Category: Large Scale Art
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The Multisensory Majesty of “Delcy Morelos: El abrazo” at Dia Chelsea
[ad_1] Two monumental, site-responsive installations comprise the Colombian artist’s meditative solo debut in the US Delcy Morelos during the installation of El abrazo (The Embrace), 2023, at Dia Chelsea, New York. © Delcy Morelos. Photo: Don Stahl Before your eyes adjust to the darkness of the first installation, “Cielo terrenal (Earthly Heaven)” (2023), within Colombian artist […]
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] A vaccine against fentanyl, household appliances in the style of Gaudí, the future of clean energy and more Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Fusion Energy Breakthrough For the first time ever, scientists have been able to produce a nuclear fusion reaction that generates a net energy gain. This is, according to the Washington Post, “a […]
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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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Large-Scale Highlights – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Open now through 13 November and free to visit, Frieze Sculpture—curated by Claire Lilley—returns to London’s Regent’s Park for the 10th consecutive year. Sprawled throughout open greenery, each of the 19 large-scale sculptures proves itself to be as ideologically challenging as it is attractive, with sculptures exploring complex themes like environmentalism, materiality and the […]
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Large-Scale Art, Musical Performance and Stunning Landscape Converge at Tippet Rise Art Center – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Glowing golden in the late September sunlight, tall prairie grass quivers in the breeze beyond the picture window of the Olivier Music Barn at Tippet Rise Art Center in Fishtail, Montana. The barn, an acoustically engineered performing arts center, welcomes an annual array of diverse international talent—from bombastic string quartets to mesmerizing classical pianists. […]
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] A land artist’s “City,” an electric plane’s milestone, more breakthrough studies on psychedelics, an equitable cafe model and more NASA Releases “Remix” of Sounds From a Black Hole NASA has debunked the misconception that space is silent by releasing a “remix” of sound from a black hole in the Perseus galaxy cluster, captured by […]
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Depictions of The Human Body – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Across dozens of national pavilions at this year’s Venice Art Biennale, the theme “The Milk of Dreams” has been explored and interpreted in stunning ways. It’s clear that curator Cecilia Alemanni knew there were endless possibilities when she chose the concept, which is the title of a book of fairytales by Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), […]
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Artist Josh Smith On His Process and The Large-Scale Abstractions in “Keyhole” – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Recently on view at Xavier Hufkens gallery in Brussels, Josh Smith’s Keyhole comprised a new collection of large-scale, colorful abstract paintings and figurative monotypes. One of the best-known contemporary painters of his generation, Smith has walked the line of representational art, text-based painting and abstraction. The artist divides his time between New York and […]
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The Armory Show’s 2020 Large-Scale Platform Program – COOL HUNTING
[ad_1] Placed throughout NYC‘s Pier 90 and Pier 94, the large-scale works and installations that comprise The Armory Show‘s Platform program do more than honor this year’s theme of “Brutal Truths.” The art pieces—drawn from seven artists/artist duos—whip their viewers into an immediate sociopolitical discourse and they do so with humor. Curated by Anne Ellegood, […]
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Miami Art Week 2019: Opulent Artwork
[ad_1] While it was a simple banana taped to a wall that seemed to steal the show at this year’s Miami Art Week, opulence abounded throughout the various fairs too. Many bold, beautiful pieces involved meticulous beading, weaving, and fringing. From fur to fluorite, tassels to tiger’s eye, the materials used in some of our […]
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Miami Art Week 2019: Art Basel’s Monumental Meridians Sector
[ad_1] On a second-floor “ballroom” at the sprawling Miami Beach Convention Center, set atop a carpet that’s fetching comments of its own, Art Basel Miami Beach‘s new Meridians sector features some of the most considered, engaging works found within all of 2019’s Miami Art Week. Not only are they, as the division stipulates, large-scale in format—they are […]