Installation
July 3, 2025

Dazzling Thread Art Installation Stretches String To Create Luminous Indoor Rainbows

Artist Gabriel Dawe is creating rainbows indoors again. Continuing his dazzling Plexus series, the renowned creative has recently installed Plexus no. 46 as part of a group show at Villa Manin in Italy. The exhibition is titled Transparent Architectures (Architteture Trasparenti) and features Dawe’s work alongside incredible artists, including Christina Kubisch, Robert Irwin, Pat White, and Jeppe Hein.

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Video
July 3, 2025

Record-Breaking Drone Show Lights up the Night Sky in China’s Tech-Forward Metropolis

Chongqing is one China's largest cities, and has emerged as its most futuristic metropolis over the last few years. Boasting ultra-modern skyscrapers and the world's largest monorail network, the city is also home to dazzling, record-breaking drone shows. Recently, a light show featuring over 10,000 individual drones broke the Guinness World Record for the Largest aerial image formed by multirotors/drones. “Today, the target to beat was 10,197 drones.

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Installation
July 2, 2025

Monumental Sculpture Comes To Life at Night With Projection Mapping

South African artist Daniel Popper has created an artistic landmark in Miami’s Arts District. Titled Lumen, the larger-than-life sculpture is permanently installed as the entrance to Society Wynwood, a vibrant apartment community. It’s covered in mosaic tile that comes alive when it’s dark. During the day, viewers can admire the earth-toned surface, but at night, projection mapping completely reimagines the mosaics. Suddenly, the sculpture lights up with a colorful, changing digital display.

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Painting
July 2, 2025

Monumental Botanical Paintings Energized With Vibrant Electric Hues [Interview]

Artist Tim Fowler creates monumental botanical paintings with a vivid twist. Although plants can be colorful in real life, Fowler imagines a world in which leaves and blooms are alive with electric pinks, purples, and blues, and a blend of artistic approaches. Acrylic paint, oils, spray paint, and pastels all grace his canvases.  This allows him to create compositions that feature bold brushstrokes in one section with fine-lined drawings in another.

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