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NYPD Releases Giant Edward Snowden Head, Here’s a 3D File to Print Your Own
The Edward Snowden bust that was illegally affixed to a war monument in Fort Greene Park has been recovered from the NYPD. The statue, which sat on a column in the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument for just...
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You Can Now Get a Replica of the Snowden Bust as it Looked in Fort Greene Park
Last month, artists affixed a bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to a war monument in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park. On May 6, the artists behind the bust released a file so anyone can make their...
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5 Great Works of Public Art That Wouldn’t Have Existed If the City Council’s...
Last week, the City Council passed a bill that will require a hearing before some works of public art are installed. The bill, which was drafted as a response to public outcry over The Sunbather, a...
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Sculpture in Queens Park Aims to Raise Awareness About Homelessness
Fanny Allié’s wooden sculpture in Queens is meant to be both a functional bench and a piece of art, aimed at raising awareness about homelessness. The public art installation, “A Bench for the Night,”...
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Urban Artist Todd James Beautifies Tribeca Park
Todd James (aka REAS), a graffiti artist who cut his teeth smashing subway trains with spray paint in the 1980s, was commissioned to create public art — legally — for Washington Market Park. Today, the...
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Centre-Fuge Public Art Project: Cycle 17
For the past few years, artists have been painting a bunch of Second Avenue Subway-related construction trailers that occupy 1st street, in an effort to make the stretch of road look less like a war...
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Lightning Destroys Sculpture That Looks Like It Would Attract Lightning
A severe storm descended on Wellington, New Zealand this week. With one swift strike of lightning, Phil Price’s public artwork Zephyromete (2004) was incinerated. Before the storm, the pointy steel,...
View ArticleUnauthorized Tom Otterness-Style Dog Shooter Sculpture Pops Up At 14th Street...
(UPDATED 1PM) Artist Tom Otterness, whose bulbous and unthreatening public art sculptures appear all over the 14th Street and 8th Avenue subway station and many other places in the city, has repeatedly...
View ArticleAstor Place Cube Hauled Away To Rehab
On Tuesday, workers removed the Astor Place cube so it could be renovated according to Bedford and Bowery. The spinnable, iconic steel sculpture with a Texas-sounding name was designed by artist Tony...
View ArticleWatch the Creation And Destruction of a Giant Piece of Public Art by JR in...
This time-lapse video documents the lifespan of a piece by the French artist JR, from placement to removal. JR creates photographic portraits and pastes them up (or down, in this case) on city streets....
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NYPD Releases Giant Edward Snowden Head, Here’s a 3D File to Print Your Own
The Edward Snowden bust that was illegally affixed to a war monument in Fort Greene Park has been recovered from the NYPD. The statue, which sat on a column in the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument for just...
View ArticleYou Can Now Get a Replica of the Snowden Bust as it Looked in Fort Greene Park
Last month, artists affixed a bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to a war monument in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park. On May 6, the artists behind the bust released a file so anyone can make their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
5 Great Works of Public Art That Wouldn’t Have Existed If the City Council’s...
Last week, the City Council passed a bill that will require a hearing before some works of public art are installed. The bill, which was drafted as a response to public outcry over The Sunbather, a...
View ArticleSculpture in Queens Park Aims to Raise Awareness About Homelessness
Fanny Allié’s wooden sculpture in Queens is meant to be both a functional bench and a piece of art, aimed at raising awareness about homelessness. The public art installation, “A Bench for the Night,”...
View ArticleUrban Artist Todd James Beautifies Tribeca Park
Todd James (aka REAS), a graffiti artist who cut his teeth smashing subway trains with spray paint in the 1980s, was commissioned to create public art — legally — for Washington Market Park. Today, the...
View ArticleCentre-Fuge Public Art Project: Cycle 17
For the past few years, artists have been painting a bunch of Second Avenue Subway-related construction trailers that occupy 1st street, in an effort to make the stretch of road look less like a war...
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