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Shine On

In Madison Square Park, a monumental torch shines a light on African-American history

Rendering of the new graffiti pier with a wedding couple on it
Site Sensitive

Thanks to a design coalition with community ties, Philadelphia’s Graffiti Pier will live on as a public park

illustration of a public space in manhattan
Anything You Need It To Be

WIP Collaborative’s Restorative Ground wins Care for Hudson Square design competition

Photo of a canal with sculptures of sharks coming out of the water
More Than Bait

This year’s Antepavilion controversy challenges the role of planning policy in public art

illustration of a boxy building
To Connect And Serve

CannonDesign’s Buffalo community health hub supports a neighborhood and region in need

illustration of a colorful riverside park, now renamed after Marsha P. Johnson
A Monumental New Yorker, Remembered

Brooklyn’s East River State Park renamed in honor of late LGBTQ activist and trans icon Marsha P. Johnson

an arrangement of sharks!
Don't Go In The Water

2020 Antepavilion sharks stranded by local London council

empty statue base in a chicago park with a face sticking out
Winds of Change

Chicago will form committee tasked with reviewing ‘problematic’ statues and monuments

a photo of the tribute in light against the manhattan skyline
Full Beam Ahead

9/11 Museum reverses decision to scrap this year’s Tribute in Light

Rendering of large stone mosaics in Central Park
Outdoor Offerings

With many museums closed, New York City invites residents to admire art outside

A sculpture with pieces of weathered steel, the not yet assembled mother earth
Beachside Sacrament

A 35-foot-tall Corten sculpture will touch down in the Rockaways

a forgotten keith haring mural in Amsterdam
Haring Reborn in the Land of Herring

Restoration work set to begin on long-buried Keith Haring mural in Amsterdam

Photo of Christo standing on tensile yellow fabric
Wait For It

Remembering Christo, and the joy his work brought

Artist Christo in front of a painting of an orange pyramid
Wrapping It Up

Christo passes away at 84

Multiple shark sculptures
Biting Criticism

Jaimie Shorten wins 2020 Antepavilion contest with floating shark sculptures

An aerial view of a jagged island, the titular Cockatoo Island
Lost at Sea

Plans to transform Australia’s Cockatoo Island into permanent art site rejected

a building with a concrete Picasso mural in oslo
Y demolish?

Norway will demolish Picasso-clad Oslo office building

Building with words on wall facing street
WHO SEES THE ART?

Barbara Kruger installs politically charged murals across Los Angeles

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