The first "direct commission" unveiled by Public Art Abu Dhabi is a multimedia crashing wave display by the Seoul-based collective d’strict

Public art is often lauded for bringing art out of hallowed gallery spaces and inviting everyone to see and opine on it. But it’s also fiendishly difficult to do well

So far targets on the platform developed in collaboration with Avant Arte have included landmarks, political buildings and even artworks

Anonymous artist appears to have watched the new installation in the English county of Kent being destroyed before posting it Instagram

After a decade of illuminating the Bay Area's second-most iconic span, Leo Villareal's artwork will be removed due to outages and weather damage

The 26ft-tall statue of Marilyn Monroe has been called sexist by community members in Palm Springs, where it has been on public display since 2021

Artist has been commissioned to create a mirror-like steel pool in the Lake District in collaboration with the writer Robert Macfarlane

Collaboration enables the work from the fair’s Focus section to join the Art Bank collection of the local municipality

Indian artist has staged his first UK public commission in Somerset House's Neo-Classical courtyard

The anonymous street artist has emblazoned a wall in Margate with an image of a woman disposing of her abusive husband

The vast works shown in Northern Italy were made last year at camps in locations including Greece and Rwanda

Commissioned nearly 15 years ago, the bulbous outdoor artwork was delayed by the 2008 financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic

The space, which will feature works by Maren Hassinger, Kehinde Wiley and others, also has the support of local celebrities Issa Rae and DeMar DeRozan

After 36 years, artist Kevin Atherton unveils a new work modelled on one of his original muses, local resident Joy Battick

The towering work, which depicts the interlocked arms of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, was unveiled in Boston ahead of the MLK Day holiday

The public sculpture is based on a photograph of the assassinated civil rights leader hugging his wife Coretta Scott King—but some say it looks offensive from certain angles

The artist’s new commission for Madison Square Park and an adjacent court building also includes an augmented reality component

The 70ft-high public art commission expresses "humanity's yearning for the infinite"

The Turner Prize-winning artist Tai Shani has been confirmed for a new commission

Monster Chetwynd, Jem Perucchini and Zadie Xa will all unveil works around London’s transport hubs

Choi Jeong Hwa sculpture aims to "spark debate" amid backlash over migrant labour conditions

The city's mayor, Ed Gainey, has proposed a series of sweeping changes to the way public art is funded and commissioned there

Six artists have been selected to create commemorative interventions in the US capital's sprawling public space

Plus, Afghan culture in crisis and Kiki Smith’s New York murals

The work—highlighting the growing crisis of rough sleepers in the UK—will also travel to Birmingham

High Line Art has commissioned artist Pamela Rosenkranz to make a 25ft-tall, red and pink tree in the park

Conceptual artist Michele Pred will draw two giant abortion pills for reproductive health justice