Art
Sprawling Sculpture Series Blooms Across Harlem’s Parks
Two dozen works by artists of color document identity, diaspora, and tradition in the neighborhood’s first large-scale public art exhibition.
Public Art
Art
What Are Those Giant Painted Heads Floating in the Seine?
Some of the Louvre’s most famous works inspired a series of half-submerged installations for the Olympic games.
Art
What’s Up With Those Park Avenue Sculptures of Men Missing Body Parts?
Bruno Catalano’s bronze figures are a devastatingly hyper-literal and heavy-handed interpretation of loss.
Art
New Mosaics Arrive at Metropolitan-Lorimer Subway Stop
Local artists Jackie Chang and Chloë Bass created two multi-panel series, now on view at the Brooklyn station.
News
A Giant IUD Lands in DC as Senate Blocks Contraception Access Bill
The lavender inflatable is a visual reminder of what's at stake in the US as legislation protecting access to contraceptives is stalled in Congress.
Art
In Bushwick, Skewville Makes a Home for Street Art
Tucked away in a garage in Brooklyn, the colorful art space is one of the only galleries in the city devoted to the underappreciated medium.
News
A 65-Foot Wiener Lands in Times Square
New Yorkers can feast their eyes on the formidable frank through June 13.
Art
Rose B. Simpson’s Soaring Metal Sentinels Watch Over Madison Square Park
The artist explained that the sculptures in Seed “transform the nature of a hectic and scary city, in a sense, to a place that’s really safe.”
Art
Finding Black Queer Love in the Urban Everyday
Clifford Prince King’s photographs transform bus shelters and newsstands into spaces of acceptance and representation.
Art
NYC Is Seeking Artists to Transform Unsightly Scaffolding
The City Canvas program will commission designs for temporary protective structures, at the expense of property owners.
News
California’s Iconic Salvation Mountain Designated a Historic Site
Artist Leonard Knight spent 25 years crafting the work in the remote California desert.
Art
Understanding Shakira’s New Sculpture Through Her Song Lyrics
The artwork’s hips definitely do not lie, but its face might.