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A sketch of the boot hanging off a roof

A Broadway Mystery: Producers are Trying to Track Down Some Giant Inflatable Boots That Have Been Missing for 20 Years

The 1987 Broadway premiere of 'Into the Woods' was accompanied by a giant inflatable foot hanging off the theatre's roof. It made another appearance in 2002 but hasn't been seen since. Now, Broadway producers are on a quest to find it. Can you help?
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Pamela Council Talks About Fountain in Times Square, a Playland, and Everything

"I remember someone asked me at three years old what I wanted to be when I grew up, and my answer was Grace Jones."
By Erin Taylor

Allison Glenn and Diya Vij Are Among Those Curating Counterpublic 2023 in St. Louis

Launched in 2019, Counterpublic makes use of civic spaces to showcase site-specific installations.
By Helen Holmes

Phoebe Boswell’s Delicately-Rendered Portraits Ask Us to Care for One Another

By Wana Udobang

How a Madison Square Park Monument Was Transformed to Honor Refugees of War

By Osman Can Yerebakan

What Critics Are Saying About Hank Willis Thomas’ Brooklyn Statue, ‘Unity’

By Helen Holmes

Wall Street’s Iconic ‘Charging Bull’ Sculpture Is Apparently Being Moved

By Helen Holmes

New York Gets Its Own Version of Anish Kapoor’s ‘Bean’—But With a Difference

By Helen Holmes

For His First Public Sculpture, George Condo Matched His Concept With Its Grand Location

By Helen Holmes

Ruby City Is a New Museum Designed by David Adjaye, Built by San Antonio Generosity

By Helen Holmes

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

By Daniel S. Palmer

The Artist Behind Slovenia’s New Donald Trump Statue Explains Its Symbolism

By Noah Charney

Miami Beach Announces a $7M Spend on Public Art by Ellen Harvey, Joseph Kosuth and Others

By Clayton Schuster

Why This NYC Park Is Filled With the Sound of Loud Breathing

By Jessica Holmes

Expect This $1.5M Public Art Initiative to Cause at Least a Little Controversy

By Jessica Sulima

Artist Mocked Park Ave With Giant Roses—But Nobody Got It, So He Went to Paris

By Margaret Carrigan
Respect is the Strongest Compliment, 2015. Acrylic on brick wall, 20 x 100 ft. Located at 1102 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn.

Groundswell Marks 20 Years of Turning NYC Walls Into Social Murals

By Margaret Carrigan
Bob and Roberta Smith, Folkestone is an Art School. Commissioned by the Creative Foundation for Folkestone Triennial 2017.

English Coastal Town of Folkestone Transformed by 4th Art Triennial

By Margaret Carrigan
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
Gnomesville features a collection of thousands of garden gnomes tucked away in the forest.

Plan Your Summer Road Trip to the World’s Quirkiest Art Museums

By Alanna Martinez
Miss Pickle is Instagram famous art world canine known for posing with art.

This Art Show Is Only for Dogs and the End Is Nigh

By Alanna Martinez
Jonathan Horowitz, 700 Dots, Frieze New York.

Artist to Transform World Trade Center Oculus Into a Dot Painting Studio

By Alanna Martinez
Visitors are encouraged to take one of 4,000 free copies of Margaret Atwood's book.

Public Art Installation Offers Thousands of Free Copies of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

By Alanna Martinez
Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo stands beside a bust presented during a ceremony to rename Madeira's airport in Funchal as "Cristiano Ronaldo", on Madeira island, on March 29, 2017. Airport of Madeira, the birthplace of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, was renamed today in honor of the quadruple Ballon d'or and captain of the Portuguese team sacred European champion last summer.

Come on, That Cristiano Ronaldo Sculpture Isn’t That Bad

By Alanna Martinez
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