Symposium on Olga de Amaral at ICA Miami Expansion, 20 September

11 September 2025

On 20 September, ICA Miami presents an afternoon symposium on Olga de Amaral, that centres the artist’s work across varying contexts while situating textile arts within a global discourse. Gathering renowned scholars and curators, the event will expand on the artist’s practice and foster new perspectives on her work, deepening our understanding of Amaral’s impact.

A singular voice in Latin American and textile art, Olga de Amaral pushes the boundaries of fiber arts, blending weaving, knotting, and braiding to create striking, abstract three-dimensional forms. Amaral, who studied at Cranbrook Academy in Michigan in the 1950s and has worked for over seven decades in her native Bogotá, Colombia, complicates the narratives of modernism and craft through her tapestries. The artist forges a unique sculptural language that draws from Bauhaus Modernism, Constructivism, Colombian abstract art, and Indigenous weaving traditions alike.

Coinciding with the exhibition 'Olga de Amaral,' presented in collaboration with the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, the symposium is organized by the exhibition curators Marie Perennès, former curator at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, and Stephanie Seidel, Monica and Blake Grossman Curator, ICA Miami. “Olga de Amaral” is on view through 12 October 2025.

ICA Miami Expansion, 23 NE 41st Street, Miami, FL, United States
Saturday, 20 September from 2 - 6pm

Find out more via ICA Miami.

Image: Exhibition view, “Olga de Amaral” at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, presented with the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, May 1 - October 12, 2025. © Olga de Amaral. (Photo: © 2025 Kris Tamburello.)