90-Mile-Long Rainbow Installation in San Antonio Airport

Reminiscent of an airplane itself, a new large-scale Gabriel Dawe public art installation at San Antonio International Airport has recently been unveiled and it’s a rainbow-hued delight. Made from over 90 miles of colored thread (in 19 different colors), the piece “Plexus C18” hangs above the ticketing area of the airport and will no doubt add some life and cheer to what is an otherwise …

NYC Reimagined: City of Women

Even though the biggest (and arguably most recognizable) statue in NYC is Lady Liberty, most of the streets, monuments, bridges and buildings in the city are named for men. For their upcoming book “Nonstop Metropolis” Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro have made a “creative atlas of New York City” that, through maps and essays, explores a different NYC. Just one of the pages is “City …

CH Global Spin: Hollow, Bristol

Artist Katie Paterson’s public installation at the Royal Fort Gardens combines 10,000 unique tree species to form a microcosm of Earth’s natural history

Kids understand it as a giant climbing structure of tricky proportions. Adults recognize it as an intriguing public sculpture and when inside, an opportunity for a moment of zen. Scottish artist Katie Paterson sees it as a miniature forest comprised of all the world’s trees. Claimed as her most ambitious work to date, “Hollow” is an arboreal microcosm that combines 10,000 unique tree species to …