Handsome installation alert! That’s right, we do alerts for that sort of thing now, we’re snazzy like that. Designer Shun Kawakami recently did this for Isetan in Japan. We could go on about the tranquility but it just looks good, wouldn’t you agree? Of course you do. Take a leap to see more. (Spoon & Tamago)

Curated lets us know about this:

“For the third annual visual arts commission, the Park Avenue Armory has chosen to work with artist and composer Ryoji Ikeda. The artist’s installation “the transfinite” occupies much of the buildings 55,000 square foot drill hall, offering a first chance for an American audience to experience his work. Subsuming the crowd with abstract expressions of digital code accompanied by a tight composition, Ikeda meditates on the concept of infinity.”

See more over at Curated.

Curated recaps the Krink event:

“On Friday, G-Shock celebrated its collaboration with Krink via a full scale installation at 18 Wooster Street in New York City. Craig Costello, Krink founder and also known as KR, spray painted gallery walls with his trademark drip, providing the perfect backdrop for showcasing the full range of his G-Shock collection.”

See more over at Curated.

“Zimoun’s sound sculptures and installations are graceful, mechanized works of playful poetry, their structural simplicity opens like an industrial bloom to reveal a complex and intricate series of relationships, an ongoing interplay between the «artificial» and the «organic».”

This is our second look (first is here) at the Dunhill installation in NYC’s Meatpacking. We’re bringing it to attention once again with the help of strong images from Weheart. “Recreating, in a beautifully ghostly manner, Bourdon House – the London home of Alfred Dunhill – Campaign’s unique installation played host to dunhill’s Autumn/Winter 2010 collection in a fascinatingly unique interpretation of London’s buzzing Mayfair.”

More looks at the Dunhill Autumn/Winter 10 Installation by Campaign after the click.

Walked through The Hoerengracht instillation at the National Gallery (London) yesterday, and was most impressed with the interpretation of the exhibition. Curator Colin Wiggins ties the sculptural work, composed by Ed and Nancy Kienholz in the mid-80s, to visual traditions well established in European art. Unlike a few other exhibitions focused on a single piece, visitors are not overwhelmed by comparative works here. It’s a quick lesson and then into the experience. Well worth popping in if your in London, it’s on view through February 21, 2010.

The above video gives an indication of the feel of walking through the Kienholz vision of Amsterdam’s Red Light District, as well as an introduction to Wiggins interpretation.

Tate Britain’s newer acquisitions are presented in Classified: Contemporary Art. Included are works by Jake and Dinos Champman and Damien Hirst. Hirst’s Pharmacy (1992) has been installed for the first time, allowing visitors a great chance to become immersed fully in one of the star artist’s imagined spaces. The exhibition runs at Tate Britain until August 23, 2009. In total, the exhibition explores how artists order their world. Commentary and slide show at the Guardian.

View examples of Hirst’s work in Classified after the jump.

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the iconic Stool 60, Artek has mounted an instillation formed by the stools in New York’s Gansvoort Square. The Stool 60 was designed by Finnish architect/designer Alvar Alto in 1933. See further details of the monument after the jump. (via notcot)