Art
Is that the Washington Monument in Your Pants or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
Although phallic forms in public space is nothing new, the documentation of the public interaction with them is newly available online, and hilarious.
Public Art
Art
Statuesque! Manhattan's Most Popular Public Art
Lady Liberty receives more than 3.5 million tourists every year. But how does that match up with some of New York’s other public art that do not have ticket sales to track attendance? For stats we turn to Foursquare.
Opinion
Do Jay-Z and Jeff Koons Really Need $1 Million for Water Tank Art?
For twelve weeks in the spring of 2013, the organizers of the Water Tank Project, a public art project set to raise awareness on water scarcity, plan to decorate 300 water tanks around New York City with big name artists. But you have to wonder, is it worth it?
Art
Bringing a Burst of Color to an Urban Intersection
CHICAGO — “Color Jam,” a public art piece by Jessica Stockholder, was completed on Tuesday in the downtown Loop section of Chicago.
News
Dumbo's New Recycled Watertower
As either an antidote or a companion (depending on your view) to its uber-expensive and iconic Clock Tower building, Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood will get a different kind of tower this week — a water tower, which is actually a giant art project, a large and colorful public sculpture by Brooklyn ar
Art
Finding Common Ground at City Hall
City Hall Park's newest exhibit has artists realizing public monuments as acts of memorial and common experience, as well as shared moments of public art whimsy.
Art
Cleaning Up Public Art
CHICAGO — As long as there have been cars, there has been automotive grime. And as long as there has been grime, there has been grime graffiti. You know, the sarcastic messages drawn into the dirt with the end of a finger, saying "Wash Me Now!" or "Clean Me Quick!" British artist Ben Long has decide
Opinion
A River of LED Fireflies in Tokyo
LOS ANGELES — Unlike the bright cities that surround them, rivers are usually dark spots at night, recognizable only as absences between well-lit buildings and highways. That’s what makes the image of 100,000 LED lights floating on Tokyo’s Sumida River so evocative. Installed during the Tokyo Hotaru
News
Aycock Airport Battle Moves to Arbitration
The saga of Alice Aycock vs. the food stands continues as the artist and JFK's Terminal One Group Association (TOGA) head to arbitration to settle their dispute.
Art
Artists as Job Creators
CHICAGO — The National Governors Association has just issued a report titled "New Engines for Growth: Five Roles for Arts, Culture and Design." I decided to read the whole thing, a task that I approached with some dread, given the prospect of wading through 45 pages of corporate art-speak. In fact,
News
Food Court Threatens Alice Aycock Sculpture at JFK
Oy! The Terminal One Group Association (TOGA) at JFK airport wants to dismantle and remove a work inside that terminal, "Star Sifter," by renowned American sculptor Alice Aycock.
News
New Faile Mural Lands in Williamsburg
Attention street art aficionados: a new public work by Faile has landed in Williamsburg! The piece, helpfully titled "104 N. 7th," departs from the pop-art collage aesthetic the duo's best known for and features instead thousands of hand-painted, sculpted ceramic tiles covering the facade of a comme