Subcircle's new "Still Unknown," performed in a series of gleaming white installations in the Ice Box Projects Space, a former frozen-fish factory, posed the specific question of what is still unknown in an age of boundless information.
The Parisian photographer and Street Artist JR, well known for creating large scale black and white installations that engage and celebrate everyday people knew that this high profile image-centric hub would be a draw, but the near-continuous lines must have been a surprise.
German artist Tobias Rehberger won the Golden Lion for best artist for his eye-popping retro-chic black-and-white installation Cafeteria, which took shape in the old cafeteria of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni (the former Italian Pavilion).
"The Whole Family," a version of which ("Bigger") will be at the Whitney, is an all-white installation, with albino birds, piles of unidentified powder and a rhinestone-encrusted switchblade.
Among the latest collection of art rooms opened last month is the visually stimulating "Panic Room" — a part graffiti, part stark-white installation designed by Tilt, the 39-year-old internationally acclaimed French graffiti artist and reformed bad boy from Toulouse.
The all-white installation seems to float above the ground.
The lack of decorative elements in Borowski's childhood home is reflected in the all-white installation.
He specializes in white-on-white installations and paintings involving white chocolate, powdered sugar or his semen.
Wander into the Moore Building — where Design Miami, the design offshoot to Art Basel Miami Beach, is held — and stumble across a white futuristic installation by the architect Zaha Hadid.
The main gallery is given over to an intolerable white noise installation by Ulf Langheinrich for which the gallery staff have to give out protective glasses and advice about what to do if overcome by strobing effects.
