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Under Cover

November, 03 2023

Working with textiles and decorative fabric elements, these five artists are creating and capturing body covers, face masks, suits and sculptures that speak of preservation, identity, transformation and surrender.

Pieter Vermeersch in Milan

October, 28 2023

Pieter Vermeersch presents a monumental site-specific installation at Antonini Milano, in collaboration with Galleria P240 of Bologna through January 12, 2024.

Jacqueline Surdell: Adoration Garden

October, 24 2023

Chicago-based artist Jacqueline Surdell has her first solo museum exhibition at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), in Birmingham, Alabama.

Pierre Yovanovitch x Claire Tabouret

October, 20 2023

Pierre Yovanovitch unveils his first Paris gallery in the Marais with a special anniversary collection of the Asymmetry Chair with artist Claire Tabouret.

Roca Gallery Opens in São Paulo

October, 18 2023

Roca, the Spanish bathroom manufacturer, expands its international network with the opening of the first Roca Gallery in Latin America located in São Paulo.

Soft Design: A Short History of an Ordinary Object

October, 10 2023

For our S/S 2021 issue: TLmag35: Tactile/Textile/Texture, Francesca Picchi wrote a fantastic essay about the impact and importance of Italian sofa design post WWII – from innovative materials that allowed for more avant garde forms to the brilliant branding that made the world take notice.

The Mindcraft Project 2023

October, 06 2023

On October 5th, The Mindcraft Project opened its annual exhibition featuring Danish designers and makers who collaborate with nature.

Jack Lenor Larsen: In Handwoven Form

October, 04 2023

It has been nearly 2-years since the passing of legendary textile designer and connoisseur, Jack Lenor Larsen, whose legacy lives on at the LongHouse. For our S/S 2021 issue, Adrian Madlenar wrote about this passionate and endlessly curious artist who helped bring handwoven textiles into the forefront of art,

Recomposing the Antique

September, 29 2023

For TLmag38: Origins, Emanuele Quinz wrote about contemporary artists and designers who are using elements of the past to talk about issues of today.

Carla Fernández: The Future is Handmade

September, 27 2023

La Galerie du 19M in Paris presents Carla Fernández: The Future is Handmade, an immersive exhibition into the world of this singular artist and fashion designer that highlights her collaborations with Mexican artisans,

Aliki van der Kruijs: Earthly Collaborations

September, 22 2023

Aliki van der Kruijs is a Dutch designer and researcher with a keen interest in the weather and geology, making a body of work, including textiles, ceramics and film, relational to time,

Thierry De Cordier: Imagining the Invisible

September, 19 2023

This interview with Thierry De Cordier originally appeared in the A/W 2021 issue of TLmag36: All is Landscape. De Cordier’s exhibition “Passe Montagne” is on view at Xavier Hufkens Gallery in Brussels through October 14,

Menart Fair Paris

September, 12 2023

Thirty international galleries participate in the 4th edition of the Menart Fair taking place in Paris at the Palais d’Iena between September 15-17.

Lino Tagliapietra: The Origin of a Journey

September, 06 2023

Curated by Fondazione Lino Tagliapietra together with Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Lino Tagliapietra: The Origins of a Journey is a comprehensive exhibition of work by the Italian glass artist, now on view at the Ca’ Rezzonico,

Design Biennale Zurich: Shift

August, 30 2023

The fourth edition of the Design Biennale Zurich opens on September 1st with a series of exhibitions dedicated to the small and large changes that effect our daily lives – whether that is connected to objects,

Johan Creten: The Overflowing Heart

August, 25 2023

Le Cœur qui déborde (The Overflowing Heart), is an installation of 40 sculptural works in ceramic stoneware and resin by Johan Creten at the Abbey of Beaulieu-en-Rouergue in France through October 1,

Ann Beate Tempelhaug: Nord

August, 20 2023

Spazio Nobile Gallery presents, Nord, an exhibition of new work made over the last few years by Norwegian ceramic artist Ann Beate Tempelhaug. The exhibition will feature a selection of large-scale ceramic sculptural ‘murals’ onto which she makes free-flowing abstract paintings inspired by the dramatic northern Norwegian landscapes and the mystery of life itself.

Eco Warriors: Precy Numbi & Flory Sinanduku

August, 16 2023

Belgian photographer Sebastien Van de Walle captured the powerful performance art movement in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo during a 2018 visit. There he met Percy Numbi and Flory Sinanduku who create wildly creative costumes out of the waste and trash that sits in a dried up river bed in a poor neighborhood in the city.

Ronan Bouroullec: La Chapelle Saint-Michel de Brasparts

August, 12 2023

Martin Bethenod, Managing Director for the Bourse de Commerce – Museum of the Pinault Collection, wrote an essay for the launch of Ronan Bouroullec’s collection of furnishings for the tiny chapel of Mont Saint-Michel de Brasparts in Brittany.

Nasser Alzayani: Watering the distant, deserting the near

August, 08 2023

Nasser Alzayani’s work explores memory and myth with underlying messages of climate and cultural heritage. His installation, Watering the distant, deserting the near, was the winner of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Here Richard Mille Art Prize in 2021.

Andile Dyalvane: The Ancestral Alphabet

August, 02 2023

On a trip to South Africa, Li Edelkoort had the opportunity to visit Andile Dyalvane in his studio and experience the process and ritual that goes into his making. She wrote about his work for our A/W 2022 issue: TLmag38: Origins.

Portraits of Women in the Heart of Dalarna

July, 29 2023

Pia Ulin created a carte blanche for our A/W 2022 issue: TLmag38: Origins, featuring photographs of Dalarna, Sweden, where tradition, craft and a connection to nature run deep within the community.