How & Nosm DKNY Billboard in Times Square
Identical twin artists How & Nosm are among ten artists commissioned in cities around the world to create original artwork for DKNY ARTWORKS. Each original work captures an artistic expression of...
View ArticleLunch Atop a Skyscraper Statue Now in Times Square
Photo By Gail Lunch Atop a Skyscraper is a life-size recreation by NY-based Sculptor Sergio Furnari of the famous photo by taken by Charles C. Ebbets in 1932. The original photo shows a group of 11...
View ArticleBook Review: Art & Place
All Images Courtesy of Phaidon Hundreds of books about Art are published every year and it’s challenging for even hardcore Art enthusiasts like me to keep track of the best ones. But I don’t think...
View ArticleHerb Alpert’s Spirit Totem Monuments at Dante Park, Lincoln Center
Hey, remember back in January when I met music industry legend Herb Alpert? That was cool. In addition to his exhibit at ACA Galleries, Herb also has this public installation of three of his...
View ArticleOlaf Bruening Clouds In Central Park
All Photos By Gail Just in time for Spring, Olaf Breuning’s installation, Clouds arrived in Central Park on March 4th. The six Bright Blue Clouds tower nearly 35 feet above the plaza at the...
View ArticleKara Walker’s Sugar Sphinx at the Domino Sugar Factory
All Photos by Gail The most popular art exhibit in the city right now is Kara Walker’s massive Sugar Sphinx: the crouching figure of an African America woman, completely covered in white, refined...
View ArticleJeff Koons Split-Rocker in Rockefeller Center
All Photos By Gail Geoffrey and I had some time to kill after our wonderful day spent at MOMA, so we headed over to Rockefeller Center to check out the latest Jeff Koons public artwork: a giant...
View ArticlePink Thing of The Day: Pink Fountain at Love Park, Philadelphia
Image Source Love Park (official name: JFK Plaza) is a plaza located in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The park is nicknamed Love Park for Robert Indiana’s Love sculpture which overlooks the...
View ArticleYes Octopus Mural in DUMBO
All Photos By Gail In September of 2103, NYC-based design firm Sagmeister & Walsh was commissioned by the DUMBO Improvement District in partnership with Two Trees Management Co and the NYCDOT...
View ArticleTrust Your Vision Mural By Gilf!
All Photos By Gail As the world becomes more and more competitive, it’s easy to lose sight of one’s goals and aspirations. This maze-inspired piece references the difficulty of navigating life,...
View ArticleRoy Lichtenstein Times Square Subway Station Mural
Photo By Gail I pass by this cool mural nearly every time I take a train into or out of Times Square, but I just stopped to take a photo of it this past weekend, when I had a few minutes to spare on...
View ArticlePicasso Bull Statue, West 58th Street
Photos By Gail Post yesterday’s crazy snow storm, I was out exploring today and walked south from Central Park down Fifth Avenue and around the front of the Plaza Hotel, just because. Right across...
View ArticlePaula Hayes Gazing Globes in Madison Square Park
All Photos By Gail Discovering cool public art in NYC is part of what makes being an art lover in this city so rewarding. Even though they have been up since February 19th, I just read about Paula...
View ArticleHead in My Hands
Photo By Gail This is what I feel like at end of long and grueling week at the day gig. Here, we see that feeling manifested in bronze sculpture by artist Tom Otterness, as part of his urban fantasy...
View ArticleCharlie Hewitt’s Urban Rattle Sculpture Near the High Line
Photos By Gail I went walking on the High Line today and saw this fantastic modern abstract sculpture, which is just adjacent to the park, having been installed on the patio of a luxury rental...
View ArticleVisit the Coney Island Art Walls!!
Art Wall By Lady Pink (All Photos By Gail) If you haven’t been to Coney Island at least once this summer, you owe it to yourself to make the trip. Most residents of Manhattan who live, say, from...
View ArticleEverything Bagel Sculpture By Hanna Liden
All Photos By Gail Public Art, it is so awesome! This over-sized sculpture of a tower of giant Bagels, entitled Everything, was spotted by me in a unique location: on a tiny traffic island near the...
View ArticlePink Thing of The Day: Conversation By B. Morgan
All Photos By Gail This ‘Conversational’ group of colorful public seating is located just off Water Street and Old Slip in NYC’s Financial District. When I took these photos, a lot of people,...
View ArticleCityscape Fountains By Victor Scallo
All Photos By Gail Sculptor Victor Scallo created this sculpture that consists of four rectangular stainless steel blocks, which are meant to represent nearby buildings in the Financial District....
View ArticleTatiana Trouvé’s Desire Lines in Central Park
All Photos By Gail For her first public commission in the United States, Tatiana Trouvé (b. 1968, Cosenza, Italy) has made a work that responds to Central Park. She came to see the miles of pedestrian...
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