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The Wick Culture - Ryan Gander 'What Do Animals Dream Of?' Squeeze Ball

Object Ryan Gander ‘What Do Animals Dream Of?’ Squeeze Ball

£6

This Mental Health Awareness Week, we are thinking about objects that offer a little release. Ryan Gander’s squeeze ball is an especially good place to begin. Produced by the Royal Academy and inspired by the artist’s Question series, it turns a familiar stress-relief object into something more playful and conceptually sly, printed with the line ‘What Do Animals Dream Of?’. There is something appealing about this combination of utility and curiosity. A pocket-sized reminder that the mind does not always need solving, only settling.


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The Wick Culture - Gallery view of the Summer Exhibition 2026, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 16 June - 23 August 2026, showing 'The Witch' and 'The Goddess' by Paulina Olowska. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London / David Parry
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