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Displaying all articles tagged:
Public Art?
public art watch
Feb. 22, 2024
James Turrell Skyspace Opens at Friends Seminary
It opens to the public on March 1.
By
Clio Chang
preservation watch
Jan. 12, 2024
How the Nivola Horses Got Their Hooves Back
All 18 modernist sculptures have been reinstalled in an Upper West Side plaza.
By
Clio Chang
architecture
Apr. 18, 2023
There’s a Monument to South Central L.A. on Top of the Met
Once the run in New York ends, it goes back to its home community for permanent installation.
By
Diana Budds
design hunting
Sept. 9, 2022
Minecraft
at MoMA, Barbie Dreamhouse Paint, and More Finds
Plus a furniture and design exhibition in a landscape architect’s historic midcentury house.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
Aug. 12, 2022
A LEGO Playscape in Harlem, a Squishy Chair, and More Finds
Plus, a mural for Little Ukraine.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
July 29, 2022
Candy-Inspired Tables, an Archive of NYC Water, and More Finds
Plus, a new ashtray from Seth Rogen’s weed brand Houseplant.
By
Diana Budds
preservation watch
Mar. 30, 2022
The Nivola Horses Are Finally Getting Their Feet Back
Architectural conservationists are restoring the sculptures for an eventual return to public space this fall.
By
Diana Budds
wall street
Nov. 19, 2021
Hey, That Bull Looks Familiar
Brazil’s stock exchange is the latest to install a “Charging Bull” knockoff.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
design edit
Oct. 22, 2021
A Diane Arbus Tribute, Graphic Blankets, and Other Things I Liked This Week
Plus, a public sculpture made from 400,000 acrylic fingernails.
By
Diana Budds
public art
June 7, 2021
Rashid Johnson Welcomes Everyone to His Red Stage on Astor Place
Do what you want, people!
By
Carl Swanson
design edit
Mar. 12, 2021
Goodnight Moon
Candles, Puffy Tableware, and Other Things I Liked This Week
Plus a Japanese carpentry exhibition and portraits of artists at home.
By
Diana Budds
public art
Mar. 11, 2019
Our Memorials Teach Us to Forget
Most things crumble, especially in New York.
By
Justin Davidson
#shebuiltnyc
Mar. 7, 2019
New York City Is Getting 4 More Statues of Remarkable Women
Bringing the grand total to nine, out of more than 1,000.
By
Amanda Arnold
new york city
June 20, 2018
You Can Now Nominate a Woman to Become a Monument in NYC
Women.nyc has launched a new campaign.
By
Sarah Spellings
public art
May 22, 2018
Exclusive: Watch How Soho’s Gucci Wall Gets Painted
Fashion-y ASMR.
By
Sarah Spellings
art
May 17, 2018
Breakfast With Anselm Kiefer, Who Made That Flying Lead Book at Rock Center
Just don’t write on his cappuccino, please.
By
Carl Swanson
gallery
Mar. 30, 2018
Giant Mural on Flatbush Avenue Captures the Brooklyn Way
Brooklyn artist Katie Merz created a cartoonlike mural on a 12,500-square-foot city building.
By
Jane Drinkard
public art
Feb. 27, 2018
This Brand Is Putting Up Murals All Over New York City
Get out and ‘gram it.
By
Sarah Spellings
public art
Dec. 29, 2017
Rupert Murdoch Plants a Wind-Powered Sculpture in Front of Fox News HQ
“It’s going to stop traffic,” he predicted.
By
Belinda Rathbone
fall preview 2017
Aug. 25, 2017
Ai Weiwei on His Massive Upcoming Public Art Fund Project
“It is like presenting yourself to an old lover; to give to the city what I never had a chance to achieve when I was there.”
By
Carl Swanson
vulture cover story
Apr. 16, 2017
After Her Sugar Sphinx, Kara Walker Is a Whole Different Kind of Public Figure
And she’s figuring out a whole new approach to public art.
By
Doreen St. Félix
Dec. 27, 2016
Second Avenue Subway Station Features Portrait of Gay Couple Holding Hands
It’s the first permanent, nonpolitical, LGBTQ public art in the city, according to one expert.
By
Adam K. Raymond
public art
Nov. 21, 2016
Jeff Koons Will Donate
Bouquet of Tulips
Sculpture to the People of Paris
In commemoration of 2015’s terrorist attacks there.
By
Kaitlin Fontana
Nov. 1, 2016
Finally, the Astor Place Cube Is Back Where It Belongs
Reinstalled Tuesday after a two-year absence.
By
Jen Kirby
Oct. 18, 2016
A Naked Hillary Clinton Statue Sparked a Brawl in Lower Manhattan This Morning
It was only a matter of time.
By
Jen Kirby
Aug. 23, 2016
Here’s What Happens When Vigilante Art Critic Eric André Is Set Loose in NYC
Of course the cops showed up.
By
Kenny Wassus
Aug. 15, 2016
This Psychedelic Art Installation May Induce a Drug-Free Trip
Ooh, shiny.
By
Kenny Wassus
and
Cait Munro
June 6, 2016
Franz Kafka Is Always Watching You, If You’re Outside City Hall in Prague
It’s in the middle of a bustling shopping center in Kafka’s hometown, Prague.
By
Christine Nguyen
and
Cait Munro
most realistic statue award
June 1, 2016
Women Taking a Selfie Immortalized in $35,500 Bronze Statue
It now stands outside of City Hall in Sugar Land, Texas.
By
Gabrielle Noone
reasons to love new york
Dec. 17, 2015
New York Has Solved the Problem of Public Art. But at What Cost?
What am I supposed to do when cultural forces I loathe are responsible for something like a new golden age of public art?
By
Jerry Saltz
Sept. 14, 2014
Can Happy Street Signs Solve Newark’s Crime Problem?
An unprecedented social experiment is about to begin.
By
Abraham Riesman
muni meltdown
Aug. 6, 2013
Detroit Is Having Its Art Collection Appraised
Hard to watch.
By
Adam Martin
neighborhood news
Aug. 30, 2011
Tourists May Soon Be Able to Gawk at a Piece of Public Art Mocking Them
How welcoming.
By
Noreen Malone