Category: Installations
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Artist Pandora Graessl’s Transportive “Amor Fati: When the Fire Bit Me” Exhibition
[ad_1] In an abandoned building in Mexico City, a mythic serpentine journey comes to life In several rooms across three floors of an abandoning brick building, behind a small market in Mexico City, photographer and multidisciplinary artist Pandora Graessl‘s mythic exhibition, Amor Fati: When the Fire Bit Me, transports guests by way of serpentine photographic…
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Miami Design District’s Magnitudinous Presence at Miami Art Week 2023
[ad_1] Sculptural commissions, pop-up installations, a 1,048-person photographic mural and more from this milestone year “Utopia” Miami Design District installation by Bohinc Studio, photo courtesy of Kris Tamburello Every year the Miami Design District does exponentially more during Miami Art Week to affirm its reputation as a destination for inspiration. Though commerce is carefully integrated…
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Suchi Reddy’s Colossal “Look Here” Installation at the National Building Museum
[ad_1] An elliptical pavilion and reflective fractals encourage attendees to contemplate perspective in a larger-than-life center court From waves of astonishment to moments of quiet reflection, the seventh Summer Block Party installation at Washington DC’s National Building Museum, Look Here by artist and architect Suchi Reddy, successfully activates a range of emotional response. Reddy, the founder…
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Azuma Makoto’s “Frozen Flowers 2023” Sculpture – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Following his 2021 frozen flower installation, Japanese artist Azuma Makoto unveils his stunning “Frozen Flowers 2023” piece in Hokkaido, Japan. Makoto weaves together various types of colorful flowers, creating a tall structure, and then pours water over it. In winter in Hokkaido, temperatures can drop super-low (-15 Celsius or 5 Fahrenheit), making the water…
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Digital Artist Neon Saltwater Transforms a Las Vegas Gas Station into a Glowing Beacon – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Modifying an abandoned gas station from the 1930s on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, “Mystery Cruise 1990” (2022) is a glowing, site-specific installation by digital artist Neon Saltwater (aka Abigail Dougherty). The neon beacon is part of the city’s annual Life Is Beautiful Festival, curated by creative agency JustKids. “I see ‘Mystery Cruise 1990’…
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Artist Phillip K Smith III Collaborates with American Express and Resy – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Phillip K Smith III has created some of the most visually striking installations across the world—from installations at Coachella to Desert X and even his collaboration with the Faena Hotel. During Miami Art Week this year, thanks to support from American Express and Resy, the illustrious artist was able to bring to life “Garden of Reflections,”…
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Beyond the Art Fairs – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Anchored by the expansive, ever-inspiring Art Basel Miami Beach and the the illuminating Design Miami showcase nearby, Miami Art Week further flourishes thanks to the continued presence of Untitled, NADA, Scope and other powerful art and design fairs. To participate in this exhaustive artistic extravaganza and not step into one of Miami’s own world-class, permanent institutions is not only…
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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s “Pulse Topology” with BMW at Superblue – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] 3,000 shimmering, suspended orbs speckle in the glossy darkness in one of Superblue Miami’s expansive gallery spaces. Together, these illuminated components—each glimmering to the rhythm of one of 3,000 recorded human heartbeats—form “Pulse Topology,” by prolific Mexican-Canadian mixed-media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Running from 17 November 2022 through August 2023, the installation arrived in Miami thanks to…
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Suchi Reddy’s Ethereal “Shaped by Air” Collaboration With Lexus – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Mist, leaves, sunlight and shadows all play intrinsic roles in artist and architect Suchi Reddy’s latest work, unveiled today at ICA Miami. While they might not be elements often conjured up when thinking about cars, the project is a collaboration between Reddy (along with her NYC-based studio Reddymade Architecture and Design) and Japanese carmaker Lexus.…
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Upstate Art Weekend’s Exhilarating, Expansive 2022 Program – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] One of the most refreshing occasions on the annual arts calendar, Upstate Art Weekend returns for a third installment this 22-24 July. The exhilarating 2022 program includes 100 exhibitions, coupled with more than 50 open artist studios—a first for the series. This is a substantial increase from last year’s 61 participants, and the 23 venues of Upstate…
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LEAF Flower Show Blossoms in NYC – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] The second annual LEAF Flower Show was in full bloom across NYC’s Meatpacking District this past weekend, bringing beauty and optimism to the city. To share some of floral delights scattered across the neighborhood, floral photographer Caleb Adams set out with his camera to shoot his favorite installations by day and by night. The results…
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Kris Lemsalu Malone + Kyp Malone Lemsalu’s “Love Song Sing Along (Once Again With Feeling!)” Exhibit – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Acclaimed Estonian artist Kris Lemsalu Malone (who represented the Baltic nation at 2019’s Venice Biennale) and her husband Kyp Malone Lemsalu (of the band TV on the Radio) have partnered once again, this time on an imaginative, immersive exhibition for Tallinn’s Kai Art Center. It’s a rebirth (and extension) of their KW Institute for…
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Tavares Strachan’s Meaningful Public Installation, “WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER” – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Set for a space in Telluride, Colorado, multi-media artist Tavares Strachan‘s newest public art installation promises “WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER”—a statement that can be interpreted in various ways, depending on the viewer’s mindset. The words will be displayed in vibrant pink neon underneath Telluride’s signature gondola, which makes three stops on its 13-minute…
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A Live Plant Orchestra” – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] A collaboration between three artists—Millie Brown, Camille Obering and Benyaro (aka Ben Musser)—Photosymphony: A Live Plant Orchestra began as a real-life installation at Guesthouse, a private art space in Jackson Hole (also owned by Obering and Musser). It has since evolved into a lush, sensual three-minute film. Through Priscilla Fraser—director of LA’s MAK Center…
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Authentic, Imaginative Immersion at SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2020 – COOL HUNTING
[ad_1] What with there being museums for everything—and brands behind most of them—the word “immersive” sometimes feels over-extended, misused, manipulated and frankly false. Inside the former Ralph Lauren offices at 625 Madison, SPRING/BREAK Art Show reminded people that the category of immersive art requires respect if it’s from a place of unfettered, unbranded imagination. This…