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Best of Fine Art Spotted in 2021

When you’re burnt out on the relentless commercialism and consumerism of product design, fine art provides a welcome respite. Here are some of the best art pieces we saw this year.

Simon Berger “draws” portraits by shattering glass with a hammer

Land Art: Justin Bateman “draws” with rocks

David Wright makes pixel art, using Rubik’s Cubes, of Christian Eriksen

Walead Beshty creates art by intentionally Fed-Ex'ing fragile glass boxes

Sergi Cadenas’ incredible lenticular portraits: The subject ages depending on the viewing angle

Guy who “can’t draw” is actually a genius artist, raises $83k for charity

Artist JR turns museum façade into cutaway drawing

Flux: Scale Collective’s incredible kinetic light installation

Art student’s brilliant “Evidence of our Idiocy” vending machine

Lee Sangsoo’s 3D line drawings

Minimal animal sculptures form playground, bike racks, hangout spot

A 1:1-Scale Gundam head made from discarded plastic runners

(I wish this was a trend among industrial designers.) David Hockney wordlessly pages through his sketchbook