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Since its launch in October, 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 has reimagined how we experience public space. From Times Square to Piccadilly Circus, this extraordinary work by Olafur Eliasson invites us to pause, reconsider, and dream. A kaleidoscope of light, reflection, and emotion, it dissolves the demands of urban life, offering a fleeting, misted mirror—a glimpse of our shared humanity.

The blur has stretched across continents, weaving threads of vulnerability and agency into our cities and lives. Each screen lights up not just with art, but with possibility: what kind of world do we want to inhabit?

To Taylor and Catriona at Studio Olafur Eliasson: your dedication and care have made this journey unforgettable. To Holly, Danielle, and the entire team at @wepresent: thank you for being the dream enablers and making this vision soar. To the entire CIRCA team and all our incredible screen partners in London @piccadillylights, Berlin limes_ooh, Seoul, and New York @_jeanie_c @tsqarts: your support has brought this commission to life in ways we could only imagine. And above all, our deepest gratitude to Olafur for redefining what’s possible on the CIRCA platform—and for inspiring us all to see the world anew.

If you haven’t yet experienced it, there’s still time. See 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 before it fades—on display until 31 December 2024:

🇬🇧 London: 20:24 BST/GMT @piccadillylights
🇩🇪 Berlin: 20:24 CET Kurfürstendamm
🇰🇷 Seoul: 20:24 KST K-Pop Square
🗽 New York: 23:57 EST @tsqarts (November only)
🌐 Online 24/7 ➵ @wetransfer

What we build together begins here.

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MS. LAURYN HILL, Fugees 30th Anniversary, London

Photography @rosannaelettra
Make-up @paintedbyesther
Stylist @raheem111 @fashionistalatinanyc

@circa.art @180.studios #mslaurynhill #laurynhill #fugees #thefugees

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Lo sguardo pieno di meraviglia negli occhi del Maestro Michelangelo Pistoletto @michelangelo_pistoletto e della moltitudine di persone arrivate in Piazza Duomo a Milano per la proiezione internazionale Three Mirrors, presentata da Circa @circa.art e Fondazione Pistoletto @cittadellarte con @urbanvision_group , lo scorso venerdì 24 aprile in piena Design Week

"Una lezione accademica a cielo aperto" come è stata attentamente definita da Paolo Naldini @being_paolonaldini un messaggio universale, tra documentario e videoarte, dove arte e scienza si incontrano per dare luogo al Terzo Paradiso e allo Statodellarte e far accadere la Pace Preventiva: una pace che non si avvera nel futuro, una pace che è una pratica quotidiana che inizia nel presente, ogni giorno 🌱🕊️

Ph. @therealjcstudios 📸✨

@milanodesignweek
#preventivepeace #terzoparadiso #thirdparadise #art #artlovers

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#FUGEES30 What most people don’t know is that I met Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel when I was about 12 or 13 years old.

It was International Man of Mystery Pras, a schoolmate of my brother, who first invited me to do background vocals for him at a studio session in East Orange, NJ. He was well known in our circles for being bold and unique in those days. Myself and Marcy DeNezza came through, ideated, harmonized, and laid some parts down, then this genius, odd-ball named ‘Nel’ (aka Wyclef Jean) came in, jumped on the mic and blew everyone away. He was part cowboy, part rapper, part dancehall DJ, part comedian.

Soon after a group was formed, The Tranlzlator Crew (back when using the letter ‘s’ was passé), with more members than what the Fugees would eventually become.

In hindsight, we were just a group of creative kids getting into different things, both finding and creating our way. Beneath all of this though was an urgent, determined and excited drive to create space for a sound and a freedom that allowed us to embody who WE were and lay the groundwork for others like us. We’re celebrating 30 years of The Fugees’ The Score, the album that became a phenomenon of music, message, mission and creative vision.

Three decades later, I’m still moved by the stories and memories people share about how The Score impacted them.

Now I’d love to hear YOURS.

Share a memory, photograph, video or story about what The Score means to you by posting it to your Instagram grid with #FUGEES30 before November 1st for a chance to win a pair of tickets to one of our upcoming shows in Berkeley, Las Vegas, Los Angeles or Seattle as we celebrate this anniversary together.

And for those who want to be part of the celebration, tickets are available through the link in my bio.

Love and Respect,
MLH ❤️

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Last night on Piccadilly Lights!

A message from me for the cultural phenomenon @circa.art

Hand-signed prints of each of the thirty CIRCA PRIZE 2025 finalists’ work (drawn from a single frame of their shortlisted film) are available to buy from @circa.art - 100% of proceeds will be donated to Gaza Soup Kitchen.

Respect and love to CIRCA’s extraordinary founder, my amazing and dear friend @josefoconnor

Congratulations to the winners: @adham_faramawy and @kemkemlij

And all the finalists: @aliaskar______abarkas @_suutoo_ @laura_huertas_millan @billyjohnbultheel @frequentlyaskedquestion @canerteker__ @martielcarlos @vnoujaim @danglefree @candelacapitan @ceciliabengolea @jshwlfrd @jotamombaca #korakritarunanondchai @aziza.kadyri @leyla_stevens @lucybeech @magicmagid @matijhurry @oliviaerlanger @puppiespuppiesjade @ssaarraahj @simonspeiser @tareklakhrissi @temitayo.shonibare @makel3elieve @thelonious_art @zobayda__

The jury: @bjork @hansulrichobrist @edward_enninful @lalamichmich @ebotron @alvarobarrington @nicolettafioruccifoundation @josefoconnor @rosenthal.norman @_catherine_wood_

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Ai Weiwei @aiww for @circa.art

Love or hate, which lasts longer? Is Edward Snowden guilty? Will capitalism have an end? For Ai Weiwei, it’s not the answer to these questions that is interesting, but rather the way we search for it.

In a new exhibition at Piccadilly Circus, London, Ai explores this drive for information. Over the course of 81 days – the length of time he spent in a Chinese prison – the artist asks questions, a new one each day, to both artificial intelligence (AI) and to the general public.

@fitzbrien
Direction: @josefoconnor
📸 Leroy Boateng @_leroyboateng
DOP & Lighting: @michaelobriendoran
Production: @_samatkins
Video Edit: @sdawsonz

Words: @wallpapermag

#aiweiwei #weiwei #aivsai #circaart #art #exhibition #artist #artistphotoshoot #onset #picadillylights #artlover #artgallery #artificialintelligence #ai

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Yesterday evening we stood together under the Duomo in Milan for the Italian premiere of Michelangelo Pistoletto’s new documentary, “Three Mirrors” (2026), a project created in collaboration with CIRCA, and dedicated to preventive peace.
We witnessed the first screening of this work into the public realm, where it’s no longer confined to a studio or gallery but unfolds across cities, screens and shared time.
Through the partnership with Urban Vision Entertainment and ArtNews italia Three Mirrors will be broadcast on a network of Urban Vision Group maxi-led in Rome an Milan until June 30th everyday at 8.26 pm.

Ieri sera ci siamo ritrovati sotto il Duomo di Milano per la prima italiana del nuovo documentario di Michelangelo Pistoletto, “Three Mirrors” (2026), un progetto realizzato in collaborazione con CIRCA e dedicato alla pace preventiva. Abbiamo assistito alla prima proiezione di quest’opera nello spazio pubblico, dove non è più confinata in uno studio o in una galleria, ma si dispiega attraverso città, schermi e momenti condivisi.
Grazie alla partnership con Urban Vision Entertainment e ArtNews Italia, “Three Mirrors” sarà trasmesso su una rete di maxischermi di Urban Vision Group a Roma e Milano fino al 30 giugno, tutti i giorni alle 20:26.

#circaart #michelangelopistoletto

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NEW WORK | MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ

We shot the creation of Marina Abramović’s ‘Invitation to Unconditional Love’, a performance & print series for @circa.art that is out now. A triptych of Hand-Signed prints by Marina for £350.

Watch the full film via @circa.art

Direction: @circa.art @josefoconnor
Production: @fitzbrien @josephobd @_samatkins
DOP: @shootingteddy
Edit: @matttowndrow

Thank you to @abramovicinstitute & the CIRCA team for having us

#marinaabramovic #abramovic #abramovicinstitute #circa #circaart #royalacademy #printedition #exhibition #art #modernart #performanceart

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#SEVENMINUTESOFCOLLECTIVESILENCE “Hello everybody! When Michael and @emily_eavis invite me to come here, to the Pyramid Stage with the most important music festival in the entire world, I was terrified and I was honoured. Terrified because I’m an artist. I never in my entire life saw this kind of audience. I’m not singing, I’m not dancing. All that I’m doing, I am performing.

In my entire 55 years of my career was always doing something with energy. I don’t have any other better place than here, right now, to make intervention of the energy itself. We need complete collaboration and I will suggest you what we’re going to do. This is a music festival you all want to have fine time and you want to have, you know, to listen to great music. But which I am proposing is something that never been done in any of the festivals for music entire history. I’m proposing you seven minutes of silence.

The world is in really shitty place. There is a wars, there is hunger, there is a protest, there is a killing, there is a violence. But what is happening if we look into big picture? Violence bring more violence. Killing bring more killing. Anger bring more anger. Demonstration bring more demonstration. Here, what we try to do is something different: how to be in present, here and now, and how we can actually all together give unconditional love to each other. Only way to change yourself, we can change the world.

What I am suggesting now put your hands on your neighbour. Just one hand on the shoulder. Right now. Let’s start. Close your eyes and also just be comfortable. Stand with the both feet on the ground just stand close your eyes and the. Emily is going to sound with the gong which is really strong and powerful. And when she did the sound of the gong, we going to be in silence given unconditional love to each other for entire seven minutes. And when you hear the sound of the gong, then experiment is ready and we see how we can create positive energy in the entire universe. And thank you for your collaboration, and we start now! Emily, 1, 2, 3:

*GONG*

<< 7 MINUTES OF COLLECTIVE SILENCE >>

*GONG*

Thank you!

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Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Lauren Halsey shut down Piccadilly Circus.

The CIRCA premiere of a new commission by Lauren Halsey, curated by Ms. Lauryn Hill in dialogue with @lisaandersonaa, marked the beginning of a landmark week leading up to @DiasporaCalling at Milton Keynes National Bowl today (7 August), bringing together @mslaurynhill, @wyclefjean, @erykahbadu, @officialgiggs, @fireboydml, @ygmarley, @zionmarleyofficial, @olaoluslawn, @alvarobarrington, @summaeverythang and many more for a celebration of music, art and the global African diaspora.

Link in bio.

🎥 @sara_wilko

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A wonderful day with @lalamichmich for @circa.art

Thank you to @josefoconnor

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Editing and Animations for this short piece featuring #THEHERO25FPS NFTs by Marina Abramović

@abramovicinstitute
@circa.art

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