The 31 Artworks of media Tapestry and containing the word fortunato depero, tapestry, 1925

When Don Pedro Acuña y Malvar died, he bequeathed his vast library and a large collection of tapestries from different creators and eras to Santiago Cathedral. Most of the pieces were woven at the Royal Factory in Santa Bárbara, during its first years of operation after it was founded by Phillip V i...

Like

 

In this tapestry, Kara Walker reproduces an etching from an 1863 issue of the newspaper Harper’s Weekly that documents the burning of a “colored orphan asylum.” Infuriated by newly imposed draft requirements during the Civil War, a mob of New Yorkers took to the streets, attacking both black and whi...

Like

 

The tapestry belongs to a series developed by William Kentridge in 2001. The subjects are borrowed from the /

Like