Public art
‘You’re right! This is Native land’: New site-specific sculptures in Maine centre Indigenous experiences and relationships with the land
At the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, sculptures by Anna Tsouhlarakis and Shane Perley-Dutcher are part of a push to advocate for environmental and social justice
‘An act of violent aggression’: Anne Imhof billboards destroyed in Austria
Works bearing the phrase “Wish You Were Gay” have been vandalised in the city of Bregenz
New public art projects to coincide with Democratic National Convention
Next Stop: Chicago will focus on infrastructure inequality after Covid
$11m worth of public art at the LA Clippers' new arena
Charles Gaines, Refik Anadol, Glenn Kaino and four other renowned artists with local connections were chosen to create some monumental works in Inglewood
Death in the digital age: artist Gregor Schneider makes replicas of the dying available for download
The Golden Lion winner will place virtual figures around Munich this autumn
A storied public art collection in California makes space for emerging artists
The Stuart Collection at the University of California San Diego is launching an emerging artist programme with a trio of new commissions
Getty’s PST Art initiative will open with a colossal Cai Guo-Qiang fireworks display
The artist’s daytime fireworks event, incorporating drones and artificial intelligence, will take place in and above the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on 15 September
New beginnings for public art programme at Newfields
More than a decade after it opened, the art and nature park at the Indianapolis institution has $3m in new funding and its first new show
Artist Pat Oleszko leads climate-themed Pride performance aboard New York’s Staten Island Ferry
The artist and a cast of collaborators staged a colourful cautionary performance about the environment on the popular ferry
Calling festival goers to Gate 35—new airport installation takes off at Glastonbury
Artist Jordan Watson has created a Terminal experience exploring immigration
Hottest Abe: wax statue of Lincoln loses its head amid US heat wave
The artist Sandy Williams IV’s wax replica of the Lincoln Memorial melted during the East Coast heat wave
Oyster sculptures and whale songs: exhibition on Governors Island explores the role of extraction in climate change
Jenny Kendler’s multidisciplinary project seeks kinship between humans and other animals
The Indigenous artist brightly patching up a Toronto expressway
Nico Williams has created a series of colourful interventions along an elevated highway that cuts through the city centre
UK party manifestos on culture: from more regional loans under Labour to the Greens’ EU pledge
The Conservatives, meanwhile, are focusing on protecting public monuments
Agnes Denes resurrects famous ‘Wheatfield’ work in Montana
Sowing seeds of sustainable development, the artist has planted a version of her celebrated Land art piece in booming Bozeman, Montana
Anya Gallaccio wins commission for London’s first ever HIV/Aids memorial
The winning proposal features a tree trunk from which rings have been extracted and displayed nearby
In pictures: Art Basel's Parcours takes over the high street
Stefanie Hessler, the new curator for the fair's outdoor section, picks out her highlights along the city's Clarastrasse
Would you Adam and Eve it? Michael Landy’s new public art piece brings Cockney Rhyming Slang alive
Signs on show across London’s East Bank highlight the endangered rhyming dialect
‘Iron fist in a velvet glove’: Detroit public sculpture tracks air quality and cleans the polluted environment
A new regenerative installation by Jordan Weber raises awareness of environmental racism
Lauren Halsey to create outdoor sculpture park in South Central, Los Angeles
In addition to the temporary sculpture park, Halsey will open a community centre in 2026 through her non-profit Summaeverythang
US city cancels artist's residency over pro-Palestine painting
Native American artist Danielle SeeWalker had turned down several opportunities to accept a residency in the upscale resort town of Vail
'Empty promises': art on Queens College campus in New York has languished in damaged state for decades
Staff allege that ongoing systemic issues have left the institution's art collection at risk—well before the City University of New York system could blame it all on lack of public funding
‘An unsatisfying status quo’: art centre can neither demolish artist Mary Miss’s outdoor installation nor be forced to repair it, judge rules
Stalemate in the dispute over the fate of Miss’s Land art environment in Des Moines, Iowa
Virginia Overton creates new public work for Brooklyn’s former Domino Sugar Refinery
The Brooklyn-based artist has created an abstract wall sculpture for the building’s lobby using parts of the old factory’s iconic yellow sign
Meat me in Times Square: artists create giant 65ft-long hot dog sculpture for the New York plaza
Project by Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw is a “tongue-in-cheek tribute to and critique of all that the hot dog has come to symbolise”
The outdoor art not to miss in Manhattan during Frieze New York
From The High Line to Marcus Garvey Park, the borough is buzzing with exciting public works
Newly unveiled statue of Queen Elizabeth II and her corgis splits opinion
The memorial by Hywel Brân Pratley is situated in the town of Oakham, UK
Dindga McCannon mural unveiled at Rikers Island
The work's brightly coloured positivity stands in sharp contrast to the notorious reputation of the prison where it is installed
Thomas Heatherwick’s controversial Vessel public art piece in New York to reopen
The 150ft-tall, $200m outdoor installation at Manhattan’s Hudson Yards development has been closed since 2021 following a series of suicides
The Week in Art podcast | Marlborough Gallery closes, Rose B. Simpson in New York, Caravaggio’s final painting
Looking back at the history of the pioneering dealership in post-war art, plus a thought-provoking new installation in Madison Square Park and Caravaggio's The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula