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"The Weight Stacks Look Like Sculptures"... The World's Healthiest Art Museum Draws Attention

Go Hui-gyeong

Published : Sep 3, 2026 8:33 AM

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Many people sweat it out at the gym to build a physique as stunning as a sculpture.

However, there is a special gym here where people work out using actual "sculptures."

People are working out diligently at the gym.

But the shape of the weight stacks attached to the equipment looks unusual, doesn't it?

It is an installation art piece titled "Physical Culture" created by a Lithuanian artist.

Following an exhibition in Vilnius, Lithuania last year, it recently appeared at an art museum in Nottingham, UK.

Made to function like actual exercise equipment, visitors can directly lift the pieces of art to train their bodies.

The concept reportedly stems from the similarity between repeating workouts at a gym dreaming of a perfect body and art students learning beauty by copying classical sculptures.

Art that you feel with your body by lifting it directly instead of just looking with your eyes—it just might be the healthiest art museum in the world.

(Source: Instagram @augustasserapinas)