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Frieze London | Lucy + Jorge Orta and Michael Rakowitz

At Frieze London, Lucy + Jorge Orta’s Wadi Hanifah Embroidery Landscapes bring together botanical specimens native to Saudi Arabia’s Wadi Hanifah valley and geometric motifs drawn from Al Sadu, the traditional weaving practice of Bedouin women. Combining ecological observation with textile traditions, the works reflect on cultural heritage, resilience, and environmental change.

Also featured are selections from Michael Rakowitz’s ongoing series The invisible enemy should not exist, where he revisits artifacts destroyed or looted from Iraq and Syria. Through acts of reconstruction, Rakowitz explores cultural memory, remembrance, and the preservation of histories that risk being lost.

Stop by Booth B19 to see the presentation!

📍 The Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LL

🗓 October 14th – 18th, 2026

@friezeofficial

#LucyandJorgeOrta #MichaelRakowitz #Frieze #FriezeLondon #JaneLombardGallery

Images:
1: Lucy + Jorge Orta, Wadi Hanifah Embroidery Landscape (1), 2024.
2: Lucy + Jorge Orta, Wadi Hanifah Embroidery Landscape (4), 2024.
3: Lucy + Jorge Orta, Wadi Hanifah Embroidery Landscape (7), 2024.
4: Lucy + Jorge Orta, Wadi Hanifah Embroidery Landscape (5), 2024.
5: Jane Lombard Gallery at Frieze London, Booth B19. Photo: Prudence Cuming.
6: Michael Rakowitz, The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist - (Warka Mask) (Recovered, Missing, Stolen Series), 2021.
7: Michael Rakowitz, May the obdurate foe not be in good health (Palmyrene funerary bust), 2020. by @lucyjorgeorta

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Join us at Frieze London @janelombardgallery booth B19.

Wadi Hanifah Embroidery Landscape
@lucyjorgeorta
Cotton canvas, digitally printed silk satin, appliqué embroidery
70 x 70 x 4 cm each by @lucyjorgeorta

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Remembering Frieze Projects 2017 - Antarctica World Passport Office @friezeofficial

We delivered 5,000 Antarctica World Passports over 5-days at the Frieze London installation, increasing the online world community to +50,000. A community sharing values of peace, equity and hope.

We have created nine editions of passports totally 100,000 copies since the project commenced in 2008 @antarcticaworldpassport - a testament to the commitment of people and communities across the world fighting for justice and peace.

Further info in bio🔝

#fightforpeace #hope #antarctica🇦🇶 #worldpassport #antarcticaworldpassport #installation by @lucyjorgeorta

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Bayt Al Sh’ar in the Almacén del Silo @bienalburgos

Bayt Al Sha’ar (House of Hair) presents a speculative vision of nomadic living informed by research on vernacular architecture and the Bedouin weaving traditions of Al Sadu in Saudi Arabia. Rather than employing traditional hand-loom techniques, Lucy Orta has created a full-scale Bedouin tent woven on a digital loom at the TextielLab research centre. The installation comprises nine jacquard tapestry panels, each measuring 170 × 170 cm.

Bienal Burgos ‘Afluente Panorama’ is the inaugural city-wide contemporary art event taking place in Burgos from 24 September 2026 to 10 January 2027. by @lucyjorgeorta

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We are excited to announce the participation in the Bienal Burgos @bienalburgos

Lucy + Jorge Orta’s major textile sculpture ‘Bayt Al Sha’ar (House of Hair)’ will be presented at the inaugural biennale from 24 September 2026 to 10 January 2027.

Bayt Al Sha’ar presents a speculative vision of nomadic living informed by Lucy’s ongoing research into vernacular architecture and the Bedouin weaving traditions of Al Sadu in Saudi Arabia. Rather than employing traditional hand-loom techniques, Orta has created a full-scale Bedouin tent woven on a digital loom at the TextielLab research centre. The installation comprises nine jacquard tapestry panels, each measuring 170 × 170 cm. The imagery depicts a world in transformation, where traditional knowledge and ways of life are increasingly challenged by climate instability, environmental degradation, and conflict.

Join @lucyjorgeorta at 10am in the Almacén del Silo, Burgos.

Photography @britishtextilebiennial 2025

#tapestry #textile #textileartist #lucyorta #jorgeorta #storytelling #biennale taken in Burgos, Spain by @lucyjorgeorta

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A glimpse into life at Studio Orta @studioortalesmoulins
The spaces we share, the work we make, and the conversations around the table.

Our studio is part of Les Moulins, a former industrial site where art and everyday life meet. The visit also took us through @galleriacontinua Les Moulins group exhibition “Les 20 ans du Moulin” and into the sculpture garden, home to the gallery’s and our family long-term projects.

Thank you to @destandaardmagazine and @ringogomezjorge for this thoughtful portrait of our family, our studios, and the places around us.

Words and photography: Ringo Gomez-Jorge for De Standaard Magazine.

#StudioOrta #LesMoulins #GalleriaContinuaLesMoulins #destandaardmagazine

_ Sislej Xhafa : Silvio, 2010
Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Continua

_ Pascale Marthine Tayou : L’arbre à Palabres, 2012
Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Continua

_ Daniel Buren : Comme un jeu d’enfant, 2014/2026
Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Continua

_ Lucy + Jorge Orta : Spirit - Ubelka, 2014

_ Leo Orta: Sunset Phenomena - Dining set 2021 / Where the watchful sleep - Paintings 2023
Courtesy of the artist and Friedman Benda Gallery

_ Lucy + Jorge Orta : Amazonia - vitrine 2010

_ Lucy + Jorge Orta : Cloud - Extension 2011

_ Anish Kapoor : Cave, 2012
Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Continua

_ Kader Attia : Recovery as Resistance, 2011
Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Continua

_ Emily Orta’s atelier & portrait

_ Skatepark Continua
Courtesy of MBL Architects + Bureau David Apheceix & Galleria Continua

_ Leo Orta’s atelier & portrait

_ Miguel Chevalier : Fractal Flower - Silene Luminaris, 2016 taken in Boissy-le-Châtel by @lucyjorgeorta

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Last chance to see the banners at ‘Botenstoffe’ @halle_14 Leipzig.

In 2018 we celebrated the centenary of the suffrage with women from HMP Downview, honouring the courage of over 100 women who were incarcerated in the notorious Holloway prison fighting for the right to vote.

We discussed what it means to be a woman today, our hopes, role models; and for the Downview women, their aspirations beyond the prison walls.

We made ten powerful banners in the @making.for.change workshop inside the prison so that women’s voices silenced around the world may resonate boldly and courageously.

We organised a march to Holloway prison in remembrance and joined 90,000+ women from across the UK for the mass march organised by @artichoketrust @1418now on 14 June 2018, thanks to @historicengland

The banners continue their journey. Now on view in Leipzig, Germany in the exhibition ‘Botenstoffe’, closing August 8, 2026 HALLE 14 Centre for Contemporay Art - closing August 8.

Photography: @lancetabraham @iammichellemarshall & Sven Bergelt for Halle 14 by @lucyjorgeorta

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As part of the Public Projects @seattleartfair we’re thrilled to present the tapestries from our recent NYC exhibition ‘from root to rain’ @janelombardgallery

Our tapestries function as maps drawing on ancient cosmologies and celestial navigation to understand humanity’s place within the natural world. The narrative running across the series reflects the cyclical nature of changing environments from abundance to scarcity, to conflict migration and nomadic living, and the possibility for renewal.

The process of weaving at state-of-the art TexteillLab @textielmuseum has opened up exciting new avenues for visual expression which will develop over the coming year…

We are grateful to Artistic Director @natothompson for inviting us to take part and the amazing team @janelombardgallery 🙏🏼 more to follow….

Gaia with Pleades, 2025
Tapestry woven with wool, recycled PETT, Elirex silver thread
66 7/8 x 66 7/8 inches
Edition of 4 plus 1 artist’s proof (#1/4)

Mattress Bearer Spirit, 2025
Tapestry woven with wool, recycled PETT, Elirex silver thread
66 7/8 x 66 7/8 inches
Edition of 4 plus 1 artist’s proof (#1/4)

Seedling Spirit with Golden Oriole, 2025
Tapestry woven with wool, recycled PETT, Elirex silver thread
66 7/8 x 66 7/8 inches
Edition of 4 plus 1 artist’s proof (#1/4)
@lucyjorgeorta by @lucyjorgeorta

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Today closes ‘Community Threads’ the exhibition, which brings together the results of storytelling in collaboration with the community art centre @casermarcheologica

The assembly of ‘ohel’ dwellings are embroidered with the portraits of inhabitants from Valtiberina. The handwoven linen and hemp cloths surface the contours of their faces with single threads hanging loose, unraveling their stories of belonging. Hand-moulded terracota amulets, like whorls of ancient looms, are suspended from the portraits anchoring each identity to the territory from where they came.
Crafted into fragile enclosures -ohels- the community have assembled in Sanselpolcro to retell their stories.

‘Community Threads’
Exhibition by @lucyjorgeorta curated by Simonetta Carbonaro @casermarcheologica Sansepolcro, Italy.

‘Community Threads’ has been made possible thanks to the extraordinary team Ilaria, Laura, Martina, Alice, Valentina; the generosity of the community who shared their stories and the skilled hands of Studio Orta guided by @margaux.lalanne

#textileart #linen #hemp #portrait #portraiture #participatoryart #embroidery #community #lucyorta #lucyjorgeorta #terracota by @lucyjorgeorta

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‘What is the world that I live in today? I’m trying to respond as quickly as possible to that world. It’s the poetic reaction to the life that we’re given to live’.

—Jorge Orta

Lucy + Jorge Orta (@lucyjorgeorta) are renowned for their socially engaged art, pieces that respond to—and are activated by—the communities in which they are made. Inspired by the couple’s background in fashion and politics, these living works grapple with the ecological and social crises of our time.

Along with their son, the artist Leo Orta (@leortajunior), Lucy + Jorge discusses their lives between Paris and their studio and arts space at Les Moulins (@studioortalesmoulins), a former industrial site in the French countryside where their ‘social sculptures’—including Lucy’s renowned Nexus Architecture (1995)—are newly activated in photographs by Pablo Di Prima (@pablodiprima).

Check out the full Orta family reunion in issue #37 of Apartamento magazine, available now in stores and in our online shop, which includes a curated selection of artworks from the Orta’s archive. by @lucyjorgeorta

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Lucy + Jorge Orta’s tapestries function as maps 🗺️

Presented by @janelombardgallery, the three works in ‘Gaia Guided by Night Constellations Visible in the Arabian Desert Night Skies’ by @lucyjorgeorta trace a cyclical movement from environmental abundance to scarcity, conflict migration, and the possibility for renewal.

Plan your visit to explore more at #SeattleArtFair2026

🗓️ July 23 — 26
📍 @lumenfield taken in Lumen Field by @lucyjorgeorta

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Twice a year we open @studioortalesmoulins to the public, a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes, visit our studios and workshops, view recent work and curated exhibitions.

The Summer Opening Event took place on May 31, with over 1,000 visitors. We are open for a couple more weeks ⬆️ DM for a visit.

Here are some images of our Open Studio @lucyjorgeorta with recent textile works including tapestries and appliqué embroideries, paintings and installation. Spot some of favourite public sculptures dotted around the complex.

Summer Exhibitions include:

*For Want of Nail, the Golden Shoe was Lost*
Closes July 5th
Curated by Inès Carrazé and Emily Orta @emlyorta

Artists: Arina Antonova, Valeria Carrieri, Margot Darvogne, Clément Garcia, Alejandro, Garcia Contreras, Roxanne Jackson, Margaux Laurens-Neel, Barbara Léon Leclerq, Lucile Littot, Antoine Moulinard, Emily Orta, Théo Ouaki, Robin Penalva, Héloïse Rival, Rufina Ruiz Lopez.

*When Walls Becomes Doors - Part 1*
Closes July 12th
Curated by Leo Orta @leortajunior

Artists: Maty Biayenda, Andrea Branzi, Bianca Bondi, Loucia Carlier, Paul Créange, Serban Ionescu, Marc Leschelier, Lucy Orta, Bob Smith & Zyva Studio.

See @studioortalesmoulins for further info about these summer shows.

*When Walls Become Doors - Part 2*
Closes September 30th
Curated by @galleriacontinua

All at:
Moulin St Marie
48 rue des Papeteries
77169 Boissy-le-Châtel by @lucyjorgeorta

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