Artpress December 2025 Issue Features Textile Art Focus and Interviews

The December 2025 issue of artpress, number 538, includes a major section on textile art titled 'Unravelling Textile Art,' with articles exploring its history, debates, and key figures like Magdalena Abakanowicz. Featured interviews cover artists Julian Charrière and Valérie Favre, while columns by Paul Ardenne and Fabrice Lauterjung address themes of disability and choreography. Exhibition reviews highlight the 18th Istanbul Biennale and works by artists such as Enrico David, John Baldessari, Alfredo Jaar, Alina Szapocznikow, Josèfa Ntjam, and Bernard Calet. The issue also contains literary reviews on Semiotext(e), Erik Satie, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Isidore Ducasse, and others, along with accounts and a serial by Jacques Henric. A preview for the January 2026 issue promises interviews with Béatrice Balcou, Albert Oehlen, Tarik Kiswanson, Gerhard Richter, and features on feminist humor and artists like Yvonne Rainer, Luc Delahaye, and Sarah Grilo. The cover photo shows Magdalena Abakanowicz at her loom in 1966, credited to Jan Kosmowski and the Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz Kosmowska Foundation in Warsaw.