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A Public Art Project Casts a Shadow Over Moscow, Crimea, and Ukraine
A towering statue of Vladimir the Great is causing a great deal of anger in Moscow and beyond.
Public Art
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: cops catch Dale Chihuly employee stealing glass en masse, Nebraska teen lights sculpture on fire, and a Florida man's tin-foil-wrapped house is not a hit with neighbors.
Art
In a Bushwick Park, the Artworks Are Growing on Trees
On Saturday evening about 300 people descended on the tiny People's Garden under the elevated J and Z tracks in Bushwick for the opening of Paintings in Trees, a group show of paintings, drawings, and sculptures installed in every available space in the park, including the trees.
Opinion
Every Architectural Rendering Needs an Alexander Calder Sculpture
What is it about Alexander Calder sculptures that makes them irresistible to the artists who create architectural renderings?
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Colorado cops target artist who stacks stones, Chinese authorities not pleased about Forbidden City nude photo shoot, and murder weapon turns up in London museum.
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Philanthropist and Jury Clash Over Design of Controversial Warsaw Memorial
A controversial competition to build a monument in Warsaw to Poles who helped Jews during the Holocaust just got a little more controversial after the founder of the organization behind the project denounced the winning design.
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Artists Demand NYPD Return Edward Snowden Statue
On Tuesday morning civil rights lawyer Ronald Kuby and NYC Park Advocates president Geoffrey Croft held a press conference in Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park demanding the return of the sculpture bust of NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden that three artists illegally installed there last week.
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Rogue Light Artists Revive Brooklyn's Lost Edward Snowden Monument
After an unauthorized sculpture bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was installed and quickly removed in Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park, the Illuminator shone a ghostly version onto its empty pedestal.
In Brief
Renegade Edward Snowden Monument Erected (and Quickly Removed) in Brooklyn Park
In the wee hours of Monday morning, three artists and a team of helpers illegally installed a bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park.
Art
Crystal Balls of Cast-off Technology Illuminate a Park in Manhattan
Experiencing Paula Hayes’s Gazing Globes in Madison Square Park is recommended for after sunset, when the spheres are illuminated in the night like crystal balls of divination.
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New York City Bill Could Give Citizens Greater Say in Public Art Process
New legislation to be submitted to the New York City Council on Tuesday could bring an end to a decades-long debate surrounding democracy and public art.
Art
Reconstructing Managua Before the 1972 Earthquake
MANAGUA — Most people will advise you, on touching down in Managua, to rent a car and drive as fast out of the Nicaraguan capital as you can.