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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Smaller Worlds: Diorama in Contemporary Art

Work by Albert Ádám.

Oct 14, 2022 – Jan 15, 2023
Budapest, Komor Marcell u. 1, 1095 Hungary

“Smaller Worlds” zeroes in on the diorama—that three-dimensional world contained in a box, behind glass, and most often seen at science fairs and museums of natural history. Ludwig Múzeum Budapest, however, frames the diorama within the genre of fine art. Artists from the U.S., England, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Slovakia, and Trinidad come together to reveal the form’s full artistic potential. —Clara Molot

Photo courtesy of the Ludwig Museum