Public Art

First, being an artist isn’t “lucrative.” That really isn’t the point of being an artist and producing art. Having an audience and interacting with it is probably one of the most shared aspects of being an...

Billboards: Menace to society or public art?

  Practically everybody hates billboards. Usually accused of distracting drivers already harried from eating, drinking, applying makeup and fiddling with the radio/Nav/temp knobs (but thankfully not texting...

Golf On The Moon with David Bowie Tim Wright's Urban Golf Odyssey

As professional golfer Simon Khan completed his shock victory in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth the real golf action for urban explorers was taking place in London's East End. Digital writer and artist Tim...

Public Art Toilet: Stuart Mugridge Seahouses Loo Wall Art

Toilet Art Welcomes Visitors To Seahouses Artist Stuart Mugridge has turned the outside walls of a public toilet in the Northumberland coastal village of Seahouses, into the region's latest piece of public art....

World’s Ugliest Statues

You know two things about statues as public art: 1) the artist was diligent and very proud of the product, and 2) the community paid a good price to acquire it. Foreignpolicy.com produced a wonderful collection of...

Lithuanian Sculpture, Pacific Central Station: Vancouver Biennale

Barbora is the name of this 12' brushed stainless steel sculpture that has appeared in Thornton Park across the lane from Pacific Central Station near the Main Street Skytrain terminal in midtown Vancouver. It is here as a part of the Vancouver Biennale and it is the second...

Yue Minjun, Chinese Avant-Garde Artist: Vancouver Biennale

Yue Minjun was born in Beijing, China in 1962. He is one of the most important artists of the Chinese avant-garde. He lives and works in Beijing and is part of the key movement of the post-1989 era in Chinese...

Vancouver Biennale Begins Art Installations in Public Spaces

It's finally upon us!  Giant container ships are approaching the city from distant ports carrying sculptures of great artists from all over the world that will soon adorn the public spaces, parks, beaches...

Paintings in MGM Mirage's Bellagio Conservatory, Las Vegas

About the video: Film features contemporary conceptual artist Chitra Ramanathans's 2004 site-specific public art commission for MGM Mirage whereby two paintings each measuring 4 feet X 6 feet in dimension...

Work in Progress: Site-specific Public Art Mural for Educational Institution ...

Video: Featured film captures work in progress of project that has been titled "Our Global Connections". Contemporary conceptual artist Chitra Ramanathan was chosen as Artist in Residence. The project...

Site-specific Public Art Mural for Educational Institution 2008

Featured film captures work in progress of a permanent wall mural titled "Our Global Connections". Contemporary conceptual artist Chitra Ramanathan was chosen to create this wall painting as Artist in Residence....

Goldsmiths students unveil art at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5

Two new works of art were unveiled at London Heathrow's Terminal 5 this week. Goldsmiths, University of London and BAA have joined forces to create a unique contemporary art and design project: the...

Banned! The statues they won't let you see

Well someone has to choose otherwise we'd have statues and other pieces of placed all over the place and who's to say what the quality would be. I'm sure that some of these rejected pieces are really good - maybe...

New Public Art Approved for Culturally Diverse Iowa City

IOWA CITY - The Public Art Advisory Committee of Iowa City selected Aaron Franck's sculpture "Tunnel Vision" to be displayed in the downtown pedestrian mall Thursday.  The motion passed with a vote of 8-0...

FAC's CaBOOST Project Pulls into the Station

The Fishers Arts Council's "CaBOOST the Arts" project has arrived at the Fishers Train Station (in the Thomas Weaver Municipal Complex) and is available for the public to view.  CaBOOST features 10...

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