The sea as world history … part of The Sunken Boat: A Glimpse Into Past Histories by Anna Boghiguian at Turner Contemporary in Edinburgh in August 2025. (Photo by Thierry Bal/The Guardian)





People look at installation Two Sides of Our Island by LABSIXFIVE studio during the opening of the Singapore Night Festival (SNF) 2025 in Singapore, 22 August 2025. The 16th edition of SNF, themed Island Nights, opens on 22 August with over 80 immersive and innovative experiences. (Photo by How Hwee Young/EPA)





A view of the “Chronicle of Georgia”, located on Keeni Hill near the Tbilisi Sea in Georgia's capital Tbilisi on July 25, 2025. Construction of the monument, consisting of 16 massive columns, began in 1985 by renowned sculptor Zurab Tsereteli. The upper sections of the columns depict kings, queens, and national heroes from Georgian history. Adjacent to the monument stands a grapevine cross representing Saint Nino, who is believed to have introduced Christianity to Georgia, along with a small chapel. Positioned on a prominent northern hill overlooking the city, the site offers visitors an impressive panorama enriched with historical and religious symbolism. (Photo by Ahmet Aslan/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A gallery assistant with the photographer Sophie Gamand’s Pit Bull Flower Power Series, part of the exhibition A Dog’s Life at the Harley Gallery in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK on August 15, 2025. The pit bulls were in animal shelters and yet to be adopted, and the photographs are intended to highlight their vulnerability. (Photo by James Glossop/Times Media Ltd)





Staff with “The Spell or The Dream” by Turner Prize-winning artist Tai Shani at Somerset House in London, UK on August 6, 2025. The commission celebrates Somerset House's 25th birthday and includes a glowing sculptural figure, Sleeping Beauty, lying within a glass-like vitrine, a 24/7 digital radio station, listening booths, accompanied by a programme of live events. (Photo by Stephen Chung/Alamy Live News)





Bushra Fakhoury on August 22, 2025 relaxes with her sculpture Dunamis, which has been in Park Lane, Cambridge, since 2013 and evokes humanity’s ability to achieve what seems impossible. (Photo by Terry Harris/The Times)





A light installation titled “Matriz” by Spanish street artist known as “SpY” is projected in the turbine hall of the decommissioned Inota thermal power plant on the opening night of the annual INOTA audiovisual art festival near Varpalota, Hungary, 28 August 2025. (Photo by Tamas Vasvari/EPA)





A women takes a selfie in front of the artwork by Canadian artist, activist, and photographer Benjamin Von Wong entitled “The Thinker's Burden” a 6-meter-tall sculptural remix of Rodin's iconic Thinker, which is being created for the Plastics Treaty negotiations, in front of the United Nations Offices in Geneva, on August 4, 2025. Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opens from August 5 to 14, 2025 in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP Photo)





Workers move the monumental bronze sculpture Large Upright Internal/External Form, which stands at 673cm tall, as they continue their refresh of the presentation of outdoor sculptures at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens in Perry Green in Hertfordshire, UK, the home of 20th century sculptor Henry Moore on Monday, August 18, 2025. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)





Butchered, a new work by the artist Anish Kapoor, is installed on a Shell platform in North Sea, UK on August 14, 2025 to protest against the company’s planet-warming gas emissions. (Photo by Andrew McConnell/Greenpeace/PA Wire)





Laurence Edwards, the British sculptor, used bark, scrub and foliage to cast After the Flood, an 8ft-tall, 15ft-wide bronze figure. Weighing more than one tonne and 15 months in the making, the work forms part of Sculpture 25, his first UK show in three years. (Photo by Russell Sach)





A visitor stands near an art installation portraying China's President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the ARTSUBS exhibition in Surabaya, Indonesia on August 2, 2025. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP Photo)





Larry the Cat is seen next to the twisted red phone box by artist Alex Chinneck at Downing Street as Prime Minister Starmer hosts prominent British influencers in Number 10 on July 31, 2025. The PM was hosting a reception for social media influencers who have a total of 250 million followers in 10 Downing Street. Guests included some actors and artists due to high profile social media presence. (Photo by Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A living, monochrome work of art by the German artist Jörg Düsterwald at his studio in Hamelin, Lower Saxony on July 30, 2025. His muses, the model Tina and the actress/life model Tatjana Heinz are transformed by a skilled use of bodypaint and traditional brushwork that creates textures, planes and a flattening of depth. (Photo by Tschiponnique Skupin/Cover Images)





Kemas Muhammad Firdaus, 28, walks past a mural depicting a Jolly Roger from the popular Japanese anime and manga series “One Piece” in Bekasi, West Java province, Indonesia, on August 7, 2025. (Photo by Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters)