{"id":533238,"date":"2026-04-16T01:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533238\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T01:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:14:15","slug":"denim-gardens-and-gauze-portraits-feature-in-free-london-textile-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533238\/","title":{"rendered":"Denim gardens and gauze portraits feature in free London textile exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A free exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery brings together a wide range of artworks, all united by one thing \u2013 they\u2019re all textiles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/saatchi-textiles-01.jpg\" class=\"lightbox\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-88848\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"336\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/saatchi-textiles-01.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among the more prominent installations is Ian Berry\u2019s Secret Garden, constructed entirely from recycled denim (and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/articles\/from-old-jeans-to-blooming-beauty-an-entire-garden-made-entirely-from-discardeddenim-74298\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recently<\/a> at the Garden Museum), alongside a site-specific intervention by Magda Sayeg, whose work references her role in popularising yarn bombing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/saatchi-textiles-04.jpg\" class=\"lightbox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-88851\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"336\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/saatchi-textiles-04-1024x569.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>London-based Benjamin Shine has two delicate side portraits that almost look like computer printing, but are carefully folded sheets of thin gauze.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/saatchi-textiles-03.jpg\" class=\"lightbox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-88850\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"336\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/saatchi-textiles-03-1024x569.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whereas Simon Pheupin\u2019s work looks from a distance to be a slice of an old tree, but is actually intricately folded sheets of fabric, and it\u2019s astonishing to think about how long it must have taken to make. Not to mention the dusting for the owner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/saatchi-textiles-02.jpg\" class=\"lightbox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-88849\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"336\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/saatchi-textiles-02-1024x569.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a single-room exhibition, but such is the variety on show, both technical and artistic, that it\u2019s hard not to find at least something that everyone will like.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/calendar\/textile-art-redefined-429549\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Textile Art Redefined<\/a>, is at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/venues\/saatchi-gallery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saatchi Gallery<\/a> in Chelsea until 10th May 2026 and is free to visit.<\/p>\n<p>There are three other free exhibitions in the gallery until 6th May as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A free exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery brings together a wide range of artworks, all united by one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-533238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}