Installation/Exhibition Archives

RockIt Black, by Tanda Francis, stands 12½ feet tall in Queensbridge Park, made of polished concrete, aluminum mirror, and painted plywood repurposed from boarded-up storefronts. It’s one of five citywide installations in the Plywood Protection Project, a program by the arts nonprofit Worthless Studios that’s on view until November 1.

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The Plywood Protection Project Selects Winning Public Art Concepts Made from Discarded Boards

For some, it seems like yesterday when retailers and restaurants throughout Manhattan boarded up their storefronts in anticipation of the demonstrations surrounding police brutality and the contentious presidential elect

Rehearsal, by Claudia Wieser for Public Art Fund, is made of thousands of 4-inch- and 6-inch-square Agrob Buchtal clay tiles that Wieser individually hand-glazed, either matte or glossy, in her Berlin studio, as well as polished stainless-steel panels.

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Claudia Wieser Debuts Public Art Installation at Brooklyn Bridge Park

The life and work of Claudia Wieser seems to revolve around words starting with the letter B. She’s based in Berlin. She apprenticed as a blacksmith at Bergmeister Kunstshmiede before earning her master’s in painting

“Conifera,” an installation by Arthur Mamou-Mani presented by fashion label COS at the 2019 edition of the Milan Furniture Fair. Photography courtesy of Mamou-Mani.

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10 Questions With…Arthur Mamou-Mani

Interior Design sat down with Arthur Mamou-Mani to learn more about his Fortnum & Mason installation, how he ended up building a temple at the Burning Man festival, and what he is 3D-printing for the renovation of his ho

Outside the Lines, a site-specific installation in laser-cut electrostatic-painted steel, polypropylene strips, and InCord net seating created by Bryony Roberts Studio with input from self-advocates with disabilities, is at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art Carroll Slater Sifly Piazza through November 28.

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Bryony Roberts Creates Site-Specific Installation for the High Museum of Art in Atlanta

"We tackle difficult issues, but we use joy and play to bring people to the table,” is how architect Bryony Roberts recently described her practice, which focuses on immersive community-based work in the public realm.

His Close by Peter Halley is a multi-colored geometric work of art in the shape of a square. Shares and rectangles of blue, red, purple, pink, green, black and orange are collaged together into one large square.

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Peter Halley’s ‘Cell Grids’ on Display at Dallas Contemporary in Texas

Residents of and visitors to Texas looking for global inspiration should head over to Dallas Contemporary, where four exhibitions by different artists from around the world are simultaneously opening this month.

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An Exhibition of Works by Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec to Open at the Philadelphia Museum of Art This Fall

This fall, the Fairmount neighborhood in the City of Brotherly Love will have a decidedly French flair. That’s when “Circus: Bouroullec Designs” bows at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, fittingly displaying the oeuv

Loose Fit by Elle Gerdeman, pictured here, is a large, pillowy, cobalt-blue structure composed of polished vinyl cells were packed with recycled denim from Blue Jeans Go Green

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CO-G Wins WS Development’s Inaugural Design Competition for Public Art

This year, WS Development inaugurated Design Seaport, a biennial juried competition that calls on participants to create public art in the fast-growing Boston neighborhood.

Intended to evoke the powers of nature that create life and drawing on the crocheting taught to Neto by his grandmother when he was an adult, SunForceOceanLife is an interactive installation.

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Ernesto Neto’s Houston Installation Winds Visitors Through Nature

Building on his grandmother’s craft, Ernesto Neto’s Houston museum installation winds visitors through his version of the cycles of nature

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Street Art: Inside and Out in Los Angeles

Just as the Downtown Los Angeles arts scene was claiming fame as a bona fide destination along came the COVID-19 pandemic. Boom. Shutdown. But as a current temporary exhibition proclaims, art survives. In fact, its name

Moments of Immersion by Yazmin Dababaneh

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Detroit Month of Design Showcases Motown All September

For its 11th edition, Detroit Month of Design is highlighting the city’s unique community voice and showcasing its incredible diversity and creativity.

From left, curator Tealia Ellis Ritter joins Egg Collective partners Crystal Ellis, Stephanie Beamer, and Hillary Petrie in their New York showroom. Photography by Ori Harpaz.

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Egg Collective Launches Third “Designing Women” Exhibition

“Designing Women III: Mother,” an exhibition at and by Egg Collective in New York, critiques the “motherhood penalty,” which can negatively affect a woman’s professional life.