Public art
George Rickey sculpture partially collapses outside News Corp's New York headquarters
One of the work’s two hoop-like pendulums fell off outside the Manhattan offices of the Wall Street Journal publisher
Austin’s Blanton Museum reimagines its grounds as a place for a university campus, city and community
A recently completed $35m renovation led by Snøhetta seeks to seamlessly connect the museum to its surroundings
Florida man pleads guilty to bombing satirical statue of Lenin and Mao
A lawyer from Florida drove to San Antonio, Texas, in an apparent attempt to destroy a 21ft-tall sculpture critiquing the Chinese Communist Party
Although it is a ‘sumptuous’ tome, this survey of contemporary public art from around the world baffles at times
The self-proclaimed atlas gives voice to works from often overlooked global-majority cultures but tends to favour mainstream over more challenging works
Shahzia Sikander says she will not fix statue that was beheaded in Houston
In a Washington Post op-ed, the artist wrote she wants to leave the sculpture damaged to show the “fissures in our country”
Giant pigeon sculpture will land on New York's High Line this autumn
Iván Argote’s hyperrealist aluminium aviary statue will be perched on the High Line Plinth from October
I am Discosailing: Rasheed Araeen's water ballet comes to east London's outdoor sculpture trail, The Line
The artist's 1970s concept, brought to life in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, invites the public to perform as a floating sculpture moving with the wind and water
The 15-ton itch: truce reached in battle over giant Marilyn Monroe sculpture in Palm Springs
The city council has worked out a tentative agreement to move the lightning rod of a sculpture
Tree-planting project memorialising Black lives lost brings 40,000 trees to urban centres across the US
The community-driven living monument from MIT Media Lab’s Poetic Justice will include an evolving, digitally networked story archive
‘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