Veiled faces, abstract motifs, and ancestral memory converge in Hussein Shikha’s art, where the past and present of Iraq ...

John Boyer has wanted to showcase the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art’s impressive tapestry collection for years – ever since museum benefactor Andreas Bechtler bought six tapestries to complement the ...

Christina Forrer is standing in the doorway of the MATRIX modern-art exhibit space at Wadsworth Atheneum. She is half an hour away from speaking to a room full of people at the first in-person opening ...

successful collaboration with the Turner Carroll Gallery. Once paintings or photographers, these pieces have been turned into rich tapestries. Yet, somehow, the original medium still remains. In ...

The decorative arts have always been powerful communicators for those who can decipher the code of sumptuous materials, meticulous technique and artistic inspiration. During the Renaissance, the ...

In 1824, workers at Gobelins Manufactory in Paris, the most prestigious tapestry makers in the world, were convinced that they were having the wool pulled over their eyes. The problem had to do with ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

“You become mesmerised by the work and transported to another place of calm,” says France-Odile Perrin-Crinière. “It’s like a meditation.” A weaver for 30 years, Perrin-Crinière runs the Atelier A2 ...

Not since the late Middle Ages has tapestry enjoyed such a surge of creativity. All over Europe looms are clacking busily as tapissiers. working elbow to elbow, ply the warp with bobbin and thread. In ...