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Public Art

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A man with a green striped jacket and red cap looks up at a massive bright orange fire hydrant sculpture in a grassy park.

Roberto Lugo On Thinking Larger Than Life in Madison Square Park

A 15-foot hydrant and a 20-foot urn present the ceramicist's most personal stories on a monumental new scale.
By J. Scott Orr
A selfie taken courtside shows two smiling women seated among a packed arena crowd, with spectators closely lined in rows behind them during a live game.

Why Sports Venues Are Betting Big on Fine Art

This fall, Sarah Sze's 'Wave' will be installed in the Barclays Center atrium, followed by large-scale paintings by Rashid Johnson and Mark Bradford.
By Daniel Grant
A portrait of Jean Cooney, wearing a navy blue blazer, sitting with a neutral expression against a simple white background.

Jean Cooney Is Back at Creative Time and Ready to Take New Risks

She has built a career around staging impossible projects in improbable places.
By Dan Duray

72 Hours of Art in Salt Lake City: Museum Hopping, Spiral Jetty and Sculpture on the Slopes

By Christa Terry
Two people in white robes look up at a night sky filled with intersecting beams of light radiating from a single bright point.

Manar Abu Dhabi Illuminates a Growing Ecosystem of Creativity and Public Engagement

By Elisa Carollo
A gallery space displays several large translucent glass cubes, one glowing pink, each occupying its own platform under a high wooden ceiling with exposed beams.

Larry Bell’s Luminous Geometry Heads to Madison Square Park

By Jordan Riefe
Artist Melissa Joseph sits on vibrantly painted outdoor steps featuring soft-focus imagery of figures and faces, wearing a black and white patterned dress.

Melissa Joseph Scales Up Poignancy in Public Spaces With ‘Tender’

By Elisa Carollo
A public art installation commemorating lives lost to gun violence at the New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing

From Aesthetics to Impact: Rethinking Public Art’s Role in Communities

By Marissa Dionne Mead
Two neon signs in the windows of a commercial building read “NO JOB NO HOME” and “AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW,” while a couple walks past on the sidewalk.

Boston’s Triennial Reimagines Public Art Through the City’s Social, Historical and Ecological Realities

By Elisa Carollo
Sculptures of walking people confronting large murals

Julian Opie’s Figures Walk Between Individuality and Universal Humanity

By Elisa Carollo
Artist Ken Lum

Skepticism and Asian Voices in Art: An Interview With Ken Lum

By Xinyi Ye
Land art work of carved pools in rock

Bridging Art, Nature and Community: Inside The Land Art Museum’s Bold Experiment

By Renata Maiblum
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
Portrait of a man with glasses.

Pedro Reyes Believes in the Practical Duty and Emotional Impact of Public Art

By Elisa Carollo
A photo of a man with short, neatly styled hair wearing a fitted black T-shirt, standing with his arms crossed against a solid black background. The image is a black-and-white portrait, emphasizing the subject's confident and composed expression.

Public Art at the Transamerica Pyramid: An Interview With Art Collector and Developer Michael Shvo

By Dan Duray
A photo of an abstract sculpture featuring multiple disjointed mannequin legs attached to an orange metal frame with cranks. The artwork is positioned on a paved surface, with classical and modern buildings visible in the background.

“MARY MARY” at The Artist’s Garden Adds Women’s Voices to the Public Art Dialogue

By Simon Coates
A photo of the exterior of a historic building featuring large sculptural elements. A large hand and a face are seen protruding from windows of the building, adding an unexpected, modern twist to the otherwise traditional yellow-walled structure with ornate domes and an arched entrance.

Observer’s Guide to the Best Art Galleries and Museums in Seville, Spain

By Tamar Lortkipanidze
A mural on the Berlin Wall at the East Side Gallery shows Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East German leader Erich Honecker in a famous embrace, surrounded by painted text and graffiti on the lower wall.

The Offbeat Art of Berlin Decades After the Fall of the Wall

By Nick Hilden

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

By Dan Duray
Image of a crane in a park.

Nicole Eisenman Unveils ‘Fixed Crane’ in Madison Square Park

By Elisa Carollo
Image of screens in the city

Coco Fusco’s New Public Project Brings the History of New York’s Migrants to the Streets

By Elisa Carollo
A man with rolled up pants and a baseball cap sits with feet pointed and hands clasped on a large stone

How Artist Brendan Fernandes Is Decolonizing Architecture Without Tearing It Down

By Gameli Hamelo
A full-color photograph of two small tree-filled islands surrounded by pink fabric floating in the water

NSU Art Museum Director Bonnie Clearwater On the Gift of ‘Surrounded Islands’

By Dan Duray
Image of a woman with glasses working with soil.

How VIA Art Fund Is Supporting Some of the Most Ambitious Art Projects in the U.S.

By Elisa Carollo
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