Art Basel 2015: Interactive Installations

Artists bring the community together with immersive experiences

Interactive art installations can be real crowd-pleasers. Playing an active part in an artist’s vision is an interesting experience—and when it’s good, it makes participants feel that they themselves are bringing something unique to the work. At this year’s edition of Art Basel in the Swiss city, a number of artists showed works that demanded interaction. Most of them were centered around food and drink—one …

South India’s Old-Fashioned Cinemas

Between 2010 and 2013, artists Stefanie Zoche and the late Sabine Haubitz traveled to South India (and seemingly back in time) to photograph the country’s multitude of old-fashioned theaters. Each cinema they captured “displays an unusual mixture of Modernism, local architectural elements, a strong use of color and, in the case of some older cinema halls, of Art Deco,” writes the duo. The retro theaters …

Patrick Vale’s Panoramic Sketch of NYC

English sketch artist Patrick Vale’s latest work captures downtown Manhattan in an impressive panoramic black-and-white sketch. The aptly titled “Colossus” artwork is a massive three-page drawing that looks down toward the Empire State Building, detailing every skyscraper, rooftop, window pane and water tower in sight. Watch Vale complete the incredible free-hand drawing in a timelapse video on Vimeo.