A photograph taken on August 5, 2024 shows people walking past a stencilled Banksy artwork, depicting a mountain goat and falling rubble at the top of a pillar, on the side of a building in Kew Gardens, west London. The artist confirmed the work to be theirs after posting an image of it on the social media app Instagram. (Photo by Benjamin Cremel/AFP Photo)





The 40-foot-high sculpture of a big blue bear entitled “I See What You Mean” by artist Lawrence Argent looks in to the Colorado Convention Center as pedestrians pass by on 14th Street, Monday, July 29, 2024, in downtown Denver. (Photo by David Zalubowski/AP Photo)





A person looks at a giraffe sculpture that is part of “The Wild Couch Party and Friends”, a public art sculpture exhibited in New York City that depicts some of the world’s most endangered animals as the planet experiences its 6th mass extinction, and aims to raise awareness about the human role in these events in New York City, New York, U.S., July 11, 2024. (Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)





An art installation of a folded London bus by Caspar Philips is unveiled at Bishops Square, London, commissioned by Samsung. The bus is folded at 90-degrees and forms part of a wider art project, Fold Town, by Samsung to mark the release of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 and Z Fold6, now with Galaxy AI technology on July 24, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Samsung)





People observe a painted jaguar sculpture on display at Arpoador Beach in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 10, 2024. The sculpture is part of the “Jaguar Parade” project and exhibition, in which different artists have participated, and will be displayed in squares, beaches, parks, shopping malls, airports, and tourist attractions in Rio de Janeiro in an attempt to draw attention to jaguar conservation and the preservation of their habitat. (Photo by Pablo Porciúncula/AFP Photo)





Pumpkin (2024), a new large-scale sculpture by the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, is installed by the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens in London as part of the Serpentine gallery’s public art presentations in the first decade of July 2024. (Photo by David Levene/The Guardian)





A folded lamppost created by Jem Hughes turns heads on Clapham Common, south London on July 24, 2024, although some recreational users seem undeterred. (Photo by Joe Pepler/The Times)





A conceptual tree sculpture developed with electronic waste material under the title “Bodhi Tree” by Indian visual artist Sanatan Dinda is on display at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata, Eastern India, 15 July 2024. The exhibition is a reminder of the impact of e-waste on our planet and lives. The exhibition runs from 13 to 19 July 2024. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE)





A collection of paintings titled “Tarot” by actor Johnny Depp are displayed at Castle Fine Art gallery on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 in London. The paintings reflect chapters in his personal journey and go on sale on July 18, 2024. (Photo by Scott A. Garfitt/Invision/AP Photo)





Staff at Messums West, an art space near Salisbury, in the first decade of July 2024 prepare for their new exhibition, Presence: The Figure in British Postwar and Contemporary Sculpture, which includes works by Antony Gormley, Henry Moore and John Humphreys, above. The exhibitions runs until September 23. (Photo by Russell Sach/The Times)





Alain at Kew, 2022, by Carl Randall is on show at the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award exhibition on July 10, 2024, and has apparently already influenced one visitor to the National Portrait Gallery in central London. (Photo by Guy Bell/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Scenes painted by the Belfast-born artist Sir John Lavery have been recreated around Edinburgh in the second decade of July 2024 before the opening of a new exhibition, An Irish Impressionist: Lavery on Location, at the Royal Scottish Academy, from July 20 to October 27. (Photo by Stuart Armitt/The Times)





A staff member with “The Annunciation of the Virgin Deal”, 2012, at a preview of “Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences”, 2012, a new exhibition at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery in Ealing, west London on July 9, 2024. (Photo by Stephen Chung/Alamy Live News)





An immersive digital artwork is displayed at the teamLab Planets Tokyo museum in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. TeamLab Planets Tokyo is recognized by Guinness World Records as the most visited museum and teamLab announced they would open an annex of the teamLab Planets Tokyo early next year. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





The exhibition “All the colors of Warhol” on July 8, 2024 was opened in the SALON Gallery, the Museum of the City of Belgrade, organized by the Museum of the City of Belgrade and the Belgrade Festival Center of CEBEF, and will last until the end of the month. (Photo by L.L./ATAImages)