On the December 26 2024, citizens are viewing the works of Henri Matisse, known as the magician of color, at the Art&Science Gallery of Daejeon Shinsegae Department Store, South Korea. (Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)





This aerial view shows the Los Dedos (The Fingers or The Hand) sculpture in Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay, on January 11, 2025. Punta del Este is one of South America's most important and exclusive seaside resorts, known for its high-end restaurants and world-class galleries and museums. (Photo by Santiago Mazzarovich/AFP Photo)





Images are projected onto the hemispherical ceiling of the Sound Dome during the press presentation of the visual artwork titled “The Mysterious City Park” in the House of Music at Varosliget (City Park) in Budapest, Hungary, 15 January 2025. Functioning as a 360-degree panoramic screen, the dome-shaped chamber is provided with a state-of-the-art ambisonic sound system, with over 40 separate sound sources transforming motion pictures into an audiovisual experience. (Photo by Robert Hegedus/EPA/EFE)





A gallery attendant stands with the artwork, Balloon Dog by Jeff Koons, estimated £10000-£15000 and in front of Man’s Best Friend by KAWS, estimated £20000-£30000. Both artworks are on display at Philips showroom in central London ahead of their forthcoming evening and day editions auction on Friday, January 17, 2025. (Photo by Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images)





An exhibition of artworks by one of the most mysterious and influential artists of the contemporary era, Banksy, will open in Belgrade from January 1, 2025 at the Pop up Gallery, organized by the Deva Puri Gallery. (Photo by Milos Tesic/ATAImages)





The four prints that make up Andy Warhol’s Saint Apollonia, based on a 15th-century work by Piero della Francesca, are hung prior to sale at the auctioneer Phillips’s gallery in Berkeley Square, London on January 16, 2025. (Photo by South West News Service)





People visit the Qi Baishi lmmersive Multimedia Art Exhibition at Digital Art Section of Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on December 21, 2024 in Hong Kong, China. The Qi Baishi lmmersive Multimedia ArtExhibition uses 360° panoramic digital technology to vividly create the unique ink world depicted by Qi Baishi. (Photo by Hou Yu/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)





Luke Jerram, the artist behind Gaia, Museum of the Moon and Mars, during the unveiling of his latest astronomical sculpture, Helios, in the Ball Room at Bath Assembly Rooms on Friday, January 10, 2025 in Bath, UK. (Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images)





Media members visit the “Rapidly Rotating Bouncing Spheres in the Caterpillar House” area during a press preview at teamLab Planets Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan, 20 January 2025. Tokyo-based art collective teamLab unveiled new spaces at teamLab Planets Tokyo before its opening to the public on 22 January 2025. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)





Members of the public explore inside “God's Own Junkyard”, a warehouse of neon artworks and signage in east london on January 17, 2025. From neon signs in the Soho district of London to the backdrop of Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut and Ridley Scott's Bladerunner, the Bracey family's influence on modern culture is showcased in a huge warehouse in Walthamstaw, where visitors can peruse pieces of movie memorabilia or purchase their own neon showpiece. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/AFP Photo)





The Soulton Long Barrow in Shropshire, UK on January 5, 2025. The main chamber is aligned so that at winter solstice and for a few weeks after, the sun sets directly through the stained glass door, resulting in a beautifuil rainbow of light to flood through the chamber. (Photo by Andrew Fusek Peters/South West News Service)





Artist Tessa Campbell Fraser illuminates her suspended 17ft sculpture of a sperm whale and its calf created using natural and recycled materials, which is part of her exhibition Whales – A Deeper Dialogue at Messums gallery near Salisbury, UK in the last decade of December 2024. (Photo by Russell Sach/The Times)





Emirati manga artist Abdulla Lutfi has his work on dispay at Mestaria Gallery in Alserkal Avenue, Dubai on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Chris Whiteoak/The National)





Visitors view the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at National Gallery of Victoria on December 13, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images for NGV)





This photo taken on December 9, 2024 shows a sculpture of US president-elect Donald Trump in a pose evoking the Buddha at artist Hong Jinshi's workshop in Xiamen, in southeastern China's Fujian province. Donald Trump is not typically known for his calm or reserve, but in a craftsman's workshop in rural China, the US president-elect sits in divine contemplation. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)