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The Weather Project
Olafur Eliasson, an immersive installation representing the sun and sky, housed in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.
The Gates
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, a site-specific work of 7,503 orange fabric panels hung across Central Park's paths in 2005.
Shibboleth
Doris Salcedo, a large crack running along the floor of Tate Modern, exploring themes of fracture and separation.
Testing
Jenny Holzer, an installation that projects provocative phrases and statements on buildings and other structures.
The Wrapped Reichstag
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the historical German parliament building was wrapped in silver fabric in 1995.
I Like America and America Likes Me
Joseph Beuys, performance where the artist spent 3 days in a room with a wild coyote.
For the Love of God
Damien Hirst, a platinum cast of a human skull encrusted with 8,601 flawless diamonds.
Cloud Gate
Anish Kapoor, a large public sculpture in Chicago's Millennium Park, known for its reflective, bean-shaped surface.
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
Damien Hirst, a tiger shark preserved in formaldehyde in a vitrine.
Surrounded Islands
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, islands in Miami's Biscayne Bay were encircled with pink fabric.
Sunflower Seeds
Ai Weiwei, one hundred million porcelain seeds hand-painted by Chinese artisans, spread across Tate Modern's floor.
The Happy End of Kafka's 'Amerika'
Martin Kippenberger, an installation featuring a sea of empty chairs and tables, referencing unfinished novel 'Amerika' by Franz Kafka.
House
Rachel Whiteread, a life-sized replica of the interior of a terraced house in London made by casting the empty space in concrete.
My Bed
Tracey Emin, an installation featuring the artist's own unmade dirty bed with bodily secretions, condoms, and cigarette packs.
Sleeping Giants
Antony Gormley, a series of massive rusted steel figures installed in public spaces that invite viewers to contemplate human existence.
Narcissus Garden
Yayoi Kusama, an installation of hundreds of mirrored spheres arranged on a lawn or a water surface, reflecting and distorting the surroundings.
Out of Sync
Fernando Sánchez Castillo, a collection of metronomes set to different tempos creating a cacophony of ticks, representing societal lack of harmony.
Stacked
Richard Serra, large-scale sculptures made from sheets of rusted steel stacked or propped against each other, emphasizing materiality and viewer engagement.
Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995
Tracey Emin, a small tent appliqued with names of every person she had slept with, not solely in the sexual sense.
Please Touch the Art
Jeppe Hein, a series of interactive installations inviting viewers to physically engage with art, challenging traditional museum etiquette.
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