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Installation Art

Installation view of a room clad in drywall panels with fire extinguishers arranged beside a recessed white pit.

MoMA PS1’s ‘The Gatherers’ Rejects Climate Catastrophism in Favor of Resilient Resourcefulness

Across sculpture, video and installation, the works in this soon-to-close show interrogate the systems that define value, utility and survival in the Anthropocene.
By Elisa Carollo
Large-scale abstract work with vivid crimson and white forms blending and colliding across a pale background.

Sky High Farm’s Biennial Blends Art, Agriculture and Ecological Urgency

With this biennial, the organization explores alternative relationships between culture, ecology, historical legacy and regional industry.
By Elisa Carollo
A misty desert view shows a monumental balloon-like sculpture silhouetted against the sky, its massive rounded forms partially obscured by dust and light.

Come Back Alive’s Vitaliy Deynega Reckons With the Destruction of Ukraine’s ‘Black Cloud’ at Burning Man

“I think that Burning Man gives people a chance to experience what it feels like to go through a catastrophe. And the most important thing in any catastrophe is not to give up,” he told Observer.
By Elisa Carollo
An overhead view of several white ceramic bowls floating on a bright blue surface, with their reflections visible below, and the intricate, glass-domed ceiling of a large architectural space in the background.

Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s Meditative ‘Clinamen’ Is a 21st-Century Urban Giverny

By Sarah Moroz
Close-up of alternating blue crystals and red volcanic rocks arranged in a linear path on a white granular surface, emphasizing the material contrast and tactile quality of the installation.

Luana Vitra Elevates Minerals to Spiritual and Political Agents at SculptureCenter

By Elisa Carollo
Wangechi Mutu’s Underground Hornship sculpture, set on a reflective surface within the grand gallery space of Galleria Borghese, juxtaposed against antique statues and historical architecture.

First Look: Wangechi Mutu’s “Black Soil Poems” at Galleria Borghese

By Elisa Carollo
Artist Rashid Johnson stands in front of his large red abstract painting featuring oval loops, surrounded by greenery and ceramic vessels on metal shelving.

Building a Living Archive at the Guggenheim: An Interview with Rashid Johnson

By Elisa Carollo
A large indoor installation titled Electrical System by Nancy Holt features waves of exposed metal electrical conduit arranged in looping arcs across a gallery floor, each joint topped with glowing incandescent bulbs, creating a grid-like field of light and industrial form.

One Fine Show: ‘Nancy Holt, Power Systems’ at the Wexner Center for the Arts

By Dan Duray
A close-up view of an art installation featuring scattered small, square cardboard pieces on a dark surface, appearing as an abstract or conceptual piece.

Mattress Factory’s Danny Bracken On Eugene Macki’s ‘Reification’

By Christa Terry
Large sculpture of a needle hanging from the ceiling and other sculptures hanging on the wall.

Huidi Xiang Unveils the Subtle Dynamics of Labor at YveYANG

By Elisa Carollo
A house-like structure made entirely of red thread, with sharp geometric shapes and an open doorway inviting the viewer to step inside the delicately woven, transparent installation.

Threads of Connection: Chiharu Shiota’s ‘The Unsettled Soul’ Stuns in Prague

By Frances Forbes-Carbines
Three sculptures made of fabric hang on the wall with another more like a plant in front.

Marguerite Humeau Blends Science and Clairvoyance at ICA Miami

By Elisa Carollo
photo of a person sitting at a desk covered in electronic equipment, positioned in front of large abstract metal sculptures featuring angular and curved shapes. The image is black and white, highlighting the industrial and artistic setting.

The Experience of Living with Michael J. Schumacher’s ‘Living Room Pieces’

By Gabrielle Ferrari
A photo of a group of people standing in a semicircle within a historical stone hall. The hall features Gothic-style arches and a large arched window at the back, while several black speaker stands are positioned around the room.

Divine Voices: How Art and Religion Intersect in Janet Cardiff’s ‘Forty Part Motet’

By Mána Taylor
Image of a fragment of a greek statue and an american flag.

Danh Võ Stages the Twilight of Idols in His Show at White Cube

By Elisa Carollo
Image of a dark room with jellyfish like sculptures and other like yellow lanterns

Anicka Yi Envisions Symbiosis Between the Human and Non-Human in Her Show at Seoul’s Leeum Museum

By Elisa Carollo
Installation view with pieces of wood floating around

How Leonardo Drew Plays With Entropy to Prove Chaos Can Transform into Meaning

By Elisa Carollo
Image of silicone structures from the Tate's turbin hall.

Mire Lee’s Uncanny Installation ‘Open Wound’ Lays Bare Modern Man’s Hubris

By Elisa Carollo
A man with rolled up pants and a baseball cap sits with feet pointed and hands clasped on a large stone

How Artist Brendan Fernandes Is Decolonizing Architecture Without Tearing It Down

By Gameli Hamelo
A full-color photograph of two small tree-filled islands surrounded by pink fabric floating in the water

NSU Art Museum Director Bonnie Clearwater On the Gift of ‘Surrounded Islands’

By Dan Duray
Picture of the guggenheim rotunda with all a scrolling neon.

How Jenny Holzer Questions Today’s Truths in Her Soon-to-Close Show at the Guggenheim

By Elisa Carollo
Knives suspended from wires hang over a wood floor

One Fine Show: Nicholas Galanin’s ‘Exist in the Width of a Knife’s Edge’ in Baltimore

By Dan Duray
Image of the pavilion with colorful sculptures hanging and a marine video.

Julien Creuzet On Water as a Repository of Collective Memory and Place of Reconnection

By Elisa Carollo
Portrait of a black woman with colorful traditional clotehrs from Sierra Leone.

How Adama Delphine Fawundu Is Reconnecting with Ancestors and Indigeneity in Prospect Park

By Elisa Carollo
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