{"id":7546,"date":"2026-11-06T08:42:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T08:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/en\/?post_type=event&#038;p=7546"},"modified":"2026-11-06T08:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T08:42:42","slug":"ginevra-de-blasio-on-thread-of-abstraction-members-lecture","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/en\/events\/ginevra-de-blasio-on-thread-of-abstraction-members-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginevra de Blasio on Thread of Abstraction | Members\u2019 Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light is-style-hero\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-neutral-50-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><span class=\"wp-block-afm-label medium aligncenter wp-block-afm-block-post-type has-text-color has-neutral-1000-color\">Event<\/span>\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center aligncenter wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-neutral-1000-color\">Ginevra de Blasio on Thread of Abstraction | Members\u2019 Lecture<\/h1>\n\n<span class=\"aligncenter wp-block-afm-block-post-dates\">18 Nov, 17:30 \u2014 18:30<\/span>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/FB_nettside-Ginevra.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Foredrag med Ginevra de Blasio p\u00e5 Astrup Fearnley Museet\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/FB_nettside-Ginevra.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/FB_nettside-Ginevra-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/FB_nettside-Ginevra-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/FB_nettside-Ginevra-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/FB_nettside-Ginevra-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-neutral-1000-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Ahead of the Isabella Ducrot retrospective in spring 2027, join curator and writer Ginevra de Blasio to explore how artists across Italy and beyond work with textiles. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-black\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Sign up \u2013 coming soon!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the lecture, de Blasio traces the relationship between textiles and art, from ancient myths to contemporary practices. Bringing together examples from different cultures and historical periods, she explores how working with textiles shapes our understanding of time, touch and repetition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also considers how textiles connect with fashion and digital technology. In a world increasingly shaped by speed and screens, what can textile practices teach us about slowing down and working with our hands?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on a year-long research project supported by the Italian Council, de Blasio places the renewed interest in textiles in contemporary art within a much longer history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ginevra de Blasio<\/strong> has worked as research coordinator and assistant curator on <em>Isabella Ducrot<\/em> and has also contributed texts to an upcoming publication on the artist. The exhibition opens at the Madre Museum in Naples in December 2026 and at Astrup Fearnley Museet in April 2027.&nbsp;A definitive 360-page monograph will be published by Hatje Cantz in partnership with Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo and Museo Madre, Naples, featuring contributions by Adam D. Weinberg and Eva Fabbris, T\u2019ai Smith, Marta Federici, Ginevra de Blasio, and Jhumpa Lahiri.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An independent writer and curator from Rome, she is based in New York and has worked with institutions including The Drawing Center, 99CANAL, Paula Cooper Gallery and Performa. She has also collaborated with Adam D. Weinberg, director emeritus of the Whitney Museum of American Art. She is a regular contributor to The Brooklyn Rail and writes for other international publications.&nbsp;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content is-post-type-exhibition wp-block-t2-featured-single-post\"><a class=\"wp-block-t2-post-link post-id-7151 has-background wp-block-afm-block-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/en\/exhibitions\/material-shifts\/\">\n<figure style=\"--t2-focal-point: 50% 50%;\" class=\"t2-post-featured-image has-image-ratio-16-9 wp-block-t2-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/2018_JLM_TDA16920_Meduse-Paris_ph-M3-Studio_03-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jean-Luc Moul\u00e8ne, M\u00e9duse, Paris 2018. Photo : M3 Studio \/ Thomas Dane Gallery. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, Thomas Dane Gallery, London-Naples and Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/2018_JLM_TDA16920_Meduse-Paris_ph-M3-Studio_03-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/2018_JLM_TDA16920_Meduse-Paris_ph-M3-Studio_03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/2018_JLM_TDA16920_Meduse-Paris_ph-M3-Studio_03-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/2018_JLM_TDA16920_Meduse-Paris_ph-M3-Studio_03-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/2018_JLM_TDA16920_Meduse-Paris_ph-M3-Studio_03-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.afmuseet.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/2018_JLM_TDA16920_Meduse-Paris_ph-M3-Studio_03-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\t<span class=\"wp-block-afm-label medium wp-block-afm-block-post-type\">Exhibitions<\/span>\n\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-t2-post-title\">Material Shifts<\/h2>\n\t<span class=\"wp-block-afm-block-post-dates\">13. Nov. 2026 &#8211; 28. Feb. 2027<\/span>\n\t<div class=\"t2-post-excerpt wp-block-t2-post-excerpt\"><p>A major international group exhibition that looks at sculpture as an act of translation.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/a>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the Isabella Ducrot retrospective in spring 2027, join curator and writer Ginevra de Blasio to explore how artists across Italy and beyond work with textiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7547,"template":"","meta":{"afm_hide_title":false,"afm_event_from":"2026-11-18T17:30:00","afm_event_to":"2026-11-18T18:30:00","afm_event_recurring":"","afm_event_recurring_interval":"","afm_event_recurring_end":"","afm_event_weekdays":"","_afm_post_new_title":"","afm_terms_sep_event_event-audience":", ","afm_terms_sep_event_event-cat":", "},"event-audience":[],"event-cat":[],"class_list":["post-7546","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - 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