News
After Protests from Native American Community, Walker Art Center Will Remove Public Sculpture
Sam Durant's outdoor installation "Scaffold" references the US Army's mass execution of 38 Dakota men in Minnesota in 1862.
Public Art
Art
Learning a Lesson from New York City Birds
A public artwork reminds us that what’s happening to the humans in a city is not necessarily the same as what’s happening to the animals.
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Sculptor of Wall Street’s “Charging Bull” Demands Relocation of “Fearless Girl” [UPDATED]
In a letter sent through his lawyer, Arturo Di Modica claims that the new statue violates the Visual Artists Rights Act and illegally commercializes his own sculpture.
Art
The Trials of a Hot-Pink Sunbather
Ohad Meromi's public sculpture “Sunbather,” perhaps unintentionally, turns out to be a button pusher. And the pushback it has already received is a healthy sign.
Art
A Yearlong Public Art Project to 3D Print 2,017 Roosters
Over the course of 2017, Chris Templeman's "Make and Take" installation in Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway is 3D printing over 2,000 free roosters to celebrate the Year of the Rooster.
In Brief
Artist Receives Death Threats Over Her Anti-Trump Billboard
One side of artist Karen Fiorito's billboard depicts a scowling Donald Trump flanked by fiery mushroom clouds and symbols that merge the Nazi swastika with the dollar sign, while the other features a message of unity.
Opinion
The Sculpture of a "Fearless Girl" on Wall Street Is Fake Corporate Feminism
The bronze statue installed by an advertising firm and a financial firm represents basically everything that’s wrong with our society.
In Brief
Financial Firm Plants Statue in Front of Wall Street Bull for International Women’s Day
"Fearless Girl" was installed on the eve of International Women's Day as part of a call on the financial industry to put more women in leadership positions.
News
Six Years After the Christchurch Earthquake, a Homegrown Memorial Faces an Uncertain Future
As the official memorial to victims of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake is unveiled, an unofficial but beloved installation commemorating the dead remains in limbo.
Art
Ann Hamilton's Portraits that Blur and Isolate
For a commission at the University of Texas at Austin, Hamilton photographed over 500 people at locations around the city through sheets of milky, semi-opaque Duraflex.
Art
The Hague’s City Hall Gets a Mondrian Makeover for De Stijl’s Centennial
A giant homage to the most iconic Dutch modern art movement debuted today in The Hague.
Art
Gilded Age Statues Return to the Manhattan Bridge, Now with Kinetic Illumination
Brian Tolle's new public sculpture features two long-lost guardians of the Manhattan Bridge, now illuminating its Brooklyn entrance.