Bringing together some of the world’s most innovative mistresses of textile, Richard Saltoun Gallery’s presentation for Masterpiece Online reveals how female artists took hold of fibre and thread with a newfound freedom of making, adding a unique contribution to feminist contemporary art. Taking its cue from the 1972 exhibition Old Mistresses: Women Artists of the Past at Walters Art Gallery, the presentation subverts the reverential term ‘Old Master’ and showcases work by important women: Jagoda BUIC, Olga de AMARAL, Tracey EMIN, HESSIE, Su RICHARDSON, Barbara LEVITTOUX-ŚWIDERSKA, Miriam SCHAPIRO, Greta SCHÖDL and Annegret SOLTAU.