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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. A world-renowned artist and an icon of contemporary art, Yayoi Kusama has achieved cult status through her relentless exploration of repetitive patterns and structures…
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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. This initiative pays tribute to artisanal tradition and sustainability through the recovery and renewal of unique garments. Audrey Huset, the…
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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. DNA sequencing is performed at Broad Clinical Labs, affiliated with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, while all collected data is securely stored on Terra.bio, a leading platform for biomedical data management. Completing the process is proprietary software developed by Lifeweave, which…
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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 New York Textile Month is not only a celebration but also a concrete opportunity to give voice and visibility to experimental projects and unprecedented forms of expression capable…
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THE INVISIBLE RESONANCE: SIGNS, SOUNDS, AND WEAVES AS LANGUAGES OF THE LIVING
| By Eleonora Giglione | 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. This drive toward form is also…
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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…
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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. Workshops also offer participants the opportunity to create silk scarves using naturally dyed mawata, engaging in a tactile dialogue with the material, and select rare garments…
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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. New York Textile Month (NYTM) is an annual citywide festival that celebrates textiles in all their forms. Each September, it offers a rich calendar of events, fostering dialogue between designers, artisans, scholars, and industry professionals, while also engaging the…
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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…
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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) With the exhibition chapter Weaving Places, curator Silvia Colombo and co-curator Ana Victoria Bruno guide the audience through a compelling exploration of how textile traditions reflect and have shaped geographic and cultural belonging in Norrbotten, a region in northern Sweden rich in layered identities. Part of the Futures 2025 exhibition program at HAVREMAGASINET in Boden, Sweden, the…
