Installation

October 14, 2026

JR Covers the Vatican Apostolic Library With a Giant Wave Measuring Nearly 100 Feet High

A massive wave appears to crash across the facade of the Vatican Apostolic Library. Nearly 70 meters (230 feet) wide and 30 meters (98 feet) high, the black-and-white image transforms the 16th-century building into the scene of an impending flood. Created by French artist JR, Diluvium turns one of the Vatican’s greatest fears into a monumental work of art. The installation was unveiled on September 14, 2026, as part of AQVA.

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October 6, 2026

Expansive teamlab Exhibition Highlights Its Immersive Experiential Works Spanning Decades

The international art collective teamLab has recently opened an expansive exhibition in the Windy City. Titled teamLab: Everything Exists in Infinite Continuity, the show is now on view at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. The monumental showcase features nine installations from the collaborative group of artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians, and architects, spanning its exploration of digital technology.

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September 19, 2026

Tile Installation in Mexican Restaurant Faithfully Depicts the Mountainous Landscape Outside

Sculptural installations are most often found in museums and galleries around the world. And yet, one of the most compelling is housed in a restaurant in northern Mexico. Don Artemio, a contemporary cuisine spot in Saltillo, has made art an integral part of the experience. At its heart is a piece titled Morfogénesis. Described as a work of “material cartography,” the striking mural brings the colors and shapes of the surrounding landscape inside.

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September 9, 2026

75,000 Handmade Kites Greet Visitors to SFMOMA With Color, Pattern, and Movement

A vast canopy of nearly 75,000 handmade kites transforms the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) into a shifting, otherworldly landscape. Jacob Hashimoto: Giant Arc fills the museum’s Roberts Family Gallery from floor to ceiling and wall to wall. The site-specific work brings together sculpture, design, craft, and the environment in one of the largest installations of Hashimoto’s career. Hashimoto has spent more than three decades developing installations from small bamboo-and-paper kites.

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