Installations

Michael Heizer’s Nevada ‘City’: the land art masterpiece that took 50 years to conceive

Michael Heizer’s City in the Nevada Desert (1972-2022) has been awarded ‘Best eighth wonder’ in the 2023 Wallpaper* design awards. We explore how this staggering example of land art came to be

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Published 10 January 23

Cerith Wyn Evans: ‘I love nothing more than neon in direct sunlight. It’s heartbreakingly beautiful’

Cerith Wyn Evans reflects on his largest show in the UK to date, at Mostyn, Wales – a multisensory, neon-charged fantasia of mind, body and language

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Published 20 December 22

The best 7 Christmas installations in London for art lovers

As London decks its halls for the festive season, explore our pick of the best Christmas installations for the art-, design- and fashion-minded

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Published 14 December 22

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Pulse Topology in Miami is powered by heartbeats

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer brings heart and human connection to Miami Art Week 2022 with Pulse Topology, an interactive light installation at Superblue Miami in collaboration with BMW i

By Fiona Mahon • Last updated 2 December 22

Textile artists: the pioneers of a new material world

These contemporary textile artists are weaving together the rich tapestry of fibre art in new ways

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Published 21 November 22

Last chance to see: 'Bruce Nauman: Contrapposto Studies’ at Punta della Dogana, Venice

Focusing on the American artist's performative 'Contrapposto Studies', Bruce Nauman's show at Punta della Dogana, Venice, gives new meaning to body language – on view until 27 November 2022

By Laura May Todd • Published 21 November 22

Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s final work, L‘Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, is preserved in a new limited-edition book

A new book ‘Christo and Jeanne-Claude, L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris’, chronicles how the artists’ final work, 60 years in the making, came to fruition

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Published 12 November 22

Anne Imhof ‘Avatar II’ review: a psychological thriller to make you wince and wonder

German artist Anne Imhof’s ‘Avatar II’ exhibition at London’s Sprüth Magers is a compelling, uncanny probing of contemporary culture, reality and artifice

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated 8 November 22

Poetry in motion: Universal Everything’s video artworks for Hyundai Motorstudio

By Ali Morris • Last updated 4 November 22

Montblanc rings in festivities with unconventional street art

By Elly Parsons • Last updated 2 November 22

Oliver Spencer and Wolfgang Buttress champion sustainability with an immersive floral installation

By Laura Hawkins • Last updated 1 November 22

Germans Ermičs and Bang & Olufsen’s musical object blends sound, sculpture and science

‘Circle of Fifths’ is an experiential Wallpaper* Handmade X project, exploring the relationship between the tangible and the intangible

By Jonathan Bell • Last updated 31 October 22

From an urban cabin in Los Angeles to co-living in Shanghai, MINI Living investigates the future of dwelling

By Harriet Thorpe • Last updated 31 October 22

Linder’s new billboard artwork depicts a paradise of female pleasure

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated 31 October 22

Light shows and pink feathers: how Art Basel 2015 took over Hong Kong

By Catherine Shaw • Last updated 31 October 22

High five: Manchester International Festival shines in the spotlight

By Ellen Himelfarb • Last updated 31 October 22

Stacking up: Martin Creed's anti-materialistic use of everyday objects

By Malaika Byng • Last updated 28 October 22

In bloom: Beatriz Milhazes’ floral mobiles pitch up at the Jewish Museum, NY

By Michael Slenske • Last updated 28 October 22

Colombian roar: Kram/Weisshaar reinvent Pic&oacute systems at Plusdesign, Milan

By Sujata Burman • Last updated 28 October 22

Because the night belongs to us: Art Night prepares to take over London

By Sam Rogers • Last updated 28 October 22

All wrapped up: Bikini Berlin celebrates the art of gift wrapping with Stills & Strokes

By Ali Morris • Last updated 28 October 22

COP21: The Foundation Cartier contributes multimedia installation EXIT to the debate

By Nick Compton • Last updated 28 October 22

Jurassic art: Huang Yong Ping’s ’Empires’ fills the nave of Paris’ Grand Palais

By Rooksana Hossenally • Last updated 28 October 22

House proud: Cornelia Parker places a 1920s-inspired house on The Met’s rooftop

By Carly Ayres • Last updated 28 October 22