Adam Nathaniel Furman, 'Queer Voices' Installation commission for Kew Gardens, 2023.

Kew Gardens, Richmond, UK

<p class="p1">Queer Voices is a commission for Kew Gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in West London, to design an exhibition and installation as part of their Queer Nature festival in October 2023.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>

Adam Nathaniel Furman, 'Croydon Colonnade', permanent installation

Croydon, UK

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">‘Croydon Colonnade’ is a permanent installation running underneath a new skyscraper. It is a 60 metres long arcade with 16 columns and several large walls all covered in large three-dimensional porcelain tiles.</p> <p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">

'Abundance', Permenant Installation

Paddington Central, Kingdom Street, London, UK

<p dir="ltr">Commissioned by British Land, the new 50-metre curving art wall, entitled Abundance, celebrates inclusivity and is a striking new addition to the area, just a stone’s throw away from the station. Made from metal sheets typically used in construction, this permanent artwork has a folding, rhythmic surface akin to origami.  Born in St. Mary’s Hospital adjacent to the Paddington site, the project is very personal to Adam. They have taken inspiration from the neighbourhood’s rich heritage and abundant greenery, incorporating a bright, floral colour palette to celebrate the vibrancy of the area. Adam has described the work as ‘sensual, crafted and polychromatic.’</p>

Claire Luxton, ‘Messanger’ at Wembley Park, Summer Art Exhibition, 2023 London, UK.

Wembley Stadium, London, UK

<p class="p1">Joining the photo exhibition at Wembley Park is a new, site-specific artwork produced by internationally acclaimed artist Claire Luxton, renowned for her boundary-pushing exploration of self-representation through poetry, performance, photography and technology. Titled ‘Messenger’, Luxton’s vast, expansive artwork spans different media and formats, seamlessly blending with elements of Wembley Park’s public realm, including a striking triptych display on Wembley Park’s Spanish Steps, three original K2 red telephone boxes in Arena Square and a series of large, 360-degree digital screens along Olympic Way and White Horse Square. Additionally, Luxton’s artwork greets visitors passing through Bobby Moore Bridge, where extensive digital screens adorn the space, showcasing the artist’s vision for the piece.</p> <p class="p1">Drawing inspiration from ancient Greek mythology, where Hermes was the divine messenger, carrying dreams, impulses and messages, wings take centre stage in Luxton’s new artwork. Symbolizing intelligence, understanding, and the limitless possibilities that await, Luxton’s artwork captivates viewers with its depth and texture, enveloping and fascinating viewers. The installation on the Spanish Steps delivers an engaging, immersive experience, with viewers able to walk up and down the artwork, as well as admire its illusory qualities against the backdrop of the National Stadium.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">“Messenger is made up of clusters of wings morphing and evolving together in an optical illusion of colour and depth. Wings have often been seen as the expression of aspiration towards a higher-than-human condition, a bridge of imagination, thought, freedom and victory. In ancient Greece, Hermes had winged heels, a symbol of the traveller and the messenger, this was said to represent the carrier of dreams, of impulse, of movement. The Greeks also represented love and victory with wings. According to Plato, wings represent intelligence and understanding. This piece aims to act as a gateway of possibility, a pathway that can hold the dreams and aspirations of those before and what is to come.”</p> <p class="p1">Claire Luxton’s visually enticing wing designs feature on the three classic red telephone boxes in Wembley Park’s Arena Square this summer, adjacent to the Grade-II listed OVO Arena Wembley. Reverse printed onto vinyl, the yellow, blue, and green designs draw in the viewer with perceptions of depth and texture.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p1">The third of Claire’s trio of ‘Messenger’ pieces takes the form of digital artworks, featuring animated versions of both the Spanish Steps and telephone box installations. The artist is well known for her blending of media, stating that she “creates canvases thanks to photography”, performing detailed narratives for the camera and achieving an immersive effect through post-production digital technology, leaving the viewer wondering if they are looking at a painting or photography.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p3">“We are delighted to welcome four inspirational new installations to Wembley Park’s free outdoor art trail. Claire Luxton’s work is soaring and vibrant and aptly reflects how Wembley Park is a place where heroes have been made for over a hundred years. The Alzheimer’s Society’s campaign is a brilliant reminder of the beauty and fragility of memories. These thought-provoking pieces will be available for the public to view and contemplate throughout the summer months, further enhancing Wembley Park’s reputation as one of London’s most culture-packed neighbourhoods.”</p>

'The Poetry of Earth', Westfield x MTArt Agency

10250 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90067, United States

<p>Westfield and MTArt Agency have partnered to exhibit inspiring artworks by David Popa, Elisa Insua and Derrick Ofosu Boateng to encourage reflection and connection with the planet.</p> <div></div>

Liz West, Westfield Rosny 2, 2023

93117 Av. du Général de Gaulle, Rosny-sous-Bois, France

<p>Adults, teenagers and children are all invited to admire the work of the British contemporary artist and light sculptor, Liz West. The British artist takes up residence at Westfield Rosny 2 and offers an immersive artistic experience with an in situ installation that uses light and colour. Liz West always adapts her work to her environment and knows how natural light interacts with lighting and objects in space. She uses reflection and refraction to transform any space into a dynamic place of kaleidoscopic light and shadow. A unique work, which blends bright colours and radiant lights, echoes her original work visible on level 1, door 4, from the skylight to the railing.</p>

Delphine Diallo, Guerlain Fragrance Exhibition, 2023

68 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France

<p>MTArt Artist Delphine Diallo’s work has been acquired by the permanent collection of Guerlain, as part of the ‘Dear Eugénie’ photo exhibition at Maison Guerlain – featured alongside works by Charlotte Rampling, Audrey Tautou, and more.</p> <p>Guerlain’s perfume and beauty creations provide opportunities for encounters with talented artists and for over 12 years Guerlain has also been a partner of the FIAC Paris.</p> <p>To celebrate the historic Eau de Cologne Impériale’s 170th birthday, created for the union of Eugénie de Montijo and Napoleon III back in 1853, Guerlain asked eleven women artists to revisit the mythical bottle in a photograph. A way of letting creativity take up the codes of this legendary bottle in a spirit of sisterhood that brings a breath of modernity to this exhibition.</p> <p>Delphine creates ‘Impression’ a photography collage and personal dialogue with the Empresses – curated by Fisheye Gallery.</p> <p>“I chose to make this image on a burgundy velvet background in full sunlight. It’s the bees’ connection to the sun; as soon as it rises, they fly off to new adventures. This work is a tribute to artist notebook research” – Delphine Diallo.</p> <p>Visit “Dear Eugénie” until 4th September at their historical address Maison Guerlain, 68 Avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris 8th.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

Walter x Zoniel, SPECTRA: UNION, 2023

St James's Market Pavilion, Saint James's Market, London, UK

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Walter x Zoniel have been commissioned to create a version of their SPECTRA installation celebrating the Coronation of His Majesty The King at the St James’s Market Pavilion. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">SPECTRA: UNION is a celebration of unity, delving into ideas surrounding the concept of home and belonging. Walter x Zoniel invited 100 people to participate in the creation of this artwork, and their individual portraits are exhibited within. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Walter x Zoniel strongly advocate accessibility to art and have created multiple installations that encourage inclusivity in the art world. All aspects of their practice centre around ‘the magic of connection’ within humanity and nature. This sense of openness and inclusivity is reflected in those who participated in the creation of this artwork.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Walter x Zoniel’s SPECTRA artwork is a large-scale, site-specific installation dealing with the transformation of a public space, building, or entity through the use of colour and disruption. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The layers of colour are created through a stage of public interaction during each installation. Every colour applied represents an individual’s answer to a specific set of questions asked by the artists. The resulting artwork is an abstract representation of a living debate. Colours converge, diversify, transform, and clarify one another, just as our thoughts and opinions do through the act of discussion and debate. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The questions are devised and presented by the artists to have Yes/No, A/B answers. There are no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers to the questions. Their simplicity and presentation play with our societal manners to respond appropriately when, in actuality, each question acts as a doorway to a much deeper discussion upon the subjects. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The public participation stage uses elements of fun and surrealism, which are key to Walter x Zoniel’s artistic practice. Both the interactive stage and the final artwork act upon reassigning meaning to buildings, spaces, or entities that are familiar to us. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">SPECTRA is a multi-layered work, both observational and participatory, engaging and empowering debate on subjects relating to the site of each artwork. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The piece studies the role of mischief and its relationship to inspiration and creative expansion. By crossing the lines of what is normally sanctioned and allowing those participating to momentarily be released from some of the constraints of the everyday norm.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Walter x Zoniel were commissioned to create a version of their SPECTRA installation for the Coronation of His Majesty The King at the St James’s Market Pavilion. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">SPECTRA: UNION is a celebration of unity, delving into ideas surrounding the concepts of home and belonging. Walter x Zoniel invited 100 people to participate in the creation of this artwork, which was realised upon the Union Jack flag. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unique to this incarnation, the artists shot individual portraits of everyone who took part in the creation stage. These were shot on one of Walter x Zoniel’s hybrid cameras using a 150-year-old brass lens and are exhibited within the pavilion. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Each colour represents the following answers given in the creation of SPECTRA: UNION. You can decode the artwork by using the answers below.</span></p> <p> </p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you have to be an artist to make art?</span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">YES: ORANGE</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No: YELLOW</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is home the place you were born?</span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">YES: RED</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No: PINK</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What defines a country?</span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A: The Land: BLUE</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">B: The People: GREEN</span></p>

Vertigo, 2019

Orly Airport (ORY), Orly, France

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Permanent Immersive Installation</p>

Primavera II

84 Regent Street, London, UK

Lost Memories/Black Diaspora UK

55 Regent Street, London, UK

SciencesPo x Léo Caillard

Sciences Po, Rue de l'Université, Paris, France

<p>Fragmentary Venus Tight</p> <p>The Fragmentary Venus is a group of statues representing the oldest busts of the Hellenistic period. The Milo Venus is one of them.</p> <p>This Fragmentary Venus is inspired by one of them coming from the collections of the Acropolis Museum in Athens.</p> <p>Dating from more that 2200 years, this sculpture with almost perfect anatomical proportions shows the exceptional mastery of antiquity that was only found 1500 years later in the Renaissance. To realise his works, Léo Caillard is inspired by references to antiquity. Here, he works the stone as if it was malleable. Between mineral and organic, the artwork questions our time and our historical belonging to these statues from the past.</p> <p>Venus Milo Tight</p> <p>The Milo Venus is also part of the group “The Fragmentary Venus”, also called “The Aphordites” because they are from the Greek Hellenistic Period.</p> <p>After nature have done its work, it only remains the bust of these artworks dating from the seconf century BC.</p> <p>Milo Venus, which was found on an Island with the same name, is one of the best preserved artworks and can be seen at Le Louvre in Paris in all its splendour.</p> <p>The technical perfection of the movement of the body and its proportions shows the excellence of the Greek period compared to the rest of the world.</p> <p> </p> <p>By sculpting the marble, Leo Caillard seeks to open a dialogue between the past and the present to better build the future. Here, the mineral becomes organic and reminds us how our time is linked to its ancient history.</p>

Gradient Remix

Color Factory Chicago, South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, USA

<p style="text-align: center;">“Gradient Remix” is Liz West new work from Color Factory in Chicago.<br /> This immersive light installation consists of three separate infinity rooms, leading from one to the next, each saturated with a different mixture of primary colours.</p> <p>This one has to be seen and experienced in person to be fully appreciated! Light and mirrors together play with your vision (forget about it what does to a camera lens).</p> <p>Go see it now at the new Color Factory in Chicago, USA</p> <p>Photo credits to Matt Hass</p>

Colour Transfer

Paddington Central Kingdom Street, Kingdom Street, London, UK

<p>Colour Transfer is a permanent artwork spanning the underside of Paddington Central’s Westway Bridge commissioned in 2016 by British Land, London. The work comprises of multiple angled coloured mirrors, vertically spanning the height of the brickwork to create an optically vibrant and kaleidoscopic installation. The prismatic shapes mirror the tunnel’s architecture. The colours in the work change depending on where you are within the tunnel. The work appears different from one direction to the other. The coloured mirrors are positioned in a spectral arrangement running from dark red to pale pink when entering the underpass from the left and the opposite when entering from the right. As visitors move, they encounter the fluctuating effect of light and reflections created by the coloured mirrors.</p>

Portraits of Intimate Anonymity

UNIT P04, 210 Piccadilly, St. James's, London W1A 9HL

<p>Walter & Zoniel have deeply explored the subject of portraiture. From previously creating works out of 24ct gold on giant format cameras and developing processes using the sweat of their subjects’ faces to create photographs, to shooting portraits of islands and of concepts.</p> <p>This ongoing series sees them delve into a new conceptual facet of portraiture. These stylised W&Z’s photographic works offer a unique intimacy and anonymity to a portrait. Each portrait is thickly overpainted, creating a sculptural incarnation of its subjects, whilst allowing both the subject and the viewer space to inhabit the work with ease.<br /> We are given space to examine, both the subject’s environment and our own natural ‘filling in of the gaps’, our preconceptions and presumptions.</p>

Renaissance Women VIII

4 Conduit Street, London, UK

<p>Teaming up with <a href="https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/">The Crown Estate</a>, MTArt Agency has incorporated exciting artworks in streets and shops that have struggled since the COVID-19 outbreak. In order to keep the area beautiful and inspiring, artists <a href="https://mtart.agency/artists/leo-caillard/">Léo Caillard’s</a> work feature strong, powerful women, projecting presence and inclusivity.</p> <p><span style="color: #3ebad6;">Listen to our artist Léo Caillard speak about our project while you are on our public art tour…</span></p> <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');</script><![endif]--> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-5415-1" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://mtart.agency/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/3a8c23c9-ec5a-428a-aed2-8cfe74973e68-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3?_=1" /><a href="https://mtart.agency/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/3a8c23c9-ec5a-428a-aed2-8cfe74973e68-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3">https://mtart.agency/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/3a8c23c9-ec5a-428a-aed2-8cfe74973e68-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3</a></audio>

Plant Yourself

235 Regent St, London W1B 2EL, UK

<p>With our partner <a href="https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/">The Crown Estate</a> and our artist <a href="https://mtart.agency/artists/claire-luxton/">Claire Luxton</a>, we launched our longest public art project along the 1.3km long street of Regent Street, entitled <strong>“Plant Yourself”</strong>. After our artist’s <a href="https://mtart.agency/loccitane-x-claire-luxton/">public art projects</a> in Central London that started in January 2021, our artist Claire Luxton is continuing to inspire Londoners with her art. For this special project, Londoners are invited to look at their feet level as they wander on Regent Street to spot the beautiful and colourful artworks of our artist on brand new planters. The Crown Estate and <a href="https://www.westminster.gov.uk/">Westminster City Council</a> helped <a href="https://www.regentstreetonline.com/">Regent Street</a> to create a greener, safer and more accessible West End and we are proud to be stepping in and highlighting it with these super cool photographs. To spot our planters with the photographs of our artist, passers-by can start their trail at Oxford Circus and head down towards Regent Street. More information <a href="https://mtart.agency/project/plant-yourself-the-crown-estate-x-claire-luxton/">here</a>.</p> <p><span style="color: #3ebad6;">Listen to our artist Claire Luxton speak about our project while you are on our public art tour…</span></p> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-5415-2" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/wav" src="https://mtart.agency/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/audio_c.luxton_plant-yourself_TCE.wav?_=2" /><a href="https://mtart.agency/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/audio_c.luxton_plant-yourself_TCE.wav">https://mtart.agency/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/audio_c.luxton_plant-yourself_TCE.wav</a></audio>

A Simple Hello

Surrey Street, Croydon, UK

<p>Lauren Baker’s neon is the first of a series of public art pieces to be installed on Surrey Street in Croydon, it aims to bring a positive message to the area while providing a fun, alternative way to light under the pedestrian bridge. Lauren created this uplifting neon installation on Surrey Street Bridge as part of the council’s £1.1m renovation of the 700-year-old Surrey Street market (in collaboration with Rise Gallery).</p> <p><span style="color: #3ebad6;">Listen to our artist Lauren Baker speak about her project while you are on our public art tour…</span></p> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-5415-3" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://mtart.agency/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/audio_Lauren-Baker_a-simple-hello.m4a?_=3" /><a href="https://mtart.agency/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/audio_Lauren-Baker_a-simple-hello.m4a">https://mtart.agency/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/audio_Lauren-Baker_a-simple-hello.m4a</a></audio>

Of Myth and Legend

The Knightsbridge Estate, Brompton Road, London, UK

<p>The Knightsbridge Estate has unveiled a large-scale photographic installation entitled ‘Of Myth and Legend’ on Brompton Road. The Estate commissioned the series of portraits from British Nigerian photographic artist Àsìkò to mark the completion of seven magnificent brand-new flagship stores built behind restored façades. Framed by vast windows, the nine super-sized portraits inspired by multi-cultural fashion culture in London, sit at pavement level, with further images occupying the upper windows.</p> <p>In a collaboration with MTArt to bring Àsìkò’s work to The Knightsbridge Estate, ‘Of Myth and Legend’ draws its inspiration from the stories of deities from the multicultural communities of London. Through the work, Àsìkò explores shared heritages of African and other cultures to create new narrative blends of mythological deities. The series is composed of fashion photographic imagery and collage symbolism as an interpretation of diasporic ideology using deity iconography. The work explores the connections or shared stories, highlighting we have more in common than we think, and our connections loom deeper through the ages.</p> <p>“When I was young I was inspired by the stories of the heroes and mythology of my Yoruba culture.<br /> These cultural icons form the inspiration for ‘Of Myth and Legend’, which explores the legends of the<br /> Orisha through new interpretations of the diaspora narrative. From German to Indian, African and Asian,<br /> the palette of London is wide and vast, a melting point of ethnicities and backgrounds. I am thrilled to<br /> have been given the opportunity by The Knightsbridge Estate to show this new body of work in such a<br /> prestigious and prominent address.”<br /> Àsìkò</p> <p>“The Knightsbridge Estate is excited to be exhibiting this brand-new body of art by Àsìkò. We hope that these works of art will bring pleasure to our thriving community, and attract interest from residents and visitors to The Estate.”<br /> Sarah Waller, Chelsfield’s Senior Asset Manager, The Knightsbridge Estate</p>

Hipster in Stone

1 Heddon Street, London, UK

<p>We’ve just launched our next public art installation, on Regents Street with the Crown Estate ‘Hipsters in Stone’ is the eye-catching work of Léo Caillard, located next to the entrance of Heddon Street and we’re so thrilled to bring more works of art to the streets of London.</p>

Glowing Stillness

70 Mortimer Street, London, UK