From LED installations to diamond scratchings on glass, these digital art exhibitions will help you plan your next vacation destination.
From LED installations to diamond scratchings on glass, these digital art exhibitions will help you plan your next vacation destination.
MOSCOW
RON ARAD
Artist, architect and furniture designer Ron Arad is holding a self-titled one-man show at the Gary Tatintsian Gallery in Moscow, Russia. The multi-hyphenate’s exhibition includes his work Last Train, first presented at the 2013 Venice Art Biennale, where a stylus guides a mechanical hand wearing a diamond ring to scratch out an image on a glass canvas. On until 1 February, 2017. Visit http://www.tatintsian.com
WHERE TO STAY Behind an Art Nouveau façade near Pushkin Square in the historic centre of the city lies the super-chic StandArt Hotel Moscow. Designed by the same architect who reimagined the famed Bolshoi Theater in 2011, this five-star hotel blends vintage architecture with graffiti relief artwork by Stanislav Tratsevskiy. Visit http://www.standarthotel.com
LONDON
WINTERLIGHTS
If you are looking for the best in digital art, look no further. Held throughout London’s Canary Wharf, the installations at Winter Lights include the finalists of the Lumen Prize, the world’s first prize for digital fine art. Look out for sculptures, interactive works and even performance arts, including Passage, an installation developed by French creative agency Bonjour Lab, which decrypts the visual and sound imprints of those who step near it. On from 16 to 27 January, 2017. Visit http://www.canarywharf.com
WHERE TO STAY If you haven’t had enough of award-winning art pieces, book a stay at South Place. Among the paintings, photographs and video installations at this boutique hotel, you’ll also find the finalists of the South Place Art Prize, an art competition for young talents. Visit http://www.southplacehotel.com
SYDNEY
TATSUO MIYAJIMA: CONNECT WITH EVERYTHING
The Museum of Contemporary Art plays host to the first exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere by one of Japan’s most famous artists, Tatsuo Miyajima. Connect with Everything showcases works from the start of his career onwards, including sculptures, photographs and videos. Drawing on one of his key themes—the Buddhist concept of the cycle of mortality—Miyajima uses LEDs that switch off momentarily, to reflect on the cycle of life, death and rebirth. On until 5 March, 2017. Visit http://www.mca.com.au
WHERE TO STAY Housed in the former Gowings department store and State Theatre buildings, the QT Sydney is an Art Deco gem. Dotted around the 200-suite hotel is an array of eclectic artefacts, ranging from restored shop cabinets salvaged from derelict buildings to LED video installations. Visit http://www.qthotelsandresorts.com
TAIPEI
TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART EXHIBITION
For its fifth edition, 27 artists from all over the world have created works for the Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition held in Hong-gah Museum in Beitou, a district near Taipei. Exploring the theme “Negative Horizon,” the artists have attempted to tell the story of movement and migration—a concept that resonates in a country made up mostly of Chinese immigrants in the past century. The exhibition aims to articulate the displacement that plagues refugees today. Look out for works by local artists such as Kao Chung-Li and Indonesian artists Tita Salina and Irwan Ahmet. On until 8 January, 2017. Visit http://www.hong-gah.org.tw
WHERE TO STAY Art lovers will be thrilled when they stay at Le Méridien Taipei. Not only will they get to see as many as 700 exclusive works by contemporary artists within the five-star hotel, they will also get to enjoy the Le Méridien Unlock Art programme, which includes an artist- designed key card collection that offers complimentary access to art spaces such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei. Visit http://www.starwoodhotels.com
