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Public Art

Jordan Seiler, Public Ad Campaign Whitewash Illegal Ads

nytimes.com | Colin Moynihan | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York


It was a bizarre cat-and-mouse game, played on Sunday across scores of makeshift billboards in New York. One group of artists and activists spread ac...

Atom Cianfarani's Green Roofs Are Two Of The Smallest In City

New York Times | Jennifer 8. Lee | Posted 09.27.2009 | New York


Green roofs have become all the architectural rage these days, with each new one claiming to be the biggest of such-and-such area, type, whatever. But...

Public Art In New York: Pick Your Favorite! (PHOTOS)

Posted 09.17.2009 | New York


Last week the art world was agog over Duke Riley's Queens Museum naval battle entitled "Those About to Die Salute You." Was Riley's work the greate...

VOICES FROM JERUSALEM: The City and the Dogs: A Psychedelic Tour through Jerusalem's More Peculiar Districts

Ir Amim | Posted 08.30.2009 | World


Ir Amim

These murals present a reality that is imaginary, illusory, and utterly alienated from the treachery conducted beneath and atop the very grounds of the holy basin of the Old City.

Daley: Destroyed Mural 'A Mistake,' But 'Not That Serious'

Huffington Post | Posted 06.20.2009 | Chicago


An alderman's order to have city graffiti crews paint over a provocative but legal Bridgeport mural Friday was a mistake, Mayor Daley acknowledged thi...

Millennium Park Burnham Centennial Pavilions Unveiled

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.09.2009 | Chicago


Chicagoans got their first glimpse late Tuesday of the two temporary pavilions designed by internally-celebrated architects that will setup shop in Mi...

Why Art Matters

Mary Boone | Posted 01.16.2009 | Style


Mary Boone

Art matters because looking at a beautiful painting or sculpture gives us an experience that nothing else can.