Cloth and Culture Now at the Whitworth Art Gallery has finished now but it brought work by contemporary textile designers from around the world. There was work particularly from Eastern European countries that you don't usually see such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as well as works from the UK, Finland and Japan. They were really interesting works that were original and yet also had a certain charm.
Cloth and Culture Now can be found at this link with really beautiful images of the designers' work and lengthy statements by the makers about their education and inspiration.
I think this is the most interesting and eclectic exhibition I visited all year.
