Tate Modern. Anni Albers

This autumn Tate Modern will present the UK's first major retrospective of the work of Anni Albers (1899-1994) - an artist who combined the ancient craft of hand-weaving with the language of modern art. Opening ahead of the centenary of the Bauhaus in 2019, this exhibition is long overdue recognition of Albers's pivotal contribution to modern art and design, and part of Tate Modern's wider commitment to showing artists working in textiles.

Featuring over 350 objects from major collections in the US and Europe, including beautiful small-scale studies, large wall-hangings, jewellery made from everyday items, and textiles designed for mass production, this exhibition will explore the many aspects of Albers's practice - such as the intersection between art and craft; hand-weaving and machine production; ancient and modern.

The exhibition design is inspired by Albers' own writings, including her influential 1957 essay 'The Pliable Plane: Textiles in Architecture' in which she advocates 'a new understanding between the architect and the inventive weaver'.

Anni Albers is organised by Tate Modern and Stiftung Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf.