Public art

Artists visualise environmental fragility and resilience on New York’s Governors Island

A new public work by Alan Michelson and an exhibition by Leslie Wayne explore climate change and fragile ecosystems

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Banksy statue in central London could become permanent as Westminster council deliberates

The statue, which has drawn hordes of onlookers, will remain in St James's for at least the next few weeks, with the council aiming to make a decision on its longevity by the end of summer

Artists’ monumental hot dog sculpture, now with patriotic toppings, returns to Times Square

Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw’s 65ft-long “Hot Dog in the City” is back on display in New York on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding

How Constable country is becoming a hub of artistic innovation once again

Two hundred and fifty years after the birth of its most famous painter, the East of England's art scene has never been so vital

'The Climate Clock is ticking': new art trail in Finland shines a light on rapid Arctic warming

Artists including Rana Begum, SUPERFLEX and Ranti Bam have produced works for the initiative, which is part of the Oulu 2026 European Capital of Culture programme

US congress introduces bill to protect public art in federal buildings targeted by Trump administration

The Preserve Act specifically sites Washington, DC’s Cohen Building—the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal”

The small Ohio town getting an Aboriginal art museum and a James Turrell 'Skyspace' installation

New Bremen is home to one of the world’s largest manufacturers of forklift trucks; the company’s chief executive wants to make it ‘the Marfa of the Midwest’

New York’s Cathedral of St John the Divine unveils delicate artistic tribute to city’s unhoused population

Nisha Bansil’s sculpture, made up of more than 50,000 glass ginkgo leaves, draws attention to the city’s more than 100,000 unhoused citizens

Women auto workers who helped inspire UK's Equal Pay Act honoured in east London public sculpture

Made in collaboration with local students, Ruth Ewan's sculpture will mark the beginning of a heritage trail at the redeveloped Dagenham Green site

Fate of historic murals uncertain following Manhattan homeless shelter’s closure

The Bellevue Men’s Shelter was closed earlier this year after falling into disrepair, but efforts to document and preserve at least six Works Progress Administration-era murals in the building have stalled

Lacma's inaugural art parade celebrates new building and Los Angeles creative community

Artists and performers of all kinds flocked to Wilshire Boulevard for the city's first Art Parade

Obama Presidential Center opens, offering an art-filled, hopeful view of US history

The sprawling new campus on Chicago's South Side includes a rousing museum and commissions by Mark Bradford, Maya Lin, Richard Hunt, Martin Puryear and many more

Sculpture by Edi Rama, Albania's prime minister, features at Art Basel

The bronze work is presented as part of Parcours, the fair's public art section

In pictures: the best of Art Basel’s city-wide Parcours exhibition

The exhibition's curator, Stefanie Hessler, picks out some of this year's highlights

Artist Scott Burton honoured in new sculpture at New York’s Aids memorial

Oscar Tuazon’s new commission for the New York City Aids Memorial revisits Burton’s final public work

Edvard Munch’s chocolate factory series shines a light on the public artist he wanted to be

An exhibition in Oslo shows how the Norwegian artist hoped to build on the Freia chocolate factory frieze with even more ambitious work

Artists create Fifa World Cup posters denouncing presence of US immigration agents

The “No Ice in the Cup” campaign is using art to protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents' planned deployment to the football tournament

‘Fodder for the vain’: Veterans, preservationists and public speak out against Trump’s arch

Despite the vocal testimony against the project, the National Capital Planning Commission voted overwhelmingly in favour of the arch

JR's wrapped Pont Neuf installation in Paris damaged in storm

The opening of the French street artist's newest public work and tribute to Christo and Jeanne-Claude has now been delayed

Kelly Akashi and friends celebrate Altadena's resilience after Los Angeles wildfires

In a two-day installation and performance, the Los Angeles-based artist examined new growth at the site of her burned-down house and studio

Roberto Lugo brings monumental tribute to Puerto Rican culture to Manhattan park

The artist’s new large-scale sculptures in Madison Square Park pay homage to the island’s diaspora and its most beloved figures

US Commission of Fine Arts approves Trump’s Washington, DC arch despite public opposition

While the public comments about the proposal were said to be 99.5% unfavourable, the commission signed off on the proposed arch with its golden statuary

Final proposals for Billie Holiday monument in New York City revealed

One of the six shortlisted designs, by artists including Tavares Strachan and Thomas J Price, will be chosen this summer and erected at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in Queens

Iván Argote brings roving public art project to Chicago streets

The artist behind New York's beloved pigeon monument will create a mobile project celebrating Latine dignity

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Public art blossoms around New York

From the High Line to Brooklyn Bridge Park, artists are thinking big across the five boroughs

New Museum unveils Sarah Lucas's bawdy Bowery commission

The British artist's playful riff on a reclining nude will hold court at Bowery and Prince Street for two years

Fire erupts at San Francisco's Vaillancourt Fountain during its dismantling

The controversial San Francisco landmark has met its end after a contentious fight to save it failed

Pedro Reyes’s new Lacma commission sparks criticism in Mexico

Mexican cultural figures say the Olmec-inspired sculpture reprises a work that was previously rejected in Mexico City

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‘She had a fresh, informed eye’: mural depicting late Venice Biennale curator Koyo Kouoh displayed in lagoon city

Derrick Adams’ piece features “beams of gold signifying the brilliance and reach” of the curator’s influence

Towering homage to Bamiyan Buddhas rises over Manhattan’s High Line

For the fifth High Line Plinth commission, the Vietnamese American artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen has created a 27ft-tall version of the 6th-century Buddhas that were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001