As London Crafts Week draws nearer, we highlight ten unmissable events for rug and textile lovers.
10 Events at London Craft Week
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Exhibitions
Kumihimo: Japanese Silk Braiding by Domyo
Jane Audas discusses an exciting exhibition that has just opened at Japan House in London
Rug Art Auction
A group of twelve leading artists have united to design rugs for a creative and colourful charity rug exhibition and auction
Liz Collins’ Mischief
Liz Collins’ exhibition at Touchstones Rochdale ends this week. Here COVER looks at the message behind the work on show
Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope
Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz broke through boundaries throughout the entirety of her career. Yet it was her Abakans, now showing in an exhibition at the Tate, that first prompted her critical and international success as a radical artist.
Cecilia Vicuña: Brain Forest Quipu
Winner of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2022 Venice Biennale, Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña is finally receiving global recognition. Denna Jones reviews Vicuña’s new commission at Tate Modern London
Liz Collins: Mischief in Rochdale
Mischief, an exhibition of work by New York-based artist and designer Liz Collins is about to open at Touchstones Rochdale
S*HEROES and beyond—the unknown creators of non-European cultures
‘S*HEROES – The Nomadic Women of Persia’, showing at galleries Anahita – Arts of Asia and Anahita Contemporary in Berlin, is the first in a series of exhibitions exploring issues of diversity, culture and empowerment set to take place in the venues over the next year
Fibre and Form: Anna Ray
The first major survey exhibition of sculptural textile work by acclaimed artist Anna Ray is currently on at the St Albans Museum + Gallery