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Mary Miss

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Mary Miss, ‘Awning’ (1966)


Wolfgang Weileder

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‘Slapende meermin’ (2008) by Wolfgang Weileder.

A full-scale copy of the façade of a historical building (named ‘In de meermin – a la sirene’) in Leuven, turned by 90 degrees.


Piero Golia

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Piero Golia, ‘It takes a nation of millions to hold us back’ (2003)

The entire façade of a building removed from its original position in Amsterdam and installed in a gallery space in Paris. The work’s title is a reference to the mythical album by the rap band Public Enemy.


Knut Henrik Henriksen

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Knut Henrik Henriksen, ‘Façade Charade’ (2008)


Ugo Rondinone

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Ugo Rondinone, ‘Hell, yes!’ on the façade of the New Museum, New York (2007-2010)


Bas Schevers

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Bas Schevers, ‘Bad girls’ (2003)

Schevers gave the façade of Lokaal01 Antwerp a make-over, making it look like a strip club, attracting different visitors than usual.


Elmgreen & Dragset

Elmgreen & Dragset, ‘Prada Marfa’ (2005)

Permanent sculpture installed in Valentine, Texas.


Robert Kusmirowski

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Robert Kusmirowski, ‘facade’ (2009)
Robert Kusmirowski changed the facade of a building in Blankenberge (Belgium) as part of the sculpture route ‘Beaufort’.

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