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Mexican Textile Artist Victoria Villasana Believes Creation Is Vital to Self-Growth

Artist Victoria Villasana explores the combination of textile and image in order to mark a space in time with her unique perspective.
By Avani Thakkar

“Weaving Stories” Explores the Importance of Textiles in Southeast Asia

The "Weaving Stories" exhibition at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco showcases an archive of Southeast Asian textile work.
By Emily Wilson

Artist Daisy Collingridge’s “Squishies” Celebrate the Body With Flesh Suits

Inspired by human anatomy, Daisy Collingridge's quilted flesh suits are a joyful representation of the human form.
By Laura Pitcher

Christo’s Early Artistic Inspiration Came From Working in the Fields of Bulgaria

By Helen Holmes

The Dallas Museum of Art’s New Acquisitions are a Study in Variety

By Helen Holmes
Runners

How Gym Clothes Saved the Fashion World

By Emily Gordon-Smith
Adrian costume, 1952,

Adrian of Hollywood’s Fashion Collection Gets The Spotlight At FIT Exhibition

By Michelle Honig
Pussy Riot, Straight Outta Vagina, 2016.

Pussy Riot Releases Vagina-Themed Song, France to Open 15 New Museums

By Alanna Martinez
The new SFMOMA, view from Yerba Buena Gardens.

San Francisco (Not New York) Gave These Artists Their Big Break

By Alanna Martinez
Image Via

Kobleder’s One-Step 3D Knitting Process For Seamless, Contoured Spacer Textiles

By Dr. Andrew Dent
Embroidered Russian Ensemble

Fashion and Virtue

By Michelle Honig
Francois-Henri Pinault sustainability discussion.

François-Henri Pinault on Sustainability as a Starting Point in the Fashion Industry

By Sarah Kennedy
Performers walking the thread for To Cross (Walking New York) by Anne Wilson at The Drawing Center. (Photo courtesy the artist)

Anne Wilson Is Using the Drawing Center as a Weaving Loom

By Alanna Martinez
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