Visitors to Central Park might see an airplane do a back flip.

In celebration of the Fourth of July, here are a few artists who have used fireworks and explosions in their work, from drawing on walls to collaborating with research laboratories to creatively disposing of others’ artworks.

Hanging leopards, tranquil islands, and a levitating 340-ton rock.

The Guild Hall in East Hampton, Long Island is a rare hybrid of art museum, theater, film center, and concert hall all in one. With hopes of attracting younger audiences to the eighty-year-old Hamptons staple, the center has brought in Alec Baldwin, Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio, and two young New York City curators for this summer’s program.

If you see nothing, say something.

In the vein of Kehinde Wiley’s Renaissance-inspired paintings, Rineke Dijkstra creates monumental photos of ordinary people.

Artist Meekyoung Shin renders a genuine soap opera of ancient artifacts.

Anne Koch describes her jewelry as “wearable sculpture,” referring to the careful casting that she executes in designing rings that look like seafood and teeth.

In the small Seto Inland Sea in south Japan, the Benesse Corporation has turned three sparsely inhabited islands into sanctuaries for art.

Ron Mueck sculpts unsettlingly realistic fiberglass resin figures.

The Art Institute of Chicago commissions a surreal assortment of brightly colored objects from German artist Katharina Fritsch.

The New York Public LIbrary’s latest exhibition offers food for thought.