Teresa van Dongen's Mud Well light uses microorganisms to create electricity
Bacteria from a boggy World War Two bomb crater generate kaleidoscopic light forms inside this telescope-like tube by Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen.
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Rael San Fratello slots pink seesaws into US-Mexico border wall
Architectural studio Rael San Fratello has installed three pink seesaws between the metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall so that children on either side can play together. More
Digital artwork called Symbiosia depicts effect of climate change on trees in Paris
Dutch artist Thijs Biersteker collaborated with scientist Stefano Mancuso to create this installation at the Fondation Cartier that shows the real-time impact of climate change on nature in Paris. More
Louis Vuitton X celebrates 160 years of artistic collaboration at the fashion house
Louis Vuitton has created an exhibition in Los Angeles that showcases its collaborations with leading artists over the past 160 years, complete with custom bags and a tropical pop-up shop. More
New York City gallery exhibits three massive black sculptures by Tony Smith
An exhibition of monumental geometric black sculptures by the late American designer Tony Smith on display at Pace Gallery in Manhattan brings together three works for the first time. More
Daniel Libeskind designs photo installation at Auschwitz
Daniel Libeskind has designed an outdoor installation called Through the Lens of Faith in Poland to showcase photographer Caryl Englander's portraits of Auschwitz-Birkenau survivors. More
India Mahdavi's striped scenography provides backdrop for furniture exhibition
French architect India Mahdavi has distorted the familiar coloured stripes found at seaside resorts to create the scenography for this exhibition of 20th-century furniture from the Centre Pompidou's collection. More
Studio Drift's drone performance lifts off at Kennedy Space Center
Studio Drift has recreated its flying sculpture Franchise Freedom at Kennedy Space Center, programming 300 drones to perform a routine marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission launch. More
Doug Aitken's mirrored balloon New Horizon flies over Massachusetts
American artist Doug Aitken has created a mirrored hot air balloon to travel across rural landscapes of Massachusetts this summer. More
Yinka Ilori transforms "forbidding" London bridge into Happy Street installation
Bright patterned panels envelop this south London railway bridge, which designer Yinka Ilori has revived as part of this year's London Festival of Architecture. More
Alex Israel projects Bat Signal from roof of Le Corbusier's Cite Radieuse
Multimedia artist Alex Israel has installed a Bat Signal at the MAMO Arts Centre on the roof of Le Corbusier's brutalist Cité Radieuse apartment block in Marseille, France. More
Snøhetta designs bench for Nobel Peace Centre that brings people together
A bench designed by architecture firm Snøhetta for the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo is shaped like a partial circle to encourage people to sit closer together and start conversations. More
Carlo Ratti uses drones to create "world's first crowdsourced graffiti"
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati used a swarm of drones to graffiti this artwork in Turin that is based on visual content submitted by hundreds of contributors. More
Hubris Atë Nemesis installation curves up Maine contemporary art gallery
Curvy and bent wooden strips are laid out to resemble a wave in this installation in Maine, created by local designers Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B Nguyen. More
Mathieu Lehanneur looks to the cosmos for Particle Horizon exhibition
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur brings together his most emblematic pieces for a cosmology-inspired exhibition, set within the modernist walls of Villa Noailles in southeastern France. More
Ultravioletto's Neural Mirror shows audiences an AI reflection of themselves
Visitors to a former church in the Italian city of Spoleto will encounter a mirror that uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition to build an otherworldly image of themselves. More
Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life encourages visitors to engage with climate change
Three decades of work by the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson including an indoor rainbow and a tunnel of fog prompt visitors to London's Tate Modern to think about their impact on the planet. More
Pedro & Juana builds spiky "junglescape" in MoMA PS1 courtyard
Thousands of wooden spikes cover scaffolding to form this pavilion that Mexico City studio Pedro & Juana has built to host the MoMA PS1's summer music series. More
Jaime Hayon creates monochrome carousel for Swarovski's Tyrolian theme park
Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has completed a fairground carousel covered with 15 million Swarovski crystals for the company's outdoor park in the Austrian countryside. More
Rockwell Group builds sloped Lawn in Washington DC's National Building Museum
New York City firm Rockwell Group has inserted a grassy hill scattered with deckchairs and hammocks into the Great Hall of Washington DC's National Building Museum. More