Public Art

From NYC to Dubai - Public Art Heats Up for the Summer

MutualArt | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Anish Kapoor, New York, Public Art, London-2012-Cultural-Olympiad, Chicago, London Olympics, Common Ground, London, Jessica Stockholder, Berlin, Dubai, Arts News
MutualArt

After a long, cold winter of hibernating inside museums, artists venture out into the heat this summer to create art in the public realm...

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Learning How to Be a Professional Artist Is a Lifelong Process

Daniel Grant | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Maya Lin, Public Art, Vanderbilt University, Bureau of Labor Statistics, University of Indiana, Mary Miss, Business of Art, National Endowment for the Arts, Tom Otterness, Arts News
Daniel Grant

What was considered so important for artists to know back then now seems vaguely irrelevant. These days, the focus of artist-as-businessperson workshops and classes is not how to apply for money but how to earn it -- how to be entrepreneurial.

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LOOK: 'Before I Die' Project Fills Space With Hope

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: 14th Street, 14th Street DC, Public Art, Parc Deux, U St, DIY Art, 14th and Q, Before I Die Candy Chang, Before I Die, Slideexpand, Candy Chang, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Artist Candy Chang wanted to remember someone she lost. She turned a blighted building in New Orleans into a public art space. Using tem...

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PHOTOS: 'Before I Die' Murals Expand In Chicago

The Huffington Post | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Candy Chang Before I Die, Video, Before I Die Art Installation, Chicago Art, Public Art, Urban Art, Before I Die I Want To, Chicago Good News, Before I Die, Chicago Impact, Candy Chang, Chicago Public Art, Chicago News

In the weeks since New Orleans artist Candy Chang's "Before I Die" interactive public art installation made its Chicago debut earlier this year on the...

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Bel Borba Is 'The People's Picasso'

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Bel Borba Aqui, Bel Borba, Poverty, Public Art, Brazil, Burt Sun, Tile, Street Art, Documentary, Documentary Film, Salvador, Andre Costantini, Video, Arts News

"When I think of any artistic movement in Salvador, I automatically link it to Bel Borba." An airport taxi driver delivers these words to the document...

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Artist Charged With Littering In Potty Prank

AP | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Public Art, Art Prank, Littering, Arts News

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A West Virginia artist is charged with littering after he placed a toilet on a pedestal in a city square in what he says wa...

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PHOTOS: You 'Betcha, Sarah Palin Sculpture Is More Than Just Art -- It Cooks Meat Too

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Video, J. Taylor Wallace, Chicago Art, Public Art, Urban Art, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Sculpture, J. Taylor Wallace Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Public Art, Sarah Palin Sculpture Cooker, Sarah Palin Art, Chicago News

Chicago recently became home to a flashy new piece of public art. And is it smokin'? You 'betcha! Former Alaska governor and Republican vice-presid...

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Joseph Erbentraut

WATCH: Chicago Neighborhood Could Be Home To New Parklets

HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Chicago Kickstarters, Can They Kick It, Video, Urban Parks, Public Art, Parklets, Chicago Parks, Chicago Good News, Urban Green Space, Andersonville Parklets, Chicago Impact, Andersonville Chicago Parklets, Chicago Public Art, Chicago Parklets, Chicago News

Life in a city as large as Chicago comes with plenty of oft-heralded perks, namely a seemingly endless plethora of dining, nightlife and cultural opti...

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Creative Spaces: Catch Some Springtime Rays and Relax

Rana Florida | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Green Spaces, Public Art, Slidepollajax, Outdoor Activities Spring, Outdoors Spring, Museums, Parks Performing Arts, New York City Parks, Central Park Spring, Public Parks, Culture News
Rana Florida

Not all parks are created equal. What makes some parks so full of life and activity while others sit desolate, shunned by all but criminals and the truly desperate?

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Keith Haring Work Gets VIP Sale

AP | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Keith Haring Art, Sotheby's Auction House, Art, Brooklyn Museum, Public Art, AIDs Epidemic, Sotheby's Auction, Contemporary Art, Keith Haring, Sotheby's, Aids, Keith Haring Artwork, Arts News

NEW YORK -- Sotheby's is holding an exhibition in New York of 32 artworks by the late pop artist Keith Haring. Most of the art is available for privat...

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Chain Reaction

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Santa Monica, Art, Nuclear, Public Art, Statue, Chain Reaction, Paul Conrad, Sculpture, Arts News
Jeffrey Abelson

Paul Conrad had a desire to make a bold statement about our nuclear madness, and came up with a concept for a gigantic mushroom cloud made out of chain links. He called it "Chain Reaction."

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Comic Artists Donate Giant Mural

AP | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Comic Books, Public-Murals, Public Art, Funky Winkerbean, Murals, Comics, Mural, Kent State University, Westview High School, Comic Art, Arts News

KENT, Ohio -- The men behind the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip celebrated its 40th anniversary by donating a 96-foot mural for a new student lounge a...

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The Standard Downtown Mural Delivers With Deedee Cheriel

Vanessa Coblentz | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Deedee Cheriel, Street Art, La Art, Standard Hotel, Los Angeles Standard Hotel, Public Art, La Around Town, Theh Standard Los Angeles Public Mural, Public Murals, LA Art Scene, LA Artmurals Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
Vanessa Coblentz

Acclaimed Los Angeles artist and all around cool girl, Deedee Cheriel brings her iconic imagery to the downtown Standard Hotel's 6th street mural program.

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Art Collective Brings Spain's Drinking Water Problem To Light

Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Luzinterruptus, European Art, Madrid, Installation Art, Madrid-Spain, Public Art, Light Art, Luzinterruptus Collective, Access to Drinking Water, Spain, Drinking Water, Public Drinking Water, Slidepollajax, Political Art, Video, Arts News

If you're ever touring the warm Spanish city of Madrid, you may get a little parched. That is because about 50% of the city's public drinking fountain...

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PHOTOS: 'Before I Die' Public Art Arrives In Chicago

Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Candy Chang Before I Die, Before I Die Art Installation, Chicago Art, Public Art, Urban Art, Chicago Good News, Before I Die I Want To, Before I Die, Candy Chang, Chicago Impact, Slidepollajax, Chicago Public Art, Chicago News

New Orleans artist Candy Chang's "Before I Die" interactive public art installation has made its Chicago debut. The installation, inaugurated last ...

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On Oil Rigs and Art in Midtown

Vera Haller | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Josephine Meckseper, Public Art New York, The Manhattan Oil Project, Midtown Art Exhibits, Midtown Manhattan, Public Art, Manhattan Oil Project Exhibit, New York News
Vera Haller

Two red and black steel structures at the corner of Eighth Avenue and West 46th Street whir and churn just like rigs in the empty fields of Texas.

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"A Love Letter For You" Trailer Debuts

The Huffington Post | Andrew Reilly | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Love Letter for You Espo, Video, Stephen Espo Powers, Public Art, Joey Garfield, Murals, Espo Documentary, Street Art, Stephen Powers, Love Letter for You Documentary, Espo, Arts News

Stephen Powers, the street artist known as ESPO (previously featured on The Huffington Post), has made waves in the world of graffiti with his no-fril...

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WATCH: Giant, Trippy Sculptures To Tower Over Park Avenue

AP | By EVA FONT | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: New-York-City-Department-of-Parks-and-Recreation, Video, Public Art, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Park Avenue, Sculptures, Fund for Park Avenue, Rafael Barrios, Steel Sculptures, New York News

NEW YORK -- Nine stainless steel, multicolored sculptures of various geometric shapes will tower over Manhattan's Park Avenue in an art project by Ven...

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Nine Steel Sculptures To Invade Park Avenue

AP | By EVA FONT | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Video, Venezuela, Rafael Barrio, Public Art, Venezuelan Sculptor, Sculptor, Park Avenue, Rafael Barrios, New York, Steel Sculptures, Rafael Barros, Arts News

NEW YORK -- Nine stainless steel, multicolored sculptures of various geometric shapes will tower over Manhattan's Park Avenue in an art project by Ven...

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A Mushroom Cloud in Manhattan: If You See Somethin' ...

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Nyc, Say Something, Manhattan, Steven P. Harrington, Jean Seestadt, Public Art, If You See Something, Paper Cutting, Sculpture, Brooklyn Street Art, BrooklynStreetArt.Com, Swoon, Terrorism, Street Art, Jaime Rojo, Arts News
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

Artist Jean Seestadt Plants a Package in a Bus Stop Since the never-ending "War on Terror" commenced so publicly a decade or so ago, an intermittentl...

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Miami Beach Unveils Multi-Faceted, Eye-Opening Public Art Project

Jerry Libbin | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Wyland, Conservation, Public Art, Miami Beach Commissioner, City of Miami Beach, Miami Art, Miami Impact, Miami News
Jerry Libbin

Coined as the "Marine Michelangelo," artist and conservationist Wyland has earned the moniker. After seeing his larger-than-life aquatic mural in Beijing, I knew that Miami Beach could benefit from collaborating with him.

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Massive Murals From Spanish Street Artist Sam3

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Spain-Street-Art, Madrid, Installation Art, Video, Madrid-Spain, Public Art, Spain Art, Pubic Installation, Street Art, sam3, Graffiti, Spain, Graffiti-Art, Political Art, Arts News

We can imagine few things better than a world full of street art. With murals flowing around every street corner and massive designs inhabiting the...

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Rocking Horse Boy Unveiled In Trafalgar Square

AP | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Joanna Lumley, Ingar Dragset, Video, Nelson's Column, Public Art, Rocking Horse Boy, Sculpture, Michael Elmgreen, Trafalgar Square, London, Arts News

LONDON — Adm. Horatio Nelson has a new neighbor in London's Trafalgar Square – a boy on a rocking horse. The golden bronze 13-foot (4-met...

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The Strangest Street Posters You'll Ever See

Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Luke Pommersheim, Street Signs, Bizarre Street Signs, Public Art, Prankster Art, Jody Barton, Prank, Jody Barton and Luke Pommersheim, Absurd Street Signs, Arts News

Meet Jens. Jens is an odd guy (though supposedly very handsome.) He has some unusual needs and finds himself in absurd situations, and often he re...

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Art Piece Brightens A Gloomy London Day

Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Video, Greyworld, Tropicana Sun, Public Art, London Art, Trafalgar Square, Greyworld Art Collective, Fake Sun, London, Trafalgar Sun, Arts News

On January 23, London residents got a break from the dreary winter weather when art collective Greyworld and Tropicana juice company brought a second ...

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