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Textile structure and design in 'With Verticals' by Anni Albers
This week in Editor’s Choice, we look at Anni Albers’ With Verticals (1946), exploring her approach to line, rhythm and structure in weaving
Anni Albers: Material, Mind, and Meaning
An exhibition in Austria celebrates the work of Bauhaus weaver, Anni Albers
Ben Evans · 5 min
Aymara Weavings: Indigenous Andean Textiles at the Saint Louis Art Museum
A landmark exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum presents Aymara weavings from the Bolivian highlands, revealing how Indigenous artists preserved and reinvented ancient textile traditions through the colonial and early republican periods
Alexander Brier Marr · 15 minMAK Vienna unveils new galleries with reimagined carpet displays
The new galleries at the MAK in Vienna have adopted a new approach to presenting artworks—including replacing its controversial carpet displays
Tadek Beutlich: On and Off the Loom
The career of Polish textile artist Tadek Beutlich MBE (1922–2011) was honoured in an exhibition at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft from 18 January–22 June 2025. The artist lived in the East Sussex town of Ditchling in the late 1960s–early 1970s when he ran a weaving studio…
