile practices during my studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, where I started exploring the expressive possibilities of fabric. I began by working with felt, drawn to its texture and the way it can create both flat surfaces and soft, sculptural forms. Later on, I discovered embroidery, and I was really struck by how slow and meditative the process is – it gives you…

WEAVING PLACES: LOCATING IDENTITY THROUGH TEXTILE LANGUAGE

| by Elena Redaelli | “Through their production, materials, and decorative motifs—closely intertwined with the cultural and social histories of different places—textiles offer a lens through which to explore cultural similarities, differences, and change. As matter, textiles are rooted in specific places, but they also trace our migrations across the globe.”(Kettle, A. 2019)

WALTER ALBINI. THE TALENT, THE DESIGNER

| by Susanna Cati | Walter Albini. The Talent, The Designer is the result of an extensive investigation and enhancement project led by the Museo del Tessuto in Prato, which sheds new light on Albini’s central role in the Italian fashion scene from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.
The project took shape following a significant donation received by the Museum between 2014 and 2016: a rich and previously unseen collection of materials that belonged to the designer — jewelry, sketches, drawings, photographs, documents, and books — offering a clear and extraordinary view of his creative journey, from his early beginnings in 1959 until his untimely death in 1983.
These materials, never…

“COLOR AND FASHION”: THE ESSAY BY LIA LUZZATTO AND RENATA POMPAS

In the essay Color and Fashion, Lia Luzzatto and Renata Pompas take readers on a fascinating and unexpected journey through the history of color in clothing, from the togas of ancient Rome to contemporary looks. This work, meticulous and richly documented, stands out for its ability to intertwine aesthetics, history, and material culture, restoring color to its central role not only in fashion but also in the broader narrative of social identity.

INVISIBLE STITCHERS: MASCULINITY, NEEDLE AND THREAD IN JOSEPH MCBRINN’S BOOK

For centuries, the needle and thread have been tacitly assigned to female hands. But history is, as often happens, more complex and layered than conventions would have us believe. Joseph McBrinn demonstrates this with acumen and rigour in his book Queering the Subversive Stitch: Men and the Culture of Needlework, the first systematic study devoted to the male presence in the world of embroidery and textile arts. Published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts in the spring of 2021, the volume opens an unexpected breach in the history of making, uncovering a hidden (and often erased) tradition of men who, from the Middle Ages onwards, have sewn, embroidered, made lace, knitted, tailored…

IL MEOC MUSEO ETNOGRAFICO OLIVA CARTA CANNAS E L’AAAPERTO DI AGGIUS

| by Barbara Pavan | Images ph.credit Chiara Marci The MEOC Oliva Carta Cannas Ethnographic Museum, the largest in Sardinia, preserves a rich heritage of testimonies of textile activity deeply rooted in the culture of this town in Gallura. So much so, in fact, that the reconstruction of the stazzo—the typical ancient Gallurese house—presented within the museum, is hosted inside the restored and renovated building that once housed the first textile school. The recognitions and certificates of merit awarded to the school are on display inside the museum itself.