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As Russian troops and tank convoys sweep into Ukraine from three sides, the future of its cultural contribution has also been cast in doubt after the announcement that the embattled country has, at least for now, placed a hold on all activities related to its pavilion from the 59th International... View full entry
The Pikes Peak area’s rugged Front Range vista is about to get a stark new addition this summer in the form of a hikeable installation courtesy of the light artist James Turrell. Turrell’s latest Skyspace has been given an updated opening date in June as part of the Green Box Arts Festival in... View full entry
In an effort to represent the toll plastic waste has on the environment, a group of undergraduate architecture students from the Pratt Institute have constructed a series of inflatable structures that put into physical form the research they say simultaneously demonstrates the potential for its... View full entry
The hot new trend sweeping the art and design communities will be at the center of next year’s Tallinn Architecture Biennale. The festival released its 2022 list of exhibitors on Thursday, which includes an installation program highlighted by a virtual metaverse space from the web-based studio... View full entry
In an effort to tackle the physical inequity caused by an epidemic of vacant lots in the South Side of Chicago, a new design-research project creates a series of new decentralized “urban commons” spread out across different spaces in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood. The Center Won't... View full entry
The light and air art installation [Prism] by Japanese studio HAKUTEN was recently named as one of the “Best of the Best” winners of the 2021 Architecture MasterPrize. Situated on an old military installation in Kanagawa Prefecture called Sarushima, the installation refracts light into a... View full entry
As part of an effort to enhance the quality of life for residents of Hong Kong’s North Point district, a new public art installation will provide an inspiring space for a reimagined kind of citizenry brought on by the neighborhood’s contemporary transformation and supported by the Hong Kong... View full entry
As New York City continues to emerge from the dark days of the pandemic that sent it reeling well into the early spring of this year, a new effort has been put forth led by local artists and design studios to help the city’s eight million residents reconnect via a series of public installations... View full entry
A French luxury staple is bringing an in-demand designer to Miami Art Week in celebration of its founder and the brand’s most important birthday. As part of the 100th anniversary of the iconic fragrance line’s commercial debut, artist and designer Es Devlin has teamed with the fabled fashion... View full entry
As part of a new exhibition at Egypt’s Great Pyramids of Giza, French artist JR has transformed the 4,500-year-old World Heritage Site into a haunting levitated mass, done over in steel and mesh, that will also be minted as a 4,591-piece NFT representing his first foray into the newfound digital... View full entry
A trippy trend in building technology has taken top billing at the 6th annual Tallinn Architecture Biennale in the Baltic nation of Estonia. Using 3D-printing technology, the Australian team of Simulaa and Natalie Alima has taken a timber-frame formwork imbued with mycelial fibers that grow... View full entry
L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris, 1961-2021, an installation by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, has opened to the public in Paris. The installation, which will be on view from September 18th to October 3rd 2021, sees the famous landmark wrapped in 25,000 square meters (270,000 sqft) of recyclable... View full entry
The 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial has officially opened to the public in its fourth edition. This year’s theme, The Available City, is explored by 15 installations featuring more than 80 contributors from 18 different countries. Block Party by Studio Barnes (Miami, FL), in... View full entry
The long-awaited wrapping of the Arc de Triomphe by the late artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude is nearing completion ahead of its official September 18th debut. A 95-member team of technicians is working to unfurl over 25,000 square meters (82,000 square feet) of the duo’s signature... View full entry
The Wende Museum in Culver City, California has announced that a new installation by Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Sichong Xie will open in the museum’s former East German guardhouse this Sunday, September 12. The guardhouse, which once monitored and controlled access to... View full entry