10 Mind-Bending AR Artworks You Need to See
TRAVEL GUIDE
A curated tour through the most inspiring AR art examples by famous AR artists and groundbreaking festivals—plus one of my own projects. If you work with brands, museums, or galleries, this is your shortcut to inspiring AR installations worth studying.
1
KAWS
EXPANDED HOLIDAY (2020)
EXPANDED HOLIDAY (2020)
Monumental COMPANION figures appeared simultaneously across world cities as geolocated AR sculptures no shipping crates, just pure presence.
2
Olafur Eliasson WUNDERKAMMER (2020)
Everyday natural phenomena—sun, rainbow, rain cloud—become pocket-scale sculptures that tune your perception of light, color, and weather.
3
Tomás Saraceno Webs of Life (2021)
AR spiders at urban sites invite you to swap arachnophobia for Arachnophilia a poetic take on biodiversity through tech.
4
Nancy Baker Cahill Liberty Bell (2020)
A 360° geolocated AR drawing unveiled simultaneously in six U.S. cities on July 4, public art as living discourse about freedom.
5
Mel Chin
Unmoored (2018)
Unmoored (2018)
Times Square floods in AR—boats drift overhead, sea life swarms—turning climate data into visceral urban myth.
6
MoMAR Collective
Hello, We’re From the Internet (2018)
Hello, We’re From the Internet (2018)
A guerrilla AR takeover of MoMA’s Pollock room—no permission asked—reframes museum authority for the smartphone age.
7
Alex Mayhew ReBlink (2017)
Historic portraits at the Art Gallery of Ontario “wake up” with contemporary behaviors—smartphones, glances, gestures
8
Unreal City
London’s AR Festival (2020–21)
36 AR sculptures along the Thames by Eliasson, KAWS, Saraceno, Alicja Kwade, and more—then re-released for at-home viewing.
9
Arcadia Earth
immersive Eco Museum (2019→)
Multi-room environmental art powered by AR/VR and projection—turning data on plastic, food waste, and oceans into emotive set-pieces.
10
Anna Polani, Moscow
Quantum breath
Quantum breath
A translucent, helmeted figure floats above city façades, wrapped in orbital ribbons, seed-like pods, and glittering particles. Painterly strokes meet iridescent metal, turning the sky into a stage for metamodern transformation.
Work with me on your next AR experience
I design bespoke AR artworks for brands, galleries, and public spaces—WebAR, geolocated installations, print-to-AR.
Email: annapolani.art@gmail.com
Telegram: @anna_polani
Telegram: @anna_polani
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