If you think knitting or weaving is old-fashioned and boring, the new exhibition at MALBA will prove you wrong. “Cuerpo Textil” is the first major Latin American retrospective in 30 years of Olga de Amaral, an artist who creates monumental works using fabric and thread.
Monumental works woven from 24-karat gold and horsehair: this is the new exhibition coming to MALBA
Olga de Amaral is a 92-year-old Colombian artist who has spent more than six decades redefining what art can do with a thread. Her works are monumental and difficult to classify because they are simultaneously paintings and sculptures.
Her work is part of twenty-four permanent collections, including those of MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and the Kyoto Museum of Modern Art. And now you can see her work up close because it’s coming to MALBA and will be there until May.
What is the new monumental exhibition at MALBAlike ?
The exhibition brings together more than fifty pieces from public and private collections in Bogotá, Medellín, and New York.
The exhibition begins with nine pieces suspended on cotton threads with gesso and acrylic that evoke optical and kinetic art, and the Estelas series, which references Japanese Kintsugi—the technique of repairing broken objects using visible gold. This gold, applied to the fibers, transforms each piece into a luminous surface that changes depending on where you view it from.
Why the Olga de Amaral exhibition is a must-see
Because this is the artist’s first major retrospective in Latin America in the last thirty years, and it closes on May 11. After that, who knows when something like this will return to the city. Guided tours led by the museum’s education team are included with admission and do not require prior registration.
📍 MALBA – 3415 Figueroa Alcorta Ave., Palermo
🗓️ Through May 11, 2026
🎟️ Level 2, Room 5
