Mike Nelson: Extinction Beckons at the Hayward Gallery is a new high bar for installation art

The Hayward Gallery has emerged as London’s foremost destination for large-scale installation art since it reopened in 2018, from the bio-technological horror of Lee Bul’s pink tentacles to the jaw-dropping scale of a Finnish spruce in Among the Trees.  But even against this backdrop, Mike Nelson’s Extinction Beckons sets a mind-boggling new standard for transforming [...]