Mail art postcard to G. Espenscheid detail Photo: Rich Maciejewski, 2018, courtesy of John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
Correspondence Art: Postcards by Lenore Tawney at The Art Institute of Chicago Tawney began creating postcard collages in the ’60s while she was moving between studios and traveling internationally. Though she left Chicago, the artist maintained a longstanding friendship with Katherine Kuh, who was the first woman curator of European art and sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago. The two exchanged mail art over the course […]
Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within, presented by the Noguchi Museum On display from March 20 – July 28, 2024, this exhibition will feature approximately 200 objects from public and private collections across the country, including a major weaving by Lenore Tawney, referencing Takaezu and Tawney’s important joint exhibitions and their many decades of friendship.
Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art, presented by the Met Fifth Ave On display from March 5–June 16, 2024 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores the striking connections between artists of the ancient Andes and those of the 20th century.
Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, presented by Los Angeles County Museum of Art On display from Sep 17th, 2023 – Jan 21st, 2024 at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. An exhibition exploring the intersection of abstract art and woven textiles over the past century.
