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Dutch artist Maarten Baas produces artworks that lay at the intersection of visual art, performance, and design, creating manual clocks that are erased and redrawn on the stroke of each minute. In pieces like Grandfather Clock and Schiphol Clock Baas places himself within the structure...
Yesterday, Banksy left his mark in the South Wales town of Port Talbot, his first in the UK nation. The area drew attention earlier this year when a World Health Organization report named it the most polluted community in the UK...
This past month the Amsterdam Light Festival (previously) opened its seven year, inviting visitors to observe 29 light-based works by international artists, designers, and architects along the canals and throughout the historical center of the city. Artworks were inspired by this...
Completed in 1994, Dromeas or “The Runner,” is a 40-foot-tall public sculpture created by Greek artist Costas Varotsos. The densely layered work is formed from thousands of jagged shards of greenish-grey glass which are stacked around iron in the formation of a...
A twisting set of floating copper staircases intertwine at the main entrance of Copenhagen’s new science and technology center, the Experimentarium. The museum, and its four-story Helix staircases, were designed by Danish architecture studio CEBRA who wanted to create a subtle nod...
The Art Institute of Chicago recently announced the release of tens of thousands of images from their collection to the public domain, providing high resolution access to the thick paint strokes of Van Gogh’s “The Bedroom,” the eerie light of Edvard...
Founded in 2013 by 18-year-old (at the time) inventor Boyan Slat, The Ocean Cleanup is a nonprofit organization that’s working to clean up our oceans by removing plastic. After five years of rigorous design and testing, the Cleanup’s cleaning apparatus, called...
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This Gunther Forg work from 2007 made its high estimate at Phillips tonight. That sale is part of a larger trend. Artprice produced this...
Chandeliers Constructed From Recycled Plastic PET Bottles by Veronika Richterová
Czech artist Veronika Richterová uses the near-indestructible nature of plastic PET bottles to her advantage. By snipping, twisting, and heating the drinking vessels, she forms long-lasting...
Baroque Underwater Photography by Christy Lee Rogers
Photographer Christy Lee Rogers produces luminous scenes of swirling figures swathed in colorful fabrics. She creates a painterly quality in her large-scale images not by using...
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Colorful Ceramics Accented by Gravity-Defying Drips
Rain falls through the air in smooth curvaceous orbs, instantaneously splitting as it splatters to the ground. Chinese artist Bian Xiaodong’s glossy ceramics resemble these...
Human-Powered Clocks by Maarten Baas Physically Mark the Passage of Time
Dutch artist Maarten Baas produces artworks that lay at the intersection of visual art, performance, and design, creating manual clocks that are erased and redrawn on...
A Multi-Level Pedestrian Vessel Designed by Heatherwick Studio Opens at Hudson...
Thomas Heatherwick’s new copper-colored structure at New York City’s Hudson Yards exists somewhere between a building and a pavilion, yet is classified by neither title. The...
Layers of Crocheted Fabric Drape Across a Large-Scale Inflatable Installation Inside...
Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos recently installed a large site-specific inflatable installation covered with crocheted fabric and embellishments inside of Paris’ oldest department store, Le Bon Marché. The...
The Secret Lives of Objects Revealed in Juan Pablo Zaramella’s Trailer...
Argentinian director Juan Pablo Zaramella has shared the trailer for a cute new stop-motion television series featuring typically inanimate objects living out funny scenarios. With a...
Balloon Birds by Terry Cook Mimic Their Real-Life Counterparts
Passing up the typical party tricks of dogs, flowers, and hats, Terry Cook riffs on classic balloon-twisting shapes with his avian creations. After modeling herons, blue...
Overlapping Jewel-Toned Fabrics Fill the Nave of a Former Italian Church...
Thomas Granseuer and Tomislav Topic, known as the art duo Quintessenz, recently completed a new hanging fabric installation at CARME, an arts center located inside a...
1,440 Portraits Emerge from a Single Ink Drawing in a New...
In an impressive feat of dedication and patience, artist Jake Fried spent seven months creating Brain Wave, a hand-drawn animation using only ink and white-out. Fried reworked...
Mirage: Doug Aitken’s Mirrored House Creates a Kaleidoscopic View of the...
Doug Aitken, Mirage Gstaad, 2019,
Part of Elevation 1049: Frequencies, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Image courtesy of the Artist; Photo by Stefan Altenburger.
For this year’s Elevation 1049, a...
Birds and Faces Emerge From Dizzying Multi-Layered Gowns by Iris Van...
Dutch fashion designer Iris Van Herpen blends cutting-edge technology and classic motifs in her thought-provoking garments. Van Herpen’s most recent collection, Shift Souls, was showcased at Paris...
