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Left: The dazzling Galahad Blue chandelier from Currey & Company utilizes layers of recycled and recast glass disks, hand-assembled in a silver-leaf iron frame, to create the mesmerizing effect of light sparkling on water. Right: For Monumenta 2012, contemporary artist Daniel Buren installed Excentrique(s), a multicolored canopy of vibrant lenses, in the Nave of the Grand Palais in Paris.
Photo: LEFT: COURTESY OF CURREY & COMPANY. RIGHT: COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

Four Uncanny Examples of Life Imitating Art

Art, design, and fashion converge in unexpected moments of visual synchronicity, including works by Frida Kahlo and Daniel Buren

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August 6, 2021
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Four Uncanny Examples of Life Imitating Art

A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2021 Summer Issue under the headline “Life Imitates Art.” Subscribe to the magazine.

Cover: Left: The dazzling Galahad Blue chandelier from Currey & Company utilizes layers of recycled and recast glass disks, hand-assembled in a silver-leaf iron frame, to create the mesmerizing effect of light sparkling on water. Right: For Monumenta 2012, contemporary artist Daniel Buren installed Excentrique(s), a multicolored canopy of vibrant lenses, in the Nave of the Grand Palais in Paris.
Photo: LEFT: COURTESY OF CURREY & COMPANY. RIGHT: COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

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