Public art
Artists including Jenny Holzer, Alison Saar and Kiki Smith creating commissions for Obama Presidential Center
The nine new works will be made by ten artists—including Nick Cave, Marie Watt and Idris Khan
Artist behind San Francisco's Vaillancourt Fountain sends cease-and-desist letter to halt its destruction
The 96-year-old Armand Vaillancourt continues fighting to rescue his public art project from the wrecking ball
Artist Maya Lin poses probing questions around New York City during Climate Week
Lin’s project, along with other timely shows and programmes around the city, uses art to address the climate crisis
New Banksy mural of judge beating protestor to be removed
The work at London's Royal Courts of Justice was revealed by the street artist on Instagram
Venice installation celebrates migrants with 100 large-scale portraits
The public works, inspired by the French street artist JR, have been installed on the facade of the 16th-century Procuratie Vecchie
From the streets to the parks and beyond: the pick of this season's public art in New York
This season’s bounty of outdoor art includes bronze gates near City Hall, a layered sound installation in Brooklyn Bridge Park and a mural honouring graffiti history at MoMA PS1
Ai Weiwei's cat-mouflage takeover of New York City park
Artist’s cat silhouettes in Four Freedoms Park work reinterprets camouflage pattern used by the military
Florida’s rainbow crosswalks and other public art ordered removed
While Miami Beach fights to keep its famous rainbow crosswalk on Ocean Drive, the one in front of the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando—the site of a 2016 mass shooting—has been painted over
Pro-Palestine mural boarded up overnight at University of North Carolina
The resistance mural, created by students and volunteers, was concealed by facilities workers on chancellor's orders with no prior warning, says arts department faculty
Future of giant Oldenburg and Van Bruggen sculpture uncertain following sale
Long a fixture outside the Iowa headquarters of the publisher formerly known as Dotdash Meredith, "Plantoir" has been sold and will soon be relocated to an undisclosed site
‘Their resolve is incredibly strong’: Ai Weiwei visits soldiers on Ukrainian front lines
As Ukraine’s president prepared for a high-stakes visit to Washington, DC, the Chinese artist and activist visited Eastern Ukraine
‘Anish Kapoor, let him out’: satirical protest campaign claims a man is trapped inside the Chicago Bean
A group of black-clad protesters recently gathered at “Cloud Gate” to raise awareness and call for the release of the man they claim lives inside the sculpture
Relocation of popular public sculpture called off after Vancouver residents claim it would block their views
The dispute over the future location of “Trans Am Rapture” has prompted duelling petitions, with the municipal government calling off the reinstallation to find a new site
New $31m art-filled park planned for downtown Pittsburgh
The project hopes to revitalise the area, with works by artists including Vanessa German and Thaddeus Mosley
Bums, boulders and biscuits: Jeremy Deller’s street party brings arty revelry to central London
The finale of the artist’s ‘Triumph of Art’ project involved performances and participatory projects that invited people to have fun—and speak out
Prospect New Orleans will not take place in 2027
The city-wide contemporary-art triennial will instead publish a book celebrating its first 20 years
Amid a wave of global crises, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov’s Ship of Tolerance sets sail again—with added potency
The 20-year-old collaborative installation, which recently dropped anchor in Ontario, will travel to Uzbekistan next
Trump’s bill to cut taxes and social safety net programmes includes $40m for patriotic sculpture park
The president’s signature bill, approved by the US Senate on 1 July, is expected to add trillions of dollars to the national debt
Trump dances with Jeffrey Epstein in new National Mall sculpture
A new anonymous, satirical art piece aimed at the US President has found its way into the White House's orbit
Manhattan's Elizabeth Street Garden to be preserved after about-face by New York mayor
Mayor Eric Adams has sought to demolish the Soho sculpture park in order to build affordable housing for seniors
London’s Queen Elizabeth II memorial to feature contemplative Yinka Shonibare sculpture
The British-Nigerian artist Shonibare is part of the team behind the project, led by Foster + Partners
Lacma will plant towering, flowering Jeff Koons sculpture outside new building
The artist’s 37ft-tall “Split-Rocker” was donated to the museum by collectors Lynda and Stewart Resnick
Belgian council cancels Hew Locke commission that planned to ‘disrupt’ colonial statue
The artist had intended to recontextualise a statue of king Leopold II, who oversaw a brutal regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
All aboard: murals celebrate 200th anniversary of two of the world's most historic train stations
Works by Adébayo Bolaji and Kate Jackson were unveiled yesterday at Darlington and Heighington stations, both in the UK's County Durham
Documentary chronicles decades of work by New York ‘maintenance artist’ Mierle Laderman Ukeles
The film, about the octogenarian conceptual artist who appointed herself artist-in-residence of the city’s Department of Sanitation, has its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival
Washington, DC street renamed ‘Alma Thomas Way’ in honour of renowned abstract painter
The street where Thomas—the first Black woman to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art—lived for most of her life now bears her name
Boston Public Art Triennial launches with more than a dozen projects across the city
Works at the inaugural triennial entreat locals and visitors alike to imagine new ways of understanding our world
From Africa to the Arctic Circle, this public artwork is stampeding into cities with a cry for climate action
‘The Herds’ is an expanding throng of life-sized moveable animal sculptures—and it succeeds where many ostensibly green projects fail
Artists and architects shortlisted in Queen Elizabeth II memorial design competition
Designs by five teams have been shortlisted to create the proposed memorial in St James’s Park, with the winning entry due to be announced this summer
Tschabalala Self sculpture of two Black lovers will adorn exterior of New York's New Museum when it reopens
“I wanted to show an aspiration for better times to come,” the artist says of her commission