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Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebo, known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations. Their large-scale environmental works changed familiar landmarks and spaces to create a unique and retroactive look.

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Sims Reed Gallery was founded in 1995 in London. This gallery is known for their collection of post-war, modern, and contemporary print pieces. Many of their artists are from the 20th century, but they have incorporated pieces from younger modern artists.

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Olafur Eliasson is an artist known for his sculptures and installation artworks that involve the use of water, fog, air temperature, and lights. By messing with these aspects, Eliasson is able to enhance viewers' experience and portray important meanings about the environment.

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The i8 gallery was founded in 1995 and incorporates a mix of Icelandic and international artists. They are well known for showing contemporary art pieces and participate in a number of international art fairs.

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Naziha Mestaoui was a belgian artist that created interactive outdoor installations to try to bring together both indoors and the environment. They emphasized living things, the ecosystem, climate change, and a larger-than-life concept. Many of her projects required her to step past the normal boundaries of art and work with technology and science.

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One Tree, One Heart was an installation that lit up Paris to show the connection between all living things. Through the representation of the Tree of Life, it showed how living things are related to one another. When you connected you heart beat with the app, it would connect you with another species that matched your heart rate. This project was used to try to increase awareness about one’s carbon footprint and lessen its impact.

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Luzinterruptus is a group of artists that create installations and place them within the public realm to spread awareness about social, political, and environmental issues. Through the use of raw materials and lighting, they are able to portray their message to the public in unique and beautiful ways.

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Being an installation that lasted only two days, this piece doesn’t reside in a gallery. However, when it was up, Luzinterruptus used about 2,500 condoms filled with water and blue dye and hung them in hallways. This piece emphasized the importance of water, especially during droughts.

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JR is a mysterious French artist who combines photography and street art. He uses his graffiti for good by enlarging controversial issues making them visible from afar to attract the attention of those who don’t frequent museums and galleries. His pieces focus on ideas of commitment, freedom, identity, and limit.

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Street Art Power is a gallery that specializes in work of street artists including JR, Kaws, and Shepard Fairey.

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Bernard Aubertin was known for his red monochromatic paintings and decorative artwork.When he met Yves Klein in 1957, he began using more abstract material such as nails, bolts, and screws. Later on he joined the ZERO group, which focused on light and space created and de-emphasized emotion and expression in their pieces.

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Created over 50 years ago by Raimund Thomas and Silke Thomas, the Galerie Thomas is a leading international gallery that focuses on German Expressionist and classical Modern art pieces. Over the years they have participated in well-known international art fairs such as Art Basel and The Armory Show New York.

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Jules de Balincourt is known for his dynamic, heady, saturated in color paintings. These paintings are often jarring to the viewer and can sometimes feel incomplete. He doesn’t work from photographs, but instead from stencils, and rulers in an improvisational sense.

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Victoria Miro, located in a 20,000 square foot gallery in London represents more than 40 international artists. The gallery is committed to promoting innovative and talented artists and nurturing the new generation of international artists.

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Jules de Balincourt is known for his dynamic, heady, saturated in color paintings. These paintings are often jarring to the viewer and can sometimes feel incomplete. He doesn’t work from photographs, but instead from stencils, and rulers in an improvisational sense.

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Victoria Miro, located in a 20,000 square foot gallery in London represents more than 40 international artists. The gallery is committed to promoting innovative and talented artists and nurturing the new generation of international artists.

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Jean-Baptiste Bernadet is a French contemporary painter based in Brussels, Belgium. His work includes a broad range of styles, including minimalist and abstract, to create his work.

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In 1997, this gallery was founded by Almine Rech who is a French art dealer. They continue to seek out minimal and conceptual artists who break the mold.

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The art of Jacques-Louis David is a prime example of Neoclassicism, a style of history painting that flourished in France during the late 18th- and early 19th-centuries. From King Louis XVI’s execution during the French Revolution through the fall of Napoleon’s reign, David painted some of France’s most important historical figures, including royalty, radical revolutionaries to Emperor Napoleon himself.

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One of the largest and most prestigious art collections in the world, the Musée du Louvre has been a leading institution since its inception in 1793. Iconic masterpieces include the statue of Venus de Milo, Winged Victory, and Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.