Art
New NYC Subway Murals Challenge the Authority of Maps
At 68th Street–Hunter College station, a new trio of mosaics by professor Lisa Corinne Davis is a dizzying exploration of the art of cartography.
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MTA Prepares to Replace New York’s Iconic Orange Subway Cars
The transit authority will begin the lengthy process of replacing the beloved 1980s trains.
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MTA Prepares to Replace New York’s Iconic Orange Subway Cars
The transit authority will begin the lengthy process of replacing the beloved 1980s trains.
Art
24 Exceptional Subway Artworks to See in NYC
You don’t need to visit a gallery or museum to experience the works of well-known artists, from Romare Bearden in the Bronx to Katherine Bradford in Manhattan.
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New Yorkers Roast the MTA's New "You Do You" Masking Guidelines
The puzzling new graphic calls upon us to "respect each other's choices," including wearing a mask the wrong way.
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Subway Graffiti Is on the Rise in New York City
The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) plans to spend over $1 million on graffiti removal and prevention this year.
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Katherine Bradford Mosaic Murals Make a Manhattan Subway Station Shine
You don't need a train ticket to see the five glass mosaic murals by Bradford at the L train 1 Avenue stop.
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Over 220 Artists and Cultural Workers Decry Over-Policing of NYC Subways in Open Letter
The letter, penned by advocates from the organizations the Black School and the Laundromat Project, condemns the recent vote to spend nearly $250 million on the deployment of 500 additional MTA officers in the city's subways.
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Guerrilla NYC Subway Ads Mock Trump, Giuliani, and Fox News Hosts
The Good Liars, the comic duo behind the spoofs, got its start during the Occupy Wall Street protests.
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Icons of Bronx History Are Honored in Rico Gatson's New York Subway Murals
Figures like Justice Sonia Sotomayor, James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou's take center stage in the artist's new MTA mosaics for the 167th Street station.
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Yoko Ono Brings the Sky Underground in Newly Unveiled New York Subway Mural
The station sits under Ono's home at the Dakota, and is highly trafficked by tourists making a pilgrimage between her and John Lennon's home and his memorial in Strawberry Fields.
In Brief
Your Bus Ride Is a Battleground: Barbara Kruger Designed NYC MetroCards
The artist created two designs emblazoned with her trademark white-on-red text, posing difficult questions to New York's straphangers.