Installation

June 12, 2025

Colorful Crocheted “Forest” Installation Takes Over Paris’ Grand Palais

Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto has brought one of his monumental installations to Paris' Grand Palais. Made from handwoven crochet, bark, earth, and spices, Nosso Barco Tambor Terra is a multi-sensory environment that encourages us to question our connection to nature. According to the Grand Palais, Neto's work is inspired by the “profound impact of sailing and navigation on the world, which transformed relationships between people and places.

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June 2, 2025

Immersive Exhibition Lets You Experience Traditional Textiles as Never Before in Hong Kong

Over in Hong Kong, the Palace Museum has breathed new life into a host of artifacts. Throughout the venue, textiles now burst, blossom, billow, and buzz, transforming blank walls into vibrant tapestries. These immersive scenes make up the bulk of the museum’s first thematic, multimedia exhibition, which celebrates Hong Kong and China’s visual culture through one of their most prolific traditions: patterns.

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May 29, 2025

Iridescent Arc Looks Like a Ring of Mist & Light and Perfectly Frames Seoul’s Skyline

Perched along the Han River in Seoul, South Korea, is an installation that almost seems supernatural: it breathes mist, its surface is blank and doesn’t reveal anyone’s reflection, and it shimmers quietly in the setting sun. The project in question is James Tapscott’s Arc ZERO: Eclipse, the artist’s latest addition to his Arc ZERO series. Like much of Tapscott’s work, Arc ZERO: Eclipse is a meditation upon the sublime, as expressed through natural phenomena.

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May 23, 2025

Giant Filtration System Serves Espresso Made With Water From Venice Canals

At this year’s Biennale Architettura (Architecture Biennale) in Venice, visitors can grab their Italian espressos from an unexpected source: the city’s canals. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), the Canal Cafe is an innovative and uniquely site-specific project from the architecture firm behind such iconic landmarks as the High Line in New York City. The installation is “part espresso bar, part laboratory,” according to DS+R, offering fresh coffee made directly from purified water.

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