It’s summer and it should be enjoyed to the fullest a.k.a outdoors and perhaps enjoying one of these many public art installations and cultural events around the world taking place in your city. We only get three months of Summer so let’s make good use of it. In this month’s installment of Cultural Events to experience around the world, I’m mostly covering outdoor public installations, which are not only making Cities beautiful but they are mostly free to enjoy and inspire spectators. Public art installations are one of my favorite things for many different reasons, apart from the ones stated above they are also a great way to burn some calories towards your daily goal and you won’t even notice.
Public Art Installation and Cultural Events Around The World
New York City
Bjorn Skaarup, Hippo Ballerina
Right across from The Lincoln Center is a whimsical outdoor sculpture by Danish artist Bjørn Okholm Skaarup. The artist took inspiration for the 15-foot-high bronze sculpture from two different sources: a film and a painting. Dante Park, W. 63rd St between Columbus Ave and Broadway,
Jenny Sabin Studio, Lumen
This installation at the MoMA PS1 courtyard is most likely the coolest installation in the City right now. Made of one million yards of robotically woven fabric and stretching across the open air courtyard, the woven structure also changes over the course of the day, displaying color in sunlight and glowing after sundown. Museum’s visitors are able to interact with Lumen, which reacts to heat, sunlight, and density of bodies in its immediate environment.