Arthur Cohen's 'I Dress Ghosts' Brings Weaver's Guild Mythology to Life

Arthur Cohen opened the exhibition 'I Dress Ghosts' on May 12, 2026, at rue des Filles du Calvaire in Paris, marking the first full expression of his Weaver's Guild mythology. The show features a triptych of oil paintings at the entrance, alongside weavings, crochet, beading, engraving, sublimation printing, and video. Cohen, born in Paris to a family from Algiers that rebuilt in the Sentier textile district after 1962, uses weaving as a first language to explore identity, diaspora, and memory. The exhibition introduces three figures of the Guild: Ned (guardian of ancestral knowledge), Yaffa Datura (master of masks), and Shalem (healer). Cohen uses AI as a digital sketchbook and incorporates materials from natural fibers to steel and sand. The show follows his earlier 'Archives' at Honoré Gallery and the 'Pirapora' series in Brazil with photographer Gleeson Paulino. Cohen's new studio in the Marais will allow for larger, more monumental installations.