Norse sails loomed off the shores of the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, along the northeastern coast of Great Britain, on June 8, 793. The seafaring invaders sacked the island’s undefended monastery. The ...

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Tucked a kilometre away from the ever-rushing MGR Chennai Central Railway Station, stands the serene campus of Government College of Fine Arts, one of India’s oldest art institutions. Its corridors ...

Nevet Yitzhak, “WarCraft” (detail) (2014) (all photographs courtesy the artists and the Gardner Museum unless otherwise noted) BOSTON — The human body, war, and opera: these themes meld within the ...

Two very different exhibits in central Israel — one at a Herzliya museum and one at a former landfill — pull on a common thread to unravel the various ways people use, and reuse, textiles. At Herzliya ...

A talismanic tunic made in Mali during the 20th century. The “charm gown” protects its wearer both spiritually and physically by being decorated with powerful inscriptions and a special mixture. (all ...

From 20th century aprons to commodity bag dresses, the Textile and Costume Museum at LSU explores fashion and textiles through the ages. The museum's exhibition “Trajé, Maya Textile Artistry” is ...

As China’s fashion industry transitions from leveraging its “manufacturing dividends” to exploring the deeper realm of “cultural empowerment,” the question of how to “breathe contemporary life into ...