Installation

September 17, 2026

Step Inside Luke Gerram’s Giant Pollen Grain Installation To See London Through a Bee’s Eyes

A giant pollen grain has landed beside the Thames in East London. British artist Luke Jerram created Pollenarium, an immersive installation that invites visitors to experience Barking Riverside from an insect’s perspective. The artwork, which premiered at Emerge East on September 12, 2026, resembles an enormous grain of pollen. Its inflated, faceted surface forms a geodesic dome. A curtained entrance leads into its 6-meter-wide interior, where more than 100 glass lenses cover the walls.

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August 19, 2026

Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Is Reimagined as a Giant Public Carpet Made of 700,000 Flowers

Every two years, Brussels transforms its historic Grand-Place into a monumental work of floral art. For its 24th edition, the Brussels Flower Carpet looked to Japan, recreating Katsushika Hokusai’s iconic The Great Wave off Kanagawa with more than 700,000 flowers. Originally created in the early 1830s as part of Hokusai’s Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, The Great Wave off Kanagawa depicts an enormous wave curling above three boats with Mount Fuji rising in the distance.

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August 6, 2026

Giant Oyster-Shaped Installation Made of Recycled Shells Pops Up on Governors Island

A monumental oyster now rises from the waterfront at Governors Island. Aptly titled The Oyster, the new public artwork by Mohawk artist Alan Michelson invites visitors to step inside an immersive sculpture. It reconnects New York Harbor’s Indigenous history with one of its largest environmental restoration efforts. The location carries particular significance. Governors Island sits within an estuary that once supported vast oyster reefs and shell middens built by Lenape communities over generations.

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