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Get Inspired On Your Commute With New Poetry In NYC Subways

by Jasmine Liu February 8, 2022February 9, 2022

Agha Shahid Ali and Timothy Liu’s poems feature artwork by Jim Hodges and Nancy Spero.

Posted inArt

Katherine Bradford Mosaic Murals Make a Manhattan Subway Station Shine

by Valentina Di Liscia September 23, 2021September 23, 2021

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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The Arches of Old Penn Station Return in Diana Al-Hadid’s Subway Mosaics

by Zachary Small May 1, 2019November 20, 2019

The permanent installations line the mezzanines at the 34th Street Penn Station stop with fluid line work and ghostly presence.

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When It Comes to Female Artists, the MTA Has a Better Track Record than NY’s Top Museums

by Hall W. Rockefeller April 10, 2019April 12, 2019

Curatorial leadership with a focus on site and audience develops an inclusive art program without using quotas.

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Various Visions of the Future in NYC’s First New Subway Station in 25 Years

by Allison Meier September 15, 2015September 21, 2015

It only took a day after Sunday’s opening for a candy bar wrapper to lodge beneath the new wooden bench of the 34th Street-Hudson Yards platform, and vague stains to appear on the station’s light granite floor tiles.

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A New Guide to New York’s Subterranean Art

by Allison Meier November 10, 2014November 12, 2014

There are over 250 art projects lodged in the transit infrastructure of New York City. Some are garish or grand mosaics that cover whole subway tunnels, others you might walk by for years without recognition. A new book compiles them in a guide to city’s subterranean galleries.

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