Take a deep dive into the life and work of pioneering textile artist Anni Albers, one of the artists featured in the Library's new exhibition Line & Thread.

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Known for her graphic wall hangings, weavings, and designs, Anni Albers is considered one of the foremost textile artists of the 20th century. The German-Jewish visual artist blurred the lines between the traditions of craft and art and transformed the way we see not only color but the process of art-making itself. Artist and educator Fritz Horstman discusses Anni Albers’s significant contributions to art and design in connection with the Library’s latest exhibition Line & Thread: Prints and Textiles from the 1600s to the Present, which spotlights the intersection between prints and textiles and includes original work by Albers.

Line & Thread: Prints and Textiles from the 1600s to the Present is on display in the Rayner Special Collections Wing on the third floor of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building September 7, 2024–January 12, 2025.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Fritz Horstman is a curator, educator, and artist based in Bethany, Connecticut where he is Education Director at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. He has curated exhibitions across Europe and the United States, including Anni Albers: In Thread and On Paper earlier this year at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, TX. He has lectured and given workshops at Yale University, Harvard University, l'École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Lebanese American University in Beirut, The Royal Academy of Art in London, and many other institutions. Upcoming solo exhibitions of his sculptures and photographs will be held at the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, Connecticut; Municipal Bonds in San Francisco; and Planthouse Gallery in Manhattan.

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Courtesy Fritz Horstman