Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), however, is both a more senior and less well-known figure, on these shores at least. As a painter, she laid the foundations for the radical work of the abstract and ...

Times have changed. In recent decades, there has been a radical reconsideration of fabric art by both museums and the market. While it’s not accurate to say that Amaral, who is now 93 and still making ...

Olga de Amaral works with wispy and often gentle materials: horsehair, thread, nylon, gold leaf. Those materials seemingly run contrary to the title of her new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts ...

Entrance to Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) (all photos by Elisa Wouk Almino/Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) In Brazil, the painter Tarsila ...

Olga de Amaral is a Colombian textile artist known for her site-specific installations utilizing materials such as gold leaf, fiber glass, and paint along with traditional fibers to create ...