This exhibition traces the history of 20th century art in textiles. Highlights include work by Georges Braque, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Sonia Delaunay, Raoul Dufy, Barbara Hepworth, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Ben Nicholson and Andy Warhol.
The exhibition features examples of key European and American art movements: Fauvism, Cubism, Constructivism, Abstraction, Surrealism and Pop Art; as well as the work of leading fashion designers and manufacturers.
Artist Textiles shows how ordinary people were once able to engage with modern art in a personal and intimate way through their clothing and home furnishings. With over 200 rare pieces, many of which have not been on public display before.
Available for hire
This exhibition is available for hire. Please contact us for further information. You can also learn more about the museum’s touring exhibitions programme.
Previous tour schedule
- Fundacion Barrie, A Coruna, Spain (12 March 2022 to 19 June 2022)
- Suzhou Museum, Suzhou, China (4 October 2019 to 27 October 2019)
- Modern Art Museum, Shanghai, China (3 May 2019 to 22 September 2019)
- New Lanark World Heritage Site, South Lanarkshire (26 January 2018 to 29 April 2018)
- Textilmuseet, Borås, Sweden (16 April 2016 to 25 September 2016)
- Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Canada (2 May 2015 to 4 October 2015)
- American Textile History Museum, Lowell, USA (21 November 2014 to 29 March 2015)
- TextielMuseum, Tilburg, The Netherlands (14 June 2014 to 14 September 2014)