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1. TOP 10 exhibitions of 2025

   as the year comes to a close, we look back at the top exhibitions, from immersive installations to large-scale retrospectives, that caught our attention.

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2. carsten höller’s pink mirrored carousel slows rotation to stretch time in the alps

   calibrated to complete a full rotation every two minutes, the work takes a familiar fairground structure and transforms it into a sculptural environment.

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3. wes anderson rebuilds joseph cornell’s legendary studio inside gagosian paris

   the exhibition, which runs until march 14th, 2026, marks cornell’s first solo presentation in paris in more than forty years.

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4. artist david spriggs suspends ‘astra’ installation as an ephemeral cloud of transparent planes

   installed in a civic building in kansas, 'astra' takes shape with suspended layers of painted acrylic.

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5. shaikha al mazrou creates light art from crystallized seawater at manar abu dhabi

   artist shaikha al mazrou presents 'the contingent object' at the public light art exhibition manar abu dhabi 2025.

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6. mirroring pillowed walls filled with reed grass compose sensory installation in montpellier

   thatch-filled pillows with circular openings form a regular grid across the installation’s exterior facade.

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7. the pompidou, guggenheim and more come alive in federico babina’s musealis illustrations

   federico babina maps seventeen iconic museums using typography and geometric forms.

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8. choi+shine and volunteers crochet twelve zodiac animals in one suspended lace installation

   lace figures emphasize both cultural symbolism and material construction.

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9. bodybuilding photobook captures strangely familiar sequences in melbourne’s streets

   melanie cobham explores feelings of displacement and belonging through documentary and street photography.

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10. 8,800 discarded acrylic flowers reflect the netherlands’ demographic diverseness

    demographic figures become a shimmering landscape where each bloom represents a distinct group within the country’s population.

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