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Sound Art

A person holds up a handwritten sign reading “If you hear something free something” inside a busy subway station.

Chloë Bass Turns the City Subway into a Monument to the Power of Human Storytelling

Her first sound-based public artwork transforms ordinary safety announcements into poetic, multilingual encounters.
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
A barefoot woman with long brown hair plays a cello in a dimly lit hallway, wearing headphones and sitting on a cushioned chair, surrounded by rugs, lamps and heavy drapery—another scene from The Visitors.

The Promise and Impossibility of Belonging in Ragnar Kjartansson’s Most Beloved Work

If the piece makes a visitor out of its viewer, the show itself is a fantastic host.
By Astra Lincoln
An expansive indoor space contains three enormous illuminated video panels showing the surface of the sun, a nebula-like explosion, and a blue celestial body, with several silhouetted visitors standing in front of each.

Ryoji Ikeda’s “Data-Verse” at the High Is an Ego Killer

By Leia Genis
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
Installation view of the Rubin Museum's 'The World is Sound'.

Museums Make Space for Sound Art This Fall

By Margaret Carrigan
Anne Imhof shows the Golden Lion for Best National Participation during the Opening Ceremony of the 57th Biennale Arte on May 13, 2017 in Venice, Italy. The 57th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia opens today to the public and will run till November 26, 2017.

The Venice Biennale’s Big Winners: Anne Imhof, Hassan Khan, Franz Erhard Walther

By Alanna Martinez
Lawrence English

Sound Artist Lawrence English on the Power of Radical Listening

By Ryan Burleson
Lou Reed and Nico.

New York Is Still Lou Reed’s Town (You Just Live in It)

By John Kruth
Condition Report (diptych detail one of two), 2000, Iris print with serigraph.

Weekend Edition: 9 Things To Do in New York’s Art World

By Vida Weisblum
Kayo Dot.

The Month in Weird: July’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
A screenshot. (Courtesy MoMA)

MoMA’s Sound Art Show, ‘Soundings,’ Has a Handy Website

By Andrew Russeth
'Mass Black Implosion (Shaar, Iannis Xenakis),' 2012. (Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery)

Now Hear This: For 42 Years, Barbara London Has Been Making Noise at MoMA

By Andrew Russeth
A dark exhibition space features white horizontal lines projected onto the floor and wall, with scattered silhouettes of people walking through the light patterns, creating an immersive grid-like environment.

Infinite Quest: Ryoji Ikeda Wants to Disappear

By Michael H. Miller
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