In Brief
In Greece, a Red-Winged Sculpture Is Exorcised and Destroyed
Religious conservatives condemned the red figure as satanic and yanked it from its pedestal, while a priest attempted to exorcise it.
Public Art
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News
Dennis Oppenheim Sculpture Is Destroyed After City Officials Claim It Has “No Artistic Value” [UPDATED]
One of the last works designed by artist Dennis Oppenheim was destroyed in South Korea after the city of Busan claimed that the artwork was an "eyesore."
News
New York City Commission Opts to Keep Columbus Statue, But Under New Conditions
Officials have decided that only one statue will be moved: that of Dr. J. Marion Sims, a 19th-century gynecologist who experimented on female slaves without their consent.
News
A Massive Larry Rivers Mural Is Restored
The 75-foot-long mural now gleams in a Philadelphia station, having undergone its first-ever restoration.
News
Kerry James Marshall's Largest Work Yet Honors Women in the Arts
Marshall recently unveiled a 132-foot-wide, 100-foot-tall mural that pays homage to 20 women who shaped Chicago's cultural scene.
News
Over 120 Prominent Artists and Scholars Call on NYC to Take Down Racist Monuments
In a letter to the Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers, the signatories advocate for the removal of monuments to Christopher Columbus, J. Marion Sims, and Teddy Roosevelt.
News
Staten Islanders Defend Columbus at Final Hearing on NYC Monuments
During Tuesday's Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers hearing at Staten Island Borough Hall, speakers focused nearly exclusively on the Columbus Circle statue.
News
Calls to Take Down Columbus and J. Marion Sims Statues at Public Hearing on NYC Monuments
During a four-hour public hearing in Manhattan on Wednesday, Central Park's Sims statue was universally reviled, while monuments to Columbus, Roosevelt, and others provoked mixed commentary.
Art
Strange Creatures and Constructions Alight on the High Line
The High Line's Mutations exhibition features motion-capture cameras for birds, audio of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and other uncanny interventions in the elevated park.
News
New York State Plans Statues of Sojourner Truth and Rosalie Jones
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul announced today that statues of Sojourner Truth and Rosalie Jones would be erected on state property.
News
Central Park's First Statue of Historic Women Will Honor Two Suffragettes
On the centennial of women's suffrage in New York state, the Parks Department dedicated a site for a forthcoming statue of two of the movement's leaders: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
History
Crowdfunding a Memorial to Félicette, the First Cat Astronaut
A Kickstarter project is crowdfunding for a public statue memorializing Félicette, the first cat rocketed into space in 1963.