Each summer the Royal Academy’s walls are adorned with a diverse display of contemporary art by well-known names and new talent. See here COVER’s favourite pieces from the exhibition.

In the dim light of a not-for-profit art foundation gallery in a warehouse district of London, visitors are asked to remove their shoes before entering a dark space, COVER reviews intriguing ‘Fin de silencio’ (End of Silence) exhibition

Founder and head of US brand Tufenkian, James was instrumental in changing the rug industry in the 1980s

Dutch textile designer Mae Engelgeer has appeared on the pages of COVER numerous times, with her fabric and carpet designs and more recently with her rugs for Italian brand cc-tapis. Her new textile collection for Wolf Gordon, entitled Matter, was launched at NeoCon in Chicago last week. Here she speaks to COVER about the collaborative work.

For the 50th edition of COVER, we asked influential people in the world of handmade carpets to without prejudice name the best rug since the first issue 13 years ago. Robert Stephenson of Robert Stephenson Handmade Carpets chose Untitled 639 by Gunta Stölzl for Christopher Farr.

Marleen V Haaften is a young Dutch textile designer who works with a variety of raw materials to create very tactile rugs and textiles. In June, she will be showing work at London’s New Designers, as part of the Week 1, ‘One Year In’ display.

For the 50th edition of COVER, we asked influential people in the world of handmade carpets to without prejudice name the best rug since the first issue 13 years ago. Art historian and curator, Cornelia Lauf chose Santa Cruz River by Alexandra Kehayoglou.

The main attraction at New York’s annual citywide celebration of design, NYCxDesign (11-23 May 2018), is the 30th edition of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 20-23 May 2018. Expect plenty of new material from the fifteen or so specialist rug brands exhibiting amongst 800 representatives of global design.

For the 50th edition of COVER, we asked influential people in the world of handmade carpets to without prejudice name the best rug since the first issue 13 years ago. The assistant editor of COVER, Rachel Meek chose Scarpa Gelim by Ptolemy Mann. ‘I’m a fan of...