Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 2: Modern Era (1850–1949)

1949

"Anni Albers: Textiles” Exhibition at Museum of Modern Art

Exhibition · Women Artists

Handwoven black, ivory and ochre rectangles shift between horizontal bands and a fine checkerboard, with the textile’s edges visible.
Anni Albers, Tapestry, 1948. Linen and cotton, 41.9 × 47.6 cm. Exhibited in Anni Albers Textiles at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1949. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. Purchase Fund (200.1950). © 2026 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Image source.

This landmark exhibition was the Museum of Modern Art’s first devoted to the work of a single textile artist. The exhibitions tour over the next four years would establish Albers as one of the most important artists of her day.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.

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Anni Albers

Movements

Bauhaus

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Ideas
craft, institutional recognition, textiles
Technologies
weaving
People
Anni Albers
Exhibitions
Anni Albers: Textiles
Organisations
Bauhaus, MoMA
Places
New York

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