In Brief
Louisiana Republicans Target State Spending on Public Art
Louisiana, like many states and municipalities in the US, has had a "Percent for Art" law on the books for years.
Public Art
Art
A Soviet-Era Kinetic Sculpture Designed to Improve Factory Life
The "Positron" (1976–77) by Latvian artist Valdis Celms operated a bit like a disco ball, flashing various colors of light as the goliath metal orb rotated.
In Brief
Columbia Students Object to Installation of Henry Moore “Monstrosity"
In what is apparently not an April Fools joke, a group of Columbia University students is protesting the installation of a Henry Moore sculpture on campus.
Art
Tracing the Legacies of Postwar UK’s Lost and Damaged Public Artworks
Last December, after cultural preservationists in England realized that many of the nation's postwar public sculpture have disappeared from the landscape over a number of decades, they issued a public call to attempt to trace or even recover them.
News
A New Website Lets You Browse Images of All Publicly Owned Art in the UK
“THROUGH OUR PUBLIC COLLECTIONS WE ALL OWN ART,” reads a new painting by British artist Bob and Roberta Smith (who is one guy).
Art
Documenting the Disappearing Rest Stops of the American West
While on a solo road trip from California to Texas in 2007, Austin-based photographer Ryann Ford became enamored with the quirky designs of the rest stops along Route 66.
News
Artist Plans New York City Monument To Put Donald Trump in His Place
Now the world may receive its first Donald J. Trump public sculpture, which isn't exactly an honorable tribute to the Cheeto-colored candidate scarily inching his way to becoming the Republican presidential nominee.
Art
Yo, Make Deborah Kass's Public Sculpture in Brooklyn Permanent!
When I first saw it in November I was immediately inclined to bemoan the fact that Deborah Kass's canary yellow public sculpture "OY/YO," installed on the Brooklyn waterfront in Dumbo, will not be there permanently.
Art
The Unsung Female Muses of New York's Public Sculpture
New York City is seriously lacking in sculptures of historic women, with just five among the hundreds of bronzes and granite monuments in the five boroughs. Yet look into the faces of some of its allegorical figures — its angels, goddesses, and symbols of victory — and there are other real women emb
Interview
“I Would Be Devastated to See It Destroyed”: An Artist Sues to Protect Her Detroit Mural
DETROIT — Michigan kicked off 2016 with all kinds of breaking litigation news.
Art
Paris Department Store Kite Display Marks New Low for Ai Weiwei
PARIS — Like a good student of the bottomless pit of fashion, Ai Weiwei has delivered big on his latest class assignment.
In Brief
Facebook Censors Photo of Copenhagen's Beloved Little Mermaid Statue
For more than a century, Edvard Eriksen's bronze statue of "The Little Mermaid" has perched quietly on a waterside rock in Copenhagen, offending virtually no one.