By Graham Womack September 13, 2025 5:00 AM On the floors of the Crocker Art Museum, a name pops up again and again on placards next to works of art: Simon Chiu. Since George Floyd’s 2020 murder spurred a public reckoning, including in the art world, Chiu has helped the Crocker acquire more than 100 […]
by Emily Wilson Friday, July 25, 2025 Artist April Bey thinks we need material Black queer representation. That’s why she wanted to have her work be part of “To Be Seen” at Jonathan Carver Moore, a galley on San Francisco’s Market Street. Her pieces in the show, “Miss Bilquis! How is Your Life? /Up and Not […]
This year’s Expo Chicago had more than the usual number of fiber pieces. We are not talking about 1960s macramé or traditional weaving; this fair showed unorthodox and innovative works using fiber in unconventional ways
ARTIST TAKEOVER: RAMEKON O’ARWISTERS
Artists such as Mayowa Nwadike and Ramekon O’Arwisters are among those featured.
Morabito adapts the work of Italian old masters into these tapestries woven on a digital jacquard loom.
by Matt Stromberg March 30, 2025 This month, we recommend shows by several artists who provide singular, visionary, and radical ways of viewing the world — and imagining new ones. Madam X’s enigmatic diagrams on view at the Philosophical Research Society draw on myriad spiritual traditions to wrestle with the weight of existence, while Ramekon […]
Textile art has not always been one of my favorite mediums –
Taking the African diasporic world- view that challenges linear timelines, ancestry is more than a biological inheritance but a spiritual and meta physical interconnectedness with the universe that creates a loop of guidance and resilience.
John Paul Morabito’s shimmering beaded tapestries shine a light on queer joy and possibility. In The Queue, the Kent, Ohio–based weaver and professor shares about the ideas and influences underpinning their practice, their vibrant materials, and the craft community in northeast Ohio. By Shivaun Watchorn January 15, 2025 A high school teacher introduced John […]