Public art

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

Nora Turato projects the art of self-improvement in Chicago

The artist will project a new commission onto the exterior of what was once the world’s biggest building as part of Art on the Mart

JR punches a tunnel through Milan’s central railway station in latest optical illusion

The street artist’s new public art commission coincides with Milan Design Week

US federal judge halts demolition of Land art environment

A temporary restraining order against the Des Moines Art Center after artist Mary Miss sued to block the dismantling of her outdoor work

Salvation for artist’s apocalyptic prophecy house

Isaiah Robertson's house covered in kaleidoscopic assemblages in Niagara Falls, New York, to open to the public as an art destination and community gathering space

Artist Mary Miss sues US art centre to block demolition of her Land art environment

Municipal officials recently approved the Des Moines Art Center’s plans to demolish “Greenwood Pond: Double Site”

Velázquez-inspired sculptures spark outrage in Venice

Local heritage group decries the "biennialisation of the city" after gallery paid a fee to stage the Manolo Valdés installation

Jeffrey Gibson and Jennie C. Jones will transform the Metropolitan Museum's outdoor spaces in 2025

The artists' forthcoming façade and rooftop installations at the museum will explore the intersections of identity and art history

‘Largest Black public art project in the US’ to launch in Los Angeles this spring

Conceived as an outdoor museum, with murals and sculptures by artists both world-renowned and locally beloved, Destination Crenshaw aims to preserve a close-knit community

Back-to-front Ford Ranger takes truck nuts to a new level at Frieze Los Angeles

Vehicle created by the artist Pippa Garner has fairgoers rubbernecking at Santa Monica airport

Emirati artists create public sculpture together after refusing to compete for the commission

Five artists collaborated on the sculpture, which has been unveiled outside Dubai's Etihad Museum

‘Shame on those that silence artists’: Shahzia Sikander speaks out after her opening in Texas is cancelled

The University of Houston seems to have caved to the threats of a local anti-abortion group

‘Anti-monumental’ works shortlisted for next Fourth Plinth commission in London's Trafalgar Square

Proposals by Veronica Ryan and Thomas J. Price include a sweet potato and woman’s head

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Preserving Banksy: public art database to document the UK’s murals

The project, backed by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, will also capture many of Northern Ireland's politically charged street art works

London's Barbican to be wrapped in pink and purple in new commission by Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama

Purple Hibiscus will be unveiled in April as part of a new exhibition at the gallery

When Sister Rosetta met Marsha P. Johnson: public art piece in London reimagines Leonardo’s Last Supper

Tavares Strachan’s monument is included in major colonialism survey at the Royal Academy

UK public invited to join ‘largest ever exhibition of the nation’s hobbies’

The Hobby Cave, devised by the artist Hetain Patel and Artangel, will bring thousands of handcrafted objects together

Uproar over US art centre’s plan to demolish Land art environment by Mary Miss

The Des Moines Art Center in Iowa intends to demolish Miss’s environmental intervention, against the artist’s wishes

Minnesota picks 24-year-old artist’s design for new state flag

While some may have preferred an endearing photo of a Minnesotan’s dog for the new flag, Andrew Prekker’s winning design is widely popular

Confederate Memorial coming down at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, DC

Now that a judge lifted a last-minute injunction, the monument will be gone by the end of the week

US artist Richard Hunt—creator of more than 160 public works—has died aged 88

The sculptor, who was committed to civil rights, recently completed a monument to Emmett Till

Diaryblog

Formaldehyde and butterflies in France—Damien Hirst takes over Château La Coste

Famous works by Brit artist to go on show at the sprawling Provençal estate

New National Museum of… (fill in the blank) invites contemplation on the role and pervasiveness of US museums

The public art project in Pittsburgh is preparing to launch its second phase, titled the “National Museum of Broken Treaties”

Dutch artist Anneke Eussen’s border-questioning sculpture acquired by the city of Miami Beach

The purchase is part of the city’s annual programme to acquire a work from Art Basel in Miami Beach

Sky's the limit in public art project in solidarity with Miami's drag queens

As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis cracks down on their public visibility, local celebrities from Fantasia Royale Gaga to Persephone Von Lips are celebrated in banner form above Española Way

Metropolitan Museum lines up three major contemporary art commissions for 2024

Petrit Halilaj, Lee Bul and Tong Yang-Tze have been chosen to complete new projects at one of the most visited museums in the US