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The Future is Bright with TEX+
In a stirring celebration of the UK's brightest emerging textile designers, TEX+ 2025 opened its doors this summer with a bold declaration from Lidewij Edelkoort: “The future is incredibly bright.” Returning...
The Future is Bright with TEX+
In a stirring celebration of the UK's brightest emerging textile designers, TEX+ 2025 opened its doors this summer with a bold declaration from Lidewij Edelkoort: “The future is incredibly bright.” Returning...

Cartoons and Kingdoms: Mortlake’s Tapestry Tales
Between the 8th and 14th centuries, tapestries were highly fashionable, and because they were expensive, much more so than paintings, they were a way of showing off one’s wealth and...
Cartoons and Kingdoms: Mortlake’s Tapestry Tales
Between the 8th and 14th centuries, tapestries were highly fashionable, and because they were expensive, much more so than paintings, they were a way of showing off one’s wealth and...

100 Years of Collecting, 100 Years of Connecting
What does it mean to collect the only signed retablo by José Rafael Aragón? In most museums, such a label signals rarity and authentication. But at Santa Fe's Nuevo Mexicano Heritage...
100 Years of Collecting, 100 Years of Connecting
What does it mean to collect the only signed retablo by José Rafael Aragón? In most museums, such a label signals rarity and authentication. But at Santa Fe's Nuevo Mexicano Heritage...

Edith Durham - Explorer, Collector and Champion...
Bankfield Museum in Calderdale has a small display that tells a big story. It is a reminder that you do not need a blockbuster exhibition to tell a blockbusting story....
Edith Durham - Explorer, Collector and Champion...
Bankfield Museum in Calderdale has a small display that tells a big story. It is a reminder that you do not need a blockbuster exhibition to tell a blockbusting story....

Sunday Read: With Her Own Hands by Nicole Nehrig
It began with a blue ball of yarn and a beginner’s kit - but for Nicole Nehrig, the act of knitting was more than a craft. It was a lifeline,...
Sunday Read: With Her Own Hands by Nicole Nehrig
It began with a blue ball of yarn and a beginner’s kit - but for Nicole Nehrig, the act of knitting was more than a craft. It was a lifeline,...

Made by Afous: Walking the Weft of Morocco
Some places change you. For Daniela Gallenti, that place was Morocco. “It was love at first sight,” she says, recalling her first visit in 2014. “It touched my heart in...
Made by Afous: Walking the Weft of Morocco
Some places change you. For Daniela Gallenti, that place was Morocco. “It was love at first sight,” she says, recalling her first visit in 2014. “It touched my heart in...