THIS MAY, the artist Jordan Nassar reworked a nondescript booth at Frieze New York on Randalls Island into an inviting, relaxed exhibition space, adding embroidered pillows and books to recall an Arab-style majlis, or seating area. Hung on the museum-white walls were framed panels of the Palestinian-Polish-American’s intricately embroidered works, including some made in collaboration with Palestinian women whose craft is the folk art of tatreez embroidery—the heart of his own practice. The panels featured embroideries of...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 11, 2018 16:18 UTC