Henni Alftan, Corduroy, 2020

What’s your favourite festive fabric? Some opt for velvet, others for anything with a metallic shine. But Finnish painter Henni Alftan makes a persuasive argument for Christmas-tree-green corduroy in this arresting artwork, made in 2020. As is typical of Alftan’s distinctive style, the painting homes in on one section of a whole in exquisite detail—in this case, a pair of crossed, corduroy-sporting legs that demonstrate the artist’s mastery of line and texture.