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Public Art Fund

A woman walks through a field of golden wheat in Lower Manhattan, with the World Trade Center towers and surrounding skyline visible in the background.

Five Artists Who Treat the Earth as Both Medium and Beneficiary

Making climate-conscious art at scale and in public is arduous, expensive and often exhausting. Agnes Denes, Mary Mattingly, Maya Lin and their peers have built substantial careers, sustain themselves through their practices and hold places in major collections, yet haven't shied away from creating works that help the planet.
By Mary Gregory
Large textile fish sculptures inspired by koinobori stream from colorful poles in the wind, with Toronto’s skyline and CN Tower visible behind them.

Toronto’s Lassonde Art Trail Reimagines Public Art as Part of a Healthier Urban Ecosystem

The trail expands on the $1.4 billion tri-government investment reshaping Toronto's waterfront through flood protection, environmental restoration and new public spaces. LAT's curator, November Paynter, told Observer that the curatorial process began while the park was still under construction, with the team researching the site's engineering, natural environment and history, before conducting studio visits with artists whose practices could respond to those conditions.
By Elisa Carollo

Inside Public Art Fund’s 2026 Spring Benefit, New York’s Most Civic-Minded Soirée

Collectors, gallerists, tastemakers and a bevy of well-heeled philanthropists descended on the Metropolitan Pavilion earlier this month for the organization's most dynamic fundraiser yet.
By Christa Terry

Society On the Slopes: Inside the Art Production Fund’s 2026 Après Ski-Inspired Gala

By Olivia Empson
Two women pose in front of a vibrant, tropical-themed painting featuring a nude female figure, a palm tree, and floral patterns. One woman wears a white blazer with a bold red floral accessory, while the other wears a red dress. Both stand confidently against the colorful art backdrop.

How Future Fair’s Founders Are Reimagining the Art Fair Model from the Ground Up

By Elisa Carollo

Auction Paddles, Ping Pong Paddles and Play: Inside Public Art Fund’s 2025 Party

By Christa Terry
A black metal sculpture resembling a spiked animal skull with horns lies in a circular patch of tall grass within a tree-lined park, with a pathway leading toward ornate, historic buildings in the background.

The Case for Installing Temporary Public Art

By Daniel Grant

The Most Influential People in Art

By The Editors, Christa Terry, Elisa Carollo, Merin Curotto, Mána Taylor and Su Ertekin-Taner

Edra Soto On Puerto Rican Art, Public Sculpture and Her New NYC Installation ‘Graft’

By Dan Duray
A portrait of a smiling man with a gray beard and wire glasses

Nicholas Baume On the Power of Public Art and What It’s Accomplishing in New York

By Dan Duray
View of Sarah Sze's art installation ( a hanging sculpture made of a constellation of photos) at Terminal-B Arrivals Departure Hall at LaGuardia Airport.

Eighteen Newly Announced Artist Commissions Will Enhance JFK’s Terminal 6

By Elisa Carollo
A man wearing a knit beanie and a sweater stands half in and half out of golden light.

Capturing Connection: Photographer Clifford Prince King On Relationships, Fear and Finding Home

By Christa Terry

Public Art Fund’s 2020 Exhibitions Will Include Awol Erizku’s Photos Taken in US Prisons

By Helen Holmes

Hold Your Horses: The Artist and Curator Behind Central Park’s Equine Statues Reveal Their Intention

By Daniel S. Palmer

Bronx Native Elle Pérez Explains the Photos You’ve Been Seeing on Bus Stops Across NYC

By Osman Can Yerebakan

Why the Whitney, MoMA and Public Art Fund are Uniting for an Exhibition About Artist Pope.L

By Clayton Schuster

The Best Public Art Opening in New York City This Spring

By Juliet Helmke
Rendering of one piece in the multi-part Public Art Fund project Ai Weiwei: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors at Washington Square Park.

Ai Weiwei’s Public Art Fund Commission to Take Over All Five NYC Boroughs

By Taylor Dafoe
A rendering for Ai Weiwei's Good Fences Make Good Neighbors, a project with the Public Art Project coming to New York in October 2017.

Ai Weiwei Plans to Put Up Fences Across New York

By Alanna Martinez
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-AZ), (C), walks away after speaking to the media after attending a weekly luncheon with Senate Democrats at the Capitol, December 6, 2016 in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats gathered at the weekly luncheon to discuss their upcoming agenda.

Senator Harry Reid’s Art World Legacy, Tallying NY’s Gallery Closures

By Alanna Martinez
Martin Creed.

To Martin Creed, Even a Shit Is Art

By Alanna Martinez
A marble Roman copy of a Greek bronze bust of Aristotle by Lysippus, (c. 330 BC).

Scientists May Have Found Aristotle’s Tomb, Rare Dino Bones for Sale

By Alanna Martinez
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 11: Labour Member of Parliament for Tooting and London mayoral candidate, Sadiq Khan, gestures after winning the contest to become Labour's candidate to become London mayor at the Royal Festival Hall on September 11, 2015 in London, England. Mr Khan beat 5 other candidates to the position to stand in next years mayoral election.

London’s New Mayor Loves the Arts, British Museum Closes for BP Protest

By Alanna Martinez
Rachel Harrison, Untitled, (2012).

10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before April 29

By Paul Laster
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