"The Monologue of Ice"

Talk about impermanence: Korean artist Atta Kim explores the Buddhist concept as he builds a five-foot-high, 1,300-pound ice Buddha under the Rubin's staircase and lets it slowly melt away. The museum will stay open for 24 hours as the sculpture vanishes, and visitors can even take away their own souvenir droplets using wooden spoons and containers provided by the museum.