Tag: Exhibits
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Pop-Up Gardens, Other 'Urban Interventions' to be Showcased at Venice Architecture Biennale
Pop-up gardens, urban farms, guerrilla bike lanes, examples of crowdsourced city planning, and other urban interventions will be the focus of the official U.S. Pavilion at the world's most prestigious architecture event.
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From A to Zierfische; Obsolete Signs are Being Saved from the Dump at the Buchstabenmuseum in Berlin (Photos)
The Buchstabenmuseum is an NGO dedicated to preserving, restoring and exhibiting old signs from Berlin and around the world. Its owners save obsolete letters from the dump and instead tell their stories. It is a museum like no other!
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Eco-Art Installations Sprout in a Taiwanese Village
Unsuspecting visitors to the small fishing village of Cheng Long might feel the need to blink and rub their eyes. Is there really a giant bowl and chopsticks sinking into the wetlands? What are those brightly colored things growing all over that house?
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London Exhibit Explores the Mysterious Human Brain, With Samples From Geniuses and Body Snatchers (Photos)
"Brains: The Mind as Matter" at the Wellcome Collection features 150 objects including real brains, anatomical models and artworks, and more.
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Are These the Tiniest Microfarms of Them All? New York City Artist Grows Food Inside Furniture
From chard on a chair to tat soi in a suitcase, artist Jenna Spevack is cultivating a tasty variety of organic microgreens in her furniture farms -- and visitors to her upcoming gallery show will be able to reap the harvest.
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Thai Artist Looks for Happiness in a Bowl of Rice
Bangkok-based artist Nino Sarabutra investigates what really makes people happy, and how much money is needed to live a good life.
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Edible Garden Sprouts from Plastic Waste in Ethiopia
Artist Kebreab Demeke's colorful, functional sculpture is among around a dozen projects examining the meaning of 'the good life' on display at an exhibition in Berlin.
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Stunning English Landscape Paintings by David Hockney...Made With an iPad (Photos)
Celebrated English painter David Hockney has turned to the iPad as his canvas -- embracing the latest technology despite his age.
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Artist Decapitates Recycled Stuffed Toys to Make Stunning, Psychedelic Rugs
Don't let artist Agustina Woodgate -- who says stuffing is "like looking into the soul" -- near your favourite stuffed teddy bear.
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Climate Change Crisis Loses Some Urgency in Touring Museum Exhibit
The touring museum show 'Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future,' which wraps up its Istanbul run this weekend, is professionally put-together and well-intentioned, but flawed.
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The Eames' Appreciation of the World Through Common Objects
An exhibit about the pioneering mid-century designers illustrates the innovative ideas that inspired their work.
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Art Show Spotlights India's Polluted Yamuna River
The source of 70 percent of New Delhi's water, the Yamuna River is filthy with sewage and garbage, but people are now being drawn to its banks by a new art exhibit that seeks to raise awareness about the river's plight.
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Turkish Photographers Capture Climate Change
Traveling exhibit in Turkey prompts audiences to put on their 'climate glasses' and see how floods, fires, and drought in the country are all connected.
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Giant Melting Crayon Sculptures Highlight Raging Wildfires, Record Heat in Texas
Artist Herb Williams' playful-looking crayon flames have a serious message for drought-stricken state.
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Sugar or Glass? When Gastronomy Meets Glass, Positive Ideas Crystallise. (Photos)
Bored of conferences? Looking for inspiration? Then oh!BCN might just be your thing. It is a new kind of happening based around the unusual association of glass
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Middle Eastern Artists Eye Environmental Threats
With water shortages and air pollution posing increasingly grave threats to the Middle East, artists in the region are working to make environmental issues more visible, both at home and in international
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The Best of Greenbuild 2011: Innovative Green Building Products of the Future
There was so much to see at Greenbuild 2011 that I could be posting for weeks, but here is a summary slideshow of the highlights.
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The Horror of Elephant Poaching in Kenya: Shocking Photos by Chris Jordan
Chris Jordan's work may be familiar to TreeHuggers because he has been photographing environmental issues for years. He has depicted the ravages of the oceans, and many
