TLmag 35 Extended: Tactile/Textile/Texture

Roots is a monumental installation by Finnish artist Kustaa Saksi made from jacquard weaving and delicate Japanese washi paper yarns. The installation is on view at the Institut finlandais through February 21, 2026.

Berber rugs and weaving have gained enormous popularity in the last decades, but who are the people behind the rugs and what are the traditions and stories told within them? Mina Abouzahra curates “The Soul of a Rug,” an exhibition that sheds light into a community of weavers and their incredible talent as well as her own personal journey of discovery and craft.

Gert Voorjans is an iconic Belgian tastemaker and maestro of the interior design firm Studio GV. From his renowned collaborations with Dries van Noten to his contemporary fabric collections, Voorjans has a distinctive East-meets-West aesthetic that is fresh, layered and truly timeless.

La Galerie Patinoire Royale Bach presents Geneviève Levivier: Un Arbre á Soi, a solo show of 11 weavings and 4 large laser artworks, which are made with an innovative laser technique created by the artist. Levivier creates a dialogue between the manual and technical as well as with natural fibres and mixed media. Through her unique processes that build up and take away materials, her work refers to the growth of nature and its destruction. They are like a metaphor of life, which advances by adding experiences and the subtractive experience of time. All of the work is about finding the balance point between those extremes.

The Fondation Cartier in Paris presents the first major European retrospective exhibition of Olga de Amaral. Covering two floors of the museum and featuring over 80 artworks, the exhibition offers an incredible opportunity to dive into the extensive career of this pioneering artist.

Heimtextil, the foremost global trade fair for home and contract textiles will be taking place from 14 to 17 January 2025 in Frankfurt-am-Main.

Looiersgracht 60 presented Repetition is a Form of Change, Sophie Rowley’s first major solo exhibition that followed on a 1-month residency the artist had at the non-profit space in August. The exhibition was on view between September 19-October 20th, 2024.

The Horta Museum invited five designers to decorate the walls of Horta’s house, using velvet. Their interventions will be on display from 13 September 2024 to 30 June 2025.

The Muzeum Susch presents Tapta: Flexible Forms, the first large-scale retrospective exhibition outside of Belgium of the Polish-born, Belgian based artist Maria Wierusz-Kowalska, known as Tapta.

For the 2024 Milan Design Week, contemporary artist Naoki Kawano presented “Skins Concept” a new project specially designed in collaboration with Pierre Frey.

The Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris pays tribute to fashion designer Iris van Herpen with Sculpting the Senses, an extensive exhibition featuring over 100 haute couture pieces. The exhibition is on view now through April 28, 2024.

The 2024 edition of Heimtextil opens on January 9, 2024 with an increased focus on sustainability and a 24/25 trends focus on “New Sensitivity”.