Under the circus tent of the ocean, octopuses play the role of contortionists and escape artists, packing themselves itself into spaces too tiny to believe.
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Meghan Bartels,
Washington Post,
5 Nov. 2026
They’ve been exhibited at some of the world’s most prominent museums and enliven Española Way in Miami Beach, where his hanging aluminum contortionists marked the 20th anniversary of Art Basel in 2022.
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