It's tempting to believe COVER's devotion to its readers means we are chained to our desks rather like folios in Hereford Cathedral's medieval library, but we do get out. Yesterday your scribe was at the British Museum for the press preview of Shakespeare Staging the...
Art
Artist Katherine Daniels weaves summer magic in New York City
Lincoln Road Serape is a summer 2012 woven street installation by Harlem studio-based artist Katherine Daniels for the City of New York's DOT Urban Art Program. Daniels uses plastic ribbon to weave designs in the city's chain link fencing. Her work can also be seen at...
Woven Portico by Nicolas Feldmeyer
London-based artist Nicolas Feldmeyer employs existing architecture to create new spaces through the integration of contrasting materials. His latest piece of work is Untitled (Woven Portico), a site-specific installation in which he has woven translucent mesh between...
Chillida Collection by Nanimarquina
This year Spanish brand nanimarquina have launch a tribute collection to Spanish Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002). The striking monochrome series of 7 rugs is based on a chronological selection of his work, from Figura Humana 1948, through Dibujo Tinta...
Paintings inspire Carpets – Carpets inspire Paintings
An exhibition of paintings by Lisa Kunit and carpets by Beate Von Harten will be on for a week from 5-12 May 2012 at Breitegasse 19 in Vienna. The show entitled 'Red threads- from earthen to.... Paintings of Lisa Kunit meet textiles of Beate von Harten'. The press...
Grass Carpet in Jaujac
This grass carpet installation Tapis Rouge! was design by Marseille-based artist Gaëlle Villedary for the French town Jaujac. It comprises 168 rollers of greenery spanning 1,400 ft, tracing pedestrian avenues into the city centre, created with the intention to connect...
Ernesto Neto
Ernesto Neto (b.1964) is one of Brazil's leading contemporary artist artist who creates new worlds and spaces with his giant installations and sculptures which tend to made up of stretchy, stocking-like material in amorphous forms stuffed with foam pellets or, on...
Hey Honey, Let Them Figure That Out – Jongil Ma
Here are some amazing images of Jongil Ma's Hey Honey, Let Them Figure That Out installation at the Taller Boricua Gallery in 2010. The work is made from wood and rope. All photograph by John F. Morgan
Kate MccGwire’s feather sculptures
Kate MccGwire is a London-based sculptor whose recent work includes a series of stunning feather sculptures. Each piece is made from thousands of wing and tail feathers from birds that include pigeon, magpie, goose, teal, pheasant, duck and woodcock. all images ©...