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Revie Projects is a multipurpose curatorial platform based in Montrouge, near Paris, that doesn’t have a formal exhibition space yet, but whose production studios are open on a regular basis. Among the artists that they are showing at DADA is textile virtuoso Margaux Derhy. Born to a French mother and a Moroccan father, Margaux Derhy, was primarily trained as a painter at London’s Central Saint Martins and Royal College of Art before turning to embroidery in 2017, during a residency in Cape Town. In Morocco, where she lives part-time, she founded a studio with seven single women who now help her produce larger pieces that would otherwise take years to achieve working alone. All of these pieces are inspired by family pictures, but the faces are devoid of features. Derhy, who sees those blanks as “zones of silence,” also tells the stories of her collaborators by mixing in the traditional stitches from which they came. “In the 45-meter embroidery installation on view at the Jaal Riad resort, I wanted to explore even more the untold stories of those women who profoundly influenced both my artistic journey and personal life,” said Derhy, who also features in a group show curated by Achraf Remok at the Izza hotel.