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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.
Public Art
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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
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Join Our Twitter Conversation with the AGO Today at 11am EST
Today, join the Art Gallery of Ontario and Hyperallergic at 11 am EST for an hour-long Twitter discussion about public art.
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Sarah Palin and the Arts in Alaska
CHICAGO — The LA Times reported on February 20 that there's been a bit of a kerfuffle about a public sculpture in Wasilla, Alaska, the town that will forever be associated with ex-mayor of Wasilla and former half-term governor Sarah Palin, though it turns out that the story has absolutely nothing to
Opinion
Statue Porn
While learning more about public art, I began to notice a startling trend; it appears that the public possesses an odd affinity toward public works. Aside from the common images of the Statue of Liberty or the popular monuments in Washington, DC, I found image after image of art lovers groping, hump
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Public Sculpture Is Latest Victim of Scrap Metal Theft Epidemic
BBC reported this morning that a sculpture by sculptor Barbara Hepworth has been stolen in South London. Scrap metal thieves are suspected to be behind the theft, indicative of a growing problem with scrap metal theft in the UK. The bronze sculpture, titled "Two Form (Divided Circle)" from 1969, was
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Attack of the Ronald Reagan Statues
It's the centennial of the birth of the 40th US President, Ronald Reagan, and coast to coast statues of the Old Gipper are making news but for very different reasons.
Opinion
#OWS Still Debating Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero's "Joie de Vivre" has inadvertently found itself in the middle of the biggest protest movement in America today and not everyone likes it. Now a small spat on on the sculpture itself raises some questions.
Opinion
#OccupyWallStreet Journal Map Calls Mark di Suvero's "Joie de Vivre" Weird
Liza Eliano and I stopped by Occupy Wall Street yesterday and we picked up a copy of the first edition of the Occupied Wall Street Journal. A four-page broadsheet, the back had a funny map marking that made us laugh out loud. "Art / Signs" are marked with a ♥ but Abstract Expressionist sculptor Mark
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Claes Oldenburg Unveils Fourth Large-Scale Sculpture in Philadelphia
The City of Brotherly Love must love supersized objects because they now have a fourth large-scale art work by Pop art master Claes Oldenburg.
Opinion
Street Art as Public Memorial
What role can/ should street art play in a broader program of national memorials and monuments. Can we as a public take these kinds of installations seriously, or will the intent of the artist always be suspect?
Art
An Initial Reaction to the WTC Waterfalls
Waterfalls now cascade and soothe at Ground Zero. Actually, the word “ground zero” may soon wither into an anachronism because the new memorial is a stunning work of art in its own right.