The Defining Public Artworks of 2020, from Toppled Monuments to Messages in the Sky
A survey of some of the most significant events, controversies, and creations in public art this year.
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How the Monoliths Became an Instagram Trap
A set of vanishing viral monoliths have become internet memes and a kind of quarantine public art.
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Unfinished Works Propose Radical Alternatives to Traditional Monuments
As protesters around the world topple contested statues, the late artists' legacy offers a vision for public art grounded in democratic processes.
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Proposed Monument to Catholic Saint Further Inflames Tense Battle Over Public Art in New York
A statue of Mother Cabrini to be erected in Battery Park City has some residents concerned.
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Siah Armajani
Minneapolis-based artist Siah Armajani's first retrospective in the United States, "Follow This Line," takes its title from a childhood memory: in prerevolutionary Iran, Armajani and his friends…
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Three Argentine Visions
Throughout its notoriously turbulent political and socioeconomic history, Argentina has managed to sustain a vibrant cultural scene. The hub of activity has always been Buenos Aires, a vast…
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Sink or Sink: Mel Chin in Times Square
Like Chin's virtual boats, the strongholds of the wealthy will get a few more years of existence than the rest of us. But they'll eventually rust out and sink, too.
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Neighborhood Women: Mimi Gross and Jackie Ferrara in Conversation
Both artists lived and worked downtown in a fertile time but steered clear of art-world trends, carving out their own distinctive paths in the fringes.
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Artists First: Around Skulptur Projekte Münster
Skulptur Projekte Münster has changed quite radically since its initial incarnation. It's much more eclectic, encompassing sculpture but also performance, sound art, video, and other mediums. Yet it r…
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