The past edition of State of Fashion, Ties that Bind, focused on showcasing contemporary work by fashion and textile makers, designers and artists from the Global South. Curators Louise Bennetts and Rachel Dedman have decentralised the Biennale, and invited three interlocutors from across the Global South to form an expanded curatorial team.

State of Fashion 2024 unfolded in four locations: the homesite Arnhem and three international sister sites: Nairobi/Kenya, Bengaluru/India, and São Paulo/Brazil. In each sister site, a interlocutor – Sunny Dolat, Kallol Datta and Hanayrá Negreiros – had been invited to develop a State of Fashion project in their local context, responding to the themes of the Biennale as they relate to the urgencies and experiences of their cities and communities.


Sister Sites


State of Fashion 2024 | Tradition(al)

Titled State of Fashion 2024 | Tradition(al), Sunny Dolat organised an exhibition featuring 20 makers, a series of talks in collaboration with Lagos Fashion Week at Circle Art Gallery – Nairobi, Kenya between 4 – 14 April 2024.

State of Fashion 2024 | Através das águas costuramos outras histórias brasileiras

Under the title State of Fashion 2024 | Através das águas costuramos outras histórias brasileiras, Hanayrá Negreiros organized an exhibition and a series of talks at Centro Cultural São Paulo (CCSP), in São Paulo Brazil, between April 5-7.

State of Fashion 2024 | … of involution, of languor…

The exhibition … of involution, of languor… took place against a landscape where the body, the cloth and the act of swaddling oneself are and always will be political. Artists Indu Antony, Rujuta Rao and Swati Kalsi bring care to the forefront of their artistic and research projects.