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Mississippi Governor Decries Billboard by Artist-Led Super PAC
The For Freedoms artist-led super PAC is riling people in Mississippi with a billboard that combines Donald Trump's campaign slogan with a Civil Rights-era photo.
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The Origins of Manhattan’s Tiny Plot of Precolonial Terrain
Alden Projects on the Lower East Side is marking 50 years since Alan Sonfist proposed reclaiming land in New York City for memorials to lost nature.
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In Brooklyn, a Clinton Sign Joins a Collection Dedicated to Presidential Runners-Up
A sign for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign joins presidential runners-up in Nina Katchadourian's “Monument to the Unelected” in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
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Signs of a Presidential Loser
Nina Katchadourian's "Monument to the Unelected" gives us a chance to consider what it means to be a loser in our electoral system.
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A Floating, Urban Forest Where the Food Is Free
Conceived of by artist Mary Mattingly, "Swale" models what New York City might look like if food were considered not only an economic good, but a public one.
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In Amsterdam’s Red Light District, Street Artists Tell Tourists: “No Fucking Photos"
Though Amsterdam's sex workers have long reprimanded tourists attempting to take pictures of them, doing some has become much harder in the age of the smartphone.
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Fake Ruins Beneath a Denver Bus Station
Beneath a disused bus station in downtown Denver, the Mexican artist collective SANGREE has shed light on the ruins of an ancient condominium complex that never existed.
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A Monument to Henrietta Lacks in Union Square and Other Art in Odd Places
The 2016 edition of Art in Odd Places included a monument to Henrietta Lacks, a "Red Line" archive, and roving dialogues on the theme of race.
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A Public Art Forest of 4,000 Spindly Redwoods Takes Root
Spencer Finch's new public art project has 4,000 trees recreating part of a California redwood forest in Downtown Brooklyn.
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A Tour of Meownuments to the World's Most Pawesome Cats
Istanbul unveiled a tribute to its local beloved feline this week, but it's hardly the first time a cat has been immortalized in bronze.
In Brief
New York Is Getting a 16-Story, $150 Million Staircase to Nowhere
Influenced by the M.C. Escher-esque designs of Indian stepwells, British starchitect Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled plans for a giant stairway to nowhere in New York City's Hudson Yards.
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Security Footage Shows 60-Foot Kenny Scharf Mural Being Stolen, Again
A 60-foot-long mural by street artist Kenny Scharf has been stolen from the East River Esplanade in Harlem for the second time — but at least this time the heist was captured on camera.