COLLABORATIONS
Wrapped in History
BY Vikram Goyal
Curated by celebrated product designer and artist, Vikram Goyal, the collection featured intricate, handmade blankets, each a one-off creation by world-renowned fashion houses and Indigenous master weavers, and were displayed as part of the Beverly Hills migration.
Designed by 55 artists, brands, fashion houses and Indigenous communities - including Sabyasachi, Ralph Lauren, Elie Saab, Ritu Kumar, Lovebirds, each piece reflected a centuries-old tradition of gifting blankets at the end of a journey, symbolising respect, protection and completion.
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
BY sOPHIE VON HELLERMANN
Elephant in the Room, 2013
This large scale canvas painting by Sophie von Hellermann was displayed in TMC³ at Helix Park, to mark the herd's arrival inHouston, in June 2025.
Von Hellermann's narrative paintings have been described as a ‘fluid, acrylic meltdown of images from books, films, art history, the media and her own life’. Using rapid, broad brushstrokes to apply pure pigment to unprimed canvas, her images have a hazy, translucent character that instils a dream-like quality in her work.
SEARCHERS
BY hADI fALAPISHI
To celebrate the start of coast-to-coast Great Elephant Migration, Hadi Falapishi created 100 paintings, sculptures, and other fanciful objects that coexist with and comment on the one-hundred strong elephant herd. Pulling together the ambivalence of being excited and scared of arriving in a new place, through an inversion of the notion of migration, he shifts the focus to the crowd receiving the new arrival. SEARCHERS explores themes of acceptance and curiosity, animating the act of looking, searching, and revealing the unknown with a sense of misplacement.
VOILE TOILE/TOILE VOILE
By Daniel Buren
In Miami, the elephants joined forces with Daniel Buren in a special Art Week collaboration to honor migrations across land and sea. Titled Voile/Toile–Toile/Voile (Sail/Canvas–Canvas/Sail), the work begins as performance art piece, with nine sailboats adorned with Buren’s signature stripes on their sails competing in a regatta, with olympic sailors at the helm. Following the regatta, the sails were displayed like paintings in order of their placement at the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
With special thanks to Laser Performance for creating the sails & Miami Yacht Club for their support in the regatta.
MIAMI REEF STAR
By Carlos Betancourt & Alberto Latorre
The migration supports The ReefLine - a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring Miami’s coastal ecosystem and fostering environmental awareness through art. The ReefLine presented the stunning 'Miami Reef Star' alongside the elephants on Miami Beach during Art Week. Designed by Carlos Betancourt & Alberto Latorre, and curated by Ximena Caminos, these large-scale installations took inspiration from the captivating migration of starfish. They serve as a prototype for The ReefLine sculpture park to provide habitat for fish and coral.