Famously reclusive artist Michael Heizer may have declined to be part of MOCA’s current land art exhibition, but that’s probably because he was busy mounting a 340-ton rock into LACMA’s backyard.

Artists team up to make work inspired by each other, making for an exhibition that doubles as a who’s who of the contemporary art world.

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.

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.

You know Henri Rousseau’s paintings of lion attacks? He made those based on taxidermic displays. If you liked that, this is the book for you.

Photographer Pinar Yolaçan accessorizes the women in her portraits with raw meat and animal parts.

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Even though Venus over Manhattan is in the heart of art world bustle on Madison Avenue, the gallery sits in stark contrast to the white walls of its neighbors. The space looks more like a bomb shelter than a place for exhibiting art, which is exaggerated by the fact that its inaugural show, À Rebours (Against Nature), takes place in near-darkness.

In 2008, Maarten Vanden Eynde was shocked to discover that there is a “floating landfill,” about the size of the continental United States, made up of tiny plastic particles about 1,000 miles west of California and 1,000 miles north of Hawaii.