Site-specific art – 274 inspiring examples

William Kentridge – Triumphs and Laments, 2016, Rome, Italy, 500 x 10 meters feat

William Kentridge’s Triumphs & Laments – A 500m mural in Rome

Opened to the public in April of 2016, the Triumphs and Laments artwork is going to last through the ages – until it fades under the wear and tear of nature. Built on the river banks of the Tiber River, this creative project naturally blends into the natural surroundings. A walkway is built right along [...]

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Why did Kimsooja crisscross South Korea with her Bottari Truck?

Installations, Performances 3 min read

Kimsooja is a celebrated interdisciplinary artist who uses various artistic disciplines and mediums to weave a tale regarding concepts such as migration and cultural issues. Her work has been praised as giving center stage to these issues, and one of these renowned pieces is the Cities on the Move – 2727 Kilometres Bottari Truck, the [...]

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Olafur Eliasson installed a riverbed in a museum

Environmental art, Installations 3 min read

Olafur Eliasson was born in 1967 in Copenhagen but his family immigrated to Iceland later on during his childhood. Since the beginning of his career as an artist, he has worked hard to create visually impactful work that has been characterized by sincerity. Through the years, Eliasson has built up a reputation for himself as [...]

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Luzinterruptus made these labyrinths entirely out of plastic waste

Installations, Light installations 2 min read

It is no secret that the world has been up in arms regarding the global state of pollution. The increasingly popular Spanish art collective, Luzinterruptus, has been front and center in the fight against the plastic that has been polluting the ecosystem, as well as threatening marine life in the Pacific Ocean. For some time [...]

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What makes Cy Twombly’s Louvre ceiling painting so special?

Murals, Paintings 6 min read

If you ever find yourself in Paris, Cy Twombly’s mural in Louvre is well worth visiting. Cy Twombly was remarkable in every way, having created a lasting legacy with his works, including sculptures, paintings, drawings, and photography. He was one of the key figures in 20th-century art. In his works, he combined painting and drawing [...]

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Louise Bourgeois – Maman (Spider), 1999, Long Museum (West Bund), Shanghai, 2018

Louise Bourgeois’ iconic spider Maman – Everything you need to know

Sculptures 7 min read

Introduction Louise Bourgeois’ art has always been inspired by her upbringing and childhood. As an artist, Bourgeois remained at the forefront of successive new developments for over six decades that she had been in the industry. She always did so in her own powerful and inventively ingenious terms. In 1982, at the age of 71 [...]

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This was Andy Warhol’s Temporary Museum

Architecture, Installations 2 min read

The Temporary Andy Warhol Museum is a unique project where a commercial space is used to host a cultural space. The temporary museum is actually made of stacked aluminum metal paint cans laid out like one part of a trellis game. It was originally designed to host an exhibition by Andy Warhol in cooperation with [...]

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Song Dong’s Waste Not – Why obsessive hoarding lead to this project

Architecture, Installations, Mixed media 3 min read

Song Dong’s Waste Not is an installation with a story behind it. A testament born of the artist’s mother, Zhao Xiangyuan’s hoardings, the installation consists of tools, plant pots, chairs, empty squeezed out tubes of toothpaste, television sets, all collected over a span of five decades. This obsessive hoarding of items resulted in an accumulation [...]

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Doug Aitken encouraged visitors to smash parts of his garden

Installations 2 min read

Over the past twenty years, or so, mixed media artist Doug Aitken has done everything that he can to stand out with his performances and art installations- of which he has done successfully. Throughout his career, this Los Angeles based artist has earned respect and global acclaim owing to his complex and engaging installations that [...]

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Why do people love these glowing seesaws?

Installations 2 min read

The Seesaw Installation in Montreal was opened for public viewing in 2015. 30 seesaws of different sizes were designed and installed in the public square of Place des Festivals. The interactive seesaws were surrounded by lights and sound to amplify the experience of the visitors. The square of Place des Festivals, Montreal’s main arts district [...]

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This was Cai Guo-Qiang’s explosion project Fallen Blossoms

Performances 3 min read

Cai Guo-Qiang is certainly one of the most prolific artists of his generation. Throughout his career, Cai has made a name for himself as the artist that uses gunpowder and explosives in his works. His exhibitions, which tend to consist of two parts, attract visitors from all over the world. The first part typically involves [...]

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Takehiro Iikawa & the cat that doesn’t fit the frame

Sculptures 2 min read

Japan has always been obsessed with cat culture, from the toys it produces to some of its most famous artworks. Japan’s obsession with cats can be traced back to Japanese folklore, where cats were presumed to not only symbolize good fortune but they were believed to have protective powers as well. Why are cats highly [...]

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Sou Fujimoto’s cloud-like Serpentine Pavilion: What made it special?

Architecture, Japanese architecture 5 min read

Fujimoto’s temporary structure was created using 20mm white steel poles that were arranged in a complex latticework or interlacing pattern that appeared to emerge from the ground as an iridescent matrix would. Taking up space in 350 square meters of lawn right at the forefront of the Serpentine Gallery, Fujimoto’s structure was delicately balanced with [...]

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Why did Francis Alÿs push a block of ice for 9 hours?

Performances 3 min read

Francis Alÿs is known for using poetic and metaphorical techniques to highlight the political and social realities of his city. Often, the issues he addresses range from national border politics to globalism and areas of conflict in his community and the effects of modernism. As one of the most well-known conceptual artists from Mexico, his [...]

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Anish Kapoor’s Leviathan at Grand Palais – His most impressive work yet?

Sculptures 3 min read

The Leviathan at Grand Palais is just another massive artwork of Anish Kapoor that has captivated the world. Described by art enthusiasts as one of the most powerful artworks of all time, the sculpture is a culmination of the mental and physical dimensions. Like other works done by the same artist, this particular one has [...]

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Jenny Holzer’s Sign on a truck – Meddling in the US election?

Installations 2 min read

Over the years, American artist Jenny Holzer has become known for her thought-provoking installations, many of which are typically text-based and depend heavily on the use of electronic technology. Jenny relies on different mediums from billboards and t-shirts to condoms and gallery work to communicate her perspective on art and society today. Her work is [...]

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What are Fujiko Nakaya’s fog sculptures all about?

Installations 3 min read

Fujiko Nakaya’s work is simply transcendent. Primarily featuring fog, her ephemeral creations are always climate-responsive and influenced mainly by nature. Her works are moving and changing and designed to allow visitors to enter and interact with them. Because the fog installations are always centered on nature, the audience experiences are always varied due to the [...]

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Does David McCracken’s stairway lead to heaven?

Sculptures 2 min read

Humanity has always focused on reaching the skies, surpassing its capabilities, and focusing on growth more than ever. And that’s what David McCracken tries to showcase with his new piece named Diminish and Ascent. This sculpture was previously located at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. It’s an eye-catching piece because it offers you a great [...]

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