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Where Pharaohs Meet Mad Max
In My Skull Is Too Small, 2009, the figures resemble archeological relics but are composed of modern-day junk and suggest the struggle between survival and death. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND SALON 94, NEW...
View ArticleTrailing Public Art Fund’s Nicholas Baume Through Frieze
Yesterday was the preview of the inaugural Frieze New York, the first American iteration of a hip London fair that’s been in place for a decade. Amid art stars from Chuck Close to Tracey Emin and...
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Clowning Around With Public Sculpture in City Hall Park
At the recent opening of “Lightness of Being” in City Hall Park, Nicholas Baume, Public Art Fund’s director and chief curator, explained how this exhibition of eleven contemporary sculptures got its...
View ArticleArt Basel Miami Beach Announces Exhibitor List
Art Basel has announced the 258 galleries that will participate in the 12th edition of Art Basel in Miami Beach (Dec. 5-Dec. 8), the glitzy art fair that draws celebrities, dealers, artists and...
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Nicholas Baume on Ryan Gander’s Bodyguard Performance: ‘It Felt Slightly Odd’
Ryan Gander in his Public Art–sponsored performance at Art Basel in Miami Beach. COURTESY MCH MESSE SCHWEIZ (BASEL) AG The first two nights of Art Basel Miami Beach, the already important Public Art...
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Emma Enderby Named Associate Curator at Public Art Fund
Emma Enderby. EMMA ENDERBY/VIA TWITTER New York’s Public Art Fund announced today that Emma Enderby, formerly the exhibitions curator at London’s Serpentine Galleries, has joined its staff as an...
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Picket Fences: Ai Weiwei Protests Oppressive Borders with a Work of Public Art
Ai Weiwei. ILLUSTRATION: ALEXANDRA COMPAIN TISSIER In the 1980s and early 1990s, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was just another immigrant in New York City, toiling with street portraits, absorbing...
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Habitat: Take a Tour of Art Around New York With Public Art Fund Director...
One of Lawrence Weiner’s, NYC Manhole Covers outside of the Whitney Museum. ©KATHERINE MCMAHON Public art can leave a lasting impression. As buildings rise and fall and memories of neighborhoods...
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9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week
Marsha Cottrell, Untitled, 2017, laser toner on paper. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND VAN DOREN WAXTER MONDAY, MARCH 5 Talk: Yinka Shonibare MBE at the New School The artist Yinka Shonibare MBE will soon...
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For 50th Anniversary of Stonewall Rebellion, Public Art Fund Will Show Felix...
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled,” 1989, installation view, Sheridan Square, New York, organized by Public Art Fund. ©FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES/COURTESY THE FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES FOUNDATION AND PUBLIC ART...
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