News
Mexican Duo RojoNegro Installs Colossal Work on UC San Diego Campus
María Sosa and Noé Martínez, the Michoacán artists representing Mexico at the Venice Biennale, hand-painted 260 ceramic tiles for the installation.
Public Art
2026 Midterm Elections
Philadelphians to Vote on Permanent Arts and Culture Office on Election Day
The proposed ballot measure would ensure that the office is immune from administrative overhauls.
News
Shuttering Early, Art Basel Paris Also Removes Public Sculptures
Works by Simone Fattal, Manfred Pernice, and Niki de Saint Phalle are among those that will be removed early from Winston Churchill Avenue ahead of the fair’s early closure.
News
This Ron DeSantis Statue Can’t Take the Heat
The climate group 350 Action’s gallium statue began melting soon after being installed outdoors in Tallahassee on October 13.
Feature
Jazmine Hayes Charts Community Displacement, Resilience in Brownsville Art Commission
“I genuinely want any child that walks through this door to be and feel protected,” the East New York-raised artist told Hyperallergic.
Feature
Artists Honor Immigrants in Monuments Across New Jersey
New public commissions by artists Michelle Angela Ortiz, Chat Travieso, and Immanuel Oni are part of the New Jersey Monuments to Migration and Labor initiative.
Feature
Jean Shin Creates Her Own Anti-War Camouflage
Highlighting patterns of war and migration, her installation "Tidal Crossing" is the latest artist intervention at the Brooklyn Army Terminal.
Guide
10 Public Artworks to See Across the US This Fall
Camille Henrot’s pack of dogs take Central Park, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz leads a procession through Philadelphia, and Sara Genn paints the sky in Santa Fe.
News
Buffalo Puppet Procession Traces Native History Through NYC’s Streets
“Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi” pays homage to 38 Dakota men executed by President Abraham Lincoln in Mankato, Minnesota, in 1862.
Feature
NYC’s Shelter Population Speaks Out in Public Art Project
Alex Strada’s “Public Address” brings handwritten testimonies from over 400 unhoused New Yorkers and shelter staff to a dozen locations across the Bronx.
News
Liu Wei’s Met Facade Commission Reflects Our Moment
On view through next June, Liu's sculpture series “Speculation” (2026) contemplates the contradictory elements of collapse and civic transformation.
Trump Administration
Another Abstract Public Artwork Faces Trump’s Senseless Ire
The president wants to replace José de Rivera's “Infinity” (1967) outside the National Museum of American History with a statue of George Washington.