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1. children’s drawings turn into playful makeup looks in ‘draw me a face’ project

   the collaborative experiment suggests that some of the most original ideas take shape before we learn the rules of beauty, proportion, or perfection.

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2. céleste boursier-mougenot composes music through a ring of swings and bells

   eight swings suspended beneath antique church bells transform the courtyard of frac normandie into a participatory soundscape.

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3. tomás saraceno’s largest ever exhibition in germany opens as a multispecies landscape

   the exhibition traces nearly two decades of research into art, architecture, natural sciences, and traditional ecological knowledge.

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4. jakob+macfarlane turns reclaimed pallets into contemplative refuge on the normandy coast

   timber layers of pallets create spaces for rest and observation, framing views toward the offshore islands.

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5. carsten höller’s latest exhibition in beijing has two versions, but you’ll only see one

   visitors are randomly assigned one of two parallel exhibitions as the belgian artist's installation at beijing's UCCA center for contemporary art turns uncertainty into the experience itself.

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6. step inside pollinator machine, a giant tulip magnolia installation in shanghai

   presented at shanghai international flower show, pollinator machine scales visitors down to the perspective of a beetle, inviting them to experience the environment through the eyes of a pollinator.

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7. MESTIZ weaves a vibrant world of flowers and curious creatures for Hermès windows

   the mexican studio creates an imagined landscape of wicker creatures, where flowers, animals, and objects become characters.

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8. 390kg of peanut butter cover rotterdam gallery floor, celebrating humor and absurdity

   the playful installation at depot boijmans van beuningen recreates an iconic 1962 artwork by the late dutch artist and comedian wim t. schippers.

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9. please touch the art: takako saito turned spectators into players

   decades before museums embraced participation and 'user experience', the late japanese-born artist built a practice grounded in material curiosity and joy.

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10. the court as canvas: how sports grounds became one of design’s favorite public spaces

    from neighborhood basketball courts to rammed-earth tennis facilities, artists and architects experiment on one of the city's most familiar public spaces.

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