Laura Gascoigne

Lumpy, bulgy, human: Threads, at Arnolfini Bristol, reviewed

Dignified with the name ‘fibre arts’, fabrics are now back in the fine-art fold

‘Ground’, 2018, by Alice Kettle. © Courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Michael Pollard 
issue 12 August 2023
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  • To Boldly Sew: Textile Art by Alice Kettle

    99 Bishopsgate and 30 Fenchurch Street, until 29 September

  • Threads: ‘Breathing Stories into Materials’

    Arnolfini Bristol, until 1 October

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