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Public Art Fund

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

Rachel Mijares Fick and Rebeca Laliberte built Future Fair to support emerging galleries via initiatives that promote collaboration and shared growth.
By Elisa Carollo

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

Yes, that was an ice cream bar curated by a Noma alum.
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

“Everything deteriorates,” former Public Art Fund director Tom Eccles told Observer. “The question is, what do you want to retain?”
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
Sunny Balzano, owner of Red Hook landmark Sunny's Bar

Afternoon Bulletin: Red Hook’s Sunny Balzano Dies, The Rock Gets a Pool (Sort Of)

By Kelsi Trinidad
A view of the Max Mara celebration of the opening of The Whitney Museum Of American Art at its new location on April 24, 2015 in New York City.

Whitney Museum to Reinstall Collection, Hauser & Wirth LA to Keep Graffiti—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Martin Creed, Work No. 2630 UNDERSTANDING, (2016).

British Art Star Martin Creed to Light Up Brooklyn Waterfront With Giant Neon Sign

By Alanna Martinez
Mickalene Thomas, Le leçon d’amour, 2008 © Mickalene Thomas. (Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong; and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York)

12 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before January 29

By Paul Laster
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