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    Tate Modern Exhibit Imagines London’s Apocalyptic End

    Step into Turbine Hall in London's Tate Modern and you are immediately greeted by the sound of pounding rain and a giant spider looming over rows of cage-like dormitory beds. It's all part of “TH.2058” Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s new interactive installation, an apocalyptic vision set 50 years in the future. In this world, all that's left for humans to do is read, watch movies, and wait for civilization to end. More »
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    Tate Modern's Innovative Crack

    Colombian artist Doris Salcedo thought she was doing good for humanity when she created Shibboleth, an installation consisting of a giant crack that cuts through the pavement in front of London's Tate Modern. The crack, made with concrete and steel mesh, is intended to represent the fragility of the ideologies carrying the Western world. Now she's being sued for her art. More »