Art
Kiss, Hug, or Get Lost in Olafur Eliasson’s Giant Reflective Spheres
Eliasson suggested that it was just fine for people to touch his artwork. He even said it would be great if anyone wanted to kiss or hug the spheres.
Public Art
Art
Wangechi Mutu Adorns the Met Museum's Façade With Images of African Queendom
For the first time in 117 years, the empty niches on the museum's exterior are occupied. Mutu's four bronze sculpture express resilience and wisdom.
Art
The Young Lords' Fire Will Not Go Out
Mapping Resistance: The Young Lords in El Barrio, a public art exhibition on the civil rights organization, displays the group's spirit of refusal to accept our skewed legal, political, economic, and social organization system.
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Controversial Monument to Women's Suffrage Redesigned to Include Sojourner Truth
The abolitionist and women's rights activist will join Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in the proposed Central Park sculpture that had previously been accused of racism and whitewashing history.
In Brief
The New York Public Library’s Iconic Lions Are Taking a Cat Nap
Patience and Fortitude, the 108-year-old lions that have guarded the Library's Main Branch since 1911, will be covered for cleanup and repair beginning September 2.
In Brief
San Francisco Will Raise Maya Angelou Sculpture
Only two of the city's 87 public sculptures depict historical women. The Angelou monument will help begin to shift that balance.
Art
The Role and Responsibility of Public Art in the Modern Day
The Innovating Public Art symposium will consider a bevy of questions around public art through discussions with artists like Martin Puryear, Leonardo Drew, and others.
News
Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera Are Getting a Permanent Monument in New York City
The world’s first permanent public artwork dedicated to transgender women will go to these pioneers of the gay liberation movement.
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A Monument to Women's Suffrage Receives Unanimous Approval Despite Controversy
The statue, which features Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony as leaders of the movement, has been accused of racism and whitewashing history.
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Billie Holiday Among Five Historic Women to Be Honored in New NYC Monuments
The De Blasio administration will build five individual memorials instead of the more ambitious group designs recommended by SheBuiltNYC's advisory committee to honor women's collaborative efforts.
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SheBuiltNYC Had an Ambitious Plan for New Monument to Women, But the City Went in a Different Direction
The committee originally recommended honoring groups instead of individuals to showcase the collaborative efforts of New York women. The city had another idea.
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Sculpture Featuring Saudi Flag Will Be Moved from World Trade Center Hub to JFK Airport
But will taxpayers foot the bill, paying for the exhibition's shipment and reinstallation at JFK International Airport?