Art

June 26, 2025

Electric Forest 2025: Enchanting Art Installations Bring Creative Magic to the Lush Woods

Nestled into the forests of Rothbury, Michigan, is an immersive event where music, art, and nature converge. Known as Electric Forest, the multi-day music and arts festival offers an otherworldly experience in a lush, wooded area called Sherwood Forest. Attendees camp onsite, making the event feel like its own little world for four days. While the music often takes center stage, the art installations are a can’t-miss part of the overall experience.

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June 23, 2025

Neptune Sculpture Disappears and Reappears With Rising and Lowering Tides

In Roman mythology, Neptune is the god of the sea. That's why there is no better place for a sculpture of this deity than in the actual ocean. In front of Melenara Beach, in Gran Canaria (one of Spain's Canary Islands), a statue of Neptune seems to rise above the waves. The sculpture greets those who venture into his maritime domains, creating a powerful sight in this popular tourist destination.

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June 21, 2025

Artist Reimagines Korean Folktale As Elegant Acoustic Sculpture Covered in Bells

Around the world, countless folkloric stories concern the origins of the sun and the moon. In Korea, that folktale involves a brother and a sister who, as they scramble to escape a wild tiger, discover an iron ladder sent down to them by the Sky God. As they ascend toward the sky, the pair transform into the sun and the moon, and, soon after, the tiger is punished, his blood spilled over a sorghum stalk.

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June 19, 2025

Get a Peek at the New ‘UNBOUND’ Exhibition Coming to the Museum of African Diaspora

This fall, the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) is set to open an expansive exhibition that invites viewers to imagine Blackness as one of limitless possibilities. Titled UNBOUND: Art, Blackness, and the Universe, it's a group exhibition that explores the “critical connections between Blackness, scientific and spiritual cosmologies, and post-human thought.” UNBOUND highlights Blackness as a powerful force that lies at the intersection of creativity and the scholarly.

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