The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia will soon show a trove of the artist’s textile works, costumes, performance documentation, and more.
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Philadelphia’s Fabric Workshop and Museum Has a New Leader
Kelly Shindler, formerly at the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, will step into the role in September.
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Henry Taylor Unravels the Fabric of White Supremacy
The artist’s show at the Fabric Museum and Workshop in Philadelphia features works that investigate the racist history of tartan plaid.
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The Sesame Street of Art History
Artist Jayson Musson guides a potty-mouthed, weed-obsessed bunny named Ollie through his version of art history.
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Jonathan Lyndon Chase: Big Wash Catalogue Dives Into an Exhibition Inspired by the Act of Cleansing and the Laundromat
Eight contributing writers explore themes of kinship, nostalgia, and intimacy in a new catalogue that reveals the process behind Chase’s first solo show at The Fabric Workshop and Museum.
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Samara Golden’s Memento Mori Give Shape to Grief
When experienced as a portrait of the artist’s psyche alone, Upstairs at Steve’s is a piercing representation of individual grief.
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Philadelphia Mayor Proposes Arts Budget of Zero, a Crushing Blow to Local Institutions
As statewide cultural grants are rescinded, Mayor Jim Kenny introduces a 2021 budget proposal that totally eliminates the city’s $4.4 million allowance for the arts.
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A Monumental Cloth That Tells a New Truth About the US Civil War
Contemporary artist Sonya Clark asks, “Who said monuments have to be steel?”
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Women’s Tense Relationship with Fabric Artfully Unfolds
Poorly Watched Girls is Suzanne Bocanegra’s largest exhibition to date and the culmination of her collaboration with the Fabric Workshop and Museum.
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Process and Practice, an Exhibition of Rarely Seen Artists’ Boxes at the Fabric Workshop and Museum
On display are notes, sketches, tests, and models from over one hundred boxes, including those of such celebrated artists as Laurie Anderson, Chris Burden, Cai Guo-Qiang, and Kara Walker.
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Ann Hamilton Pays Tribute to Philadelphia’s Frayed Textile Industry
PHILADELPHIA — Started around 1907, Municipal Pier 9 was built as part of a comprehensive plan to upgrade the Delaware River as a shipping channel.
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The Fabric Workshop and Museum Unveils Ann Hamilton’s habitus
Ann Hamilton’s latest large-scale installation transforms Philadelphia’s Municipal Pier 9 through Monday October 10 and three floors of The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) through early January.