Museum exhibitions

Damián Ortega’s Cosmic Thing – Entire Volkswagen Beetle dissected

Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading
About Damián Ortega Damián Ortega was born in Mexico City in 1967. He now divides his time between Mexico City and Berlin. He has gained a world-renowned reputation as his works have been exhibited internationally. His art career began as a political cartoonist, which has influenced his more recent work, as is evident in the …

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Why did Félix González-Torres put free candy in a museum?

Installations, Performances / 4 minutes of reading
Why did Félix González-Torres install candy in museums? Felix Gonzalez-Torres has created nineteen candy pieces that were featured in many museums around the world. Many of his works target HIV, a topic of a serious nature, one that is still unfortunately often taboo in mainstream society. It takes the topic from the shadows, where individuals …

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Michelangelo Pistoletto’s nude Venus inspects a rag of clothes (sfw)

Installations, Textile art / 6 minutes of reading
Pistoletto’s rise to fame Born in 1933 in Biella, Italy, Michelangelo Pistoletto’s was among the first interpreters of the radical renewal of artistic language, both socially and aesthetically, in the early 1960s. He was also one of the protagonists of Arte Povera. Pistoletto began to gain recognition in the mid-1950s, particularly after creating his first …

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Yin Xiuzhen & her 14 meter minibus Collective Unconscious

Installations, Textile art / 2 minutes of reading
Collective Subconscious Collective Subconscious is a large-scale interactive installation created by Beijing-based artist Yin Xiuzhen. She has spent the last twenty-five years creating and displaying works that reflect her surrounding environment and her relationship with it. Her works are usually personal and environmentally engaging and typically site-specific. Collective Subconscious, which is composed of a bisected …

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Artist Xu Zhen’s stunning installation at the Long Museum

Sculptures, Statues / 2 minutes of reading
Who is Xu Zhen? Xu Zhen is a leader within the domain of contemporary Chinese art and is said to be one of the most sought-after international contemporary artists. Xu Zhen uses inspiration from both Chinese and Western cultures while combining the embodiment of both. He uses sociocultural frameworks as an inspiration for his pieces …

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Takahiro Iwasaki’s intricate miniatures of ancient Japanese temples

Architecture, Sculptures, Temple architecture / 2 minutes of reading
Japanese artist Takahiro Iwasaki’s sculpture the Reflection Model (Perfect Bliss) is a sophisticated miniature recreation of Phoenix Hall, which is part of Japan’s Byodo-in Temple complex. Embodying many elements of tradition and modernity, the piece imitates the reflection of the traditional mirror pond as a physical object, suspended from the ceiling, performing to the …

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Christian Marclay: 7 stained glass windows you won’t see in any cathedral

Stained Glass Windows / 3 minutes of reading
Christian Marclay’s installation at Palais de Tokyo After spending a whopping $26 million on renovations, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris is now the largest contemporary art center in Europe. It has four levels and is as big as three football fields. With plenty of space, they have creatively allowed the building itself to become …

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Conservative Stadtmuseum München opens up to Urban Art

Installations, Paintings, Performances, Photography / 1 minute of reading
What was it? Last month the City Museum of Munich, Germany, held an exhibition that featured artists from Europe, Asia, and Australia. They were connected by their confident artistic position, focusing on their artistic statement rather than creating easily accessible and understandable works. Galeria Autonomica The curators Christian Minke and Christoph Pankowski believe that now …

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Cai Guo Qiang’s stunning Watering Hole in Brisbane

Installations, Sculptures / 6 minutes of reading
Heritage What was it? Cai Guo-Qiang’s first solo exhibition in Australia was staged at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) from November 2013 to April 2014. Spanning the ground floor galleries of GOMA, this exhibition presented a large-scale installation by the Chinese artist. A centerpiece of the exhibition was a dramatic new commission, Heritage (2013), …

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Why are Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings so influential?

Murals, Paintings / 4 minutes of reading
Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings 1,350 Wall Drawings in four decades Over the course of his prolific and influential career, Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) produced approximately 1,350 wall drawings, comprising approximately 3,500 installations at more than 1,200 venues. Why did Sol LeWitt let others paint his ideas? Early in his career, Sol LeWitt began to have others …

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Why did Michael Lin install a complete house on a roof in Shanghai?

Architecture, Installations / 2 minutes of reading
Model Home – A Proposition by Michael Lin was an exhibition of new conceptual work, made by Michael Lin. For the exhibition, he installed a temporary structure on top of the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, China. The exhibition has been created in collaboration with building workers, furniture makers and musicians, film-makers and urban …

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What was Antony Gormley’s gigantic Horizon Field Hamburg all about?

Art & Technology, Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading
What was it? Over the past one and a half years, British artist Antony Gormley has prepared an exhibition at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Europe’s biggest space for contemporary art. Rather than following through with the proposed retrospective, Gormley decided to create a massive interactive sculpture that only comes alive by the participation of the visitors. …

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Magdalena Jetelová’s domesticated pyramids fill up museums

Installations / 2 minutes of reading
Who is Magdalena Jetelová? Czech installation artist Magdalena Jetelová has made a name for herself in the world of conceptual land art, and the Domestication of Pyramids is hands down her most spectacular work in this art form. Even though she is also well known for her light contraptions and visualizations of nature and landscapes, …

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Cyprien Gaillard’s Recovery of discovery – A beer pyramid

Installations / 5 minutes of reading
Who is Cyprien Gaillard? Cyprien Gaillard is a French modern artist born in 1980 in the capital of France, Paris. Currently, he lives and works between New York and Berlin. His work oscillates between minimalism, romanticism, vandalism, and land art. Influences Land art artist Robert Smithson created and advocated the concept of entropy. This concept, …

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Artist David Bowen helps you experience waves in a museum

Installations / 1 minute of reading
Tele-Present Water by David Bowen This installation by David Bowen draws information from the intensity and movement of the water in a remote location. Wave data is being collected in real-time from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data buoy Station 46246 (49°59’7″ N 145°5’20″ W) on the Pacific Ocean. The wave intensity and frequency …

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