kinetic art
noun
: art (such as sculpture or assemblage) having mechanical parts which can be set in motion
kinetic artist
noun
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Occupied by some of the best looking kinetic art on the planet, Monterey Car Week is the perfect setting for a new car reveal, and Lexus has taken the opportunity to unveil its new Sport Concept at The Quail.
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Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Together, these objects elevate familiar forms into kinetic art, now in new and elegant styles.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
Meyer Turku completed lifting the Pearl, the world’s largest kinetic art sculpture, in February 2024 and lifted the 367-ton, 82-foot-tall, 164-foot-wide glass-and-metal AquaDome in July 2024.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025
In addition to a fourth runway, improvements include a major expansion of Terminal 2, including two outdoor gardens, a kinetic art installation, and robot assistants that can transport luggage and even deliver food to passengers at their gates.
—Leslie Patrick, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
Alaïa designer Peter Mulier took inspiration from kinetic art and incorporated spirals into his designs.
—Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
At the end of the tour of 270 Park, Foster and David Arena, the JPMorgan executive, returned to the company’s temporary headquarters, and spent a few minutes talking about Foster’s piece of kinetic art for the new building.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Images span performance ideas, political sloganeering, plans for kinetic art objects, fascinations with Rosa Luxemburg, the Polish German socialist thinker, Arthur Rimbaud, radical French poet, and more.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Venezuela, in particular, was a hotbed of geometric and kinetic art.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
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Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Together, these objects elevate familiar forms into kinetic art, now in new and elegant styles.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
Meyer Turku completed lifting the Pearl, the world’s largest kinetic art sculpture, in February 2024 and lifted the 367-ton, 82-foot-tall, 164-foot-wide glass-and-metal AquaDome in July 2024.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025
In addition to a fourth runway, improvements include a major expansion of Terminal 2, including two outdoor gardens, a kinetic art installation, and robot assistants that can transport luggage and even deliver food to passengers at their gates.
—Leslie Patrick, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
Alaïa designer Peter Mulier took inspiration from kinetic art and incorporated spirals into his designs.
—Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
At the end of the tour of 270 Park, Foster and David Arena, the JPMorgan executive, returned to the company’s temporary headquarters, and spent a few minutes talking about Foster’s piece of kinetic art for the new building.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Images span performance ideas, political sloganeering, plans for kinetic art objects, fascinations with Rosa Luxemburg, the Polish German socialist thinker, Arthur Rimbaud, radical French poet, and more.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Venezuela, in particular, was a hotbed of geometric and kinetic art.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
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“Kinetic art.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kinetic%20art. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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