In “Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles From the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (comprising the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler ...

Wall tapestries merge fine art and textiles, offering depth, texture, and elegance to home décor. They are increasingly popular as alternatives to traditional prints, with masterpieces from artists ...

Ian Berry, the U.K. artist known for transforming denim scraps into photorealistic pieces of art, is part of a new exhibit close to home. Berry's "Secret Garden," an installation crafted entirely from ...

Gio Swaby wants Black women to take up space in the art world — more than they ever have. The 30-year-old Bahamian artist, whose solo museum debut opened at The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg on ...

There seems to be a strange, unspoken idea floating around in 21st-century discourse that history, or at least meaningful history, began around the year 1700 – or 1800, or in the most egregious cases, ...

The Art Detective is a weekly column by Katya Kazakina for Artnet News Pro that lifts the curtain on what’s really going on in the art market. In 2002, crowds lined up around the block outside the ...

Textile art is having a revival, as the artists on show at the Barbican exhibition, Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, attest. The show is a comprehensive journey through the themes ...

A work needn’t be featured on canvas to be considered art. Take a bold textile, such as a tapestry, rug, throw, drapery or a piece of antique clothing displayed under glass, which can completely ...

The Carolyn C. and William A. McDonnell Gallery at the Saint Louis Art Museum is small, but the softly lit, corridor-like space plays host to some of the most exciting exhibitions on the SLAM calendar ...