Public art
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
In pictures: Frieze week public art puts Manhattan in the pink
From Lily Kwong's installation in Madison Square Park to John Chamberlain's follies at the Rockefeller Center, works are catching the eye across the borough
British artist Thomas J Price brings a contemplative colossus to Times Square
The monumental figurative sculpture "Grounded in the Stars" is on show in New York until 17 June
Trump’s Garden of American Heroes seeks artists for its 250 statues
Meanwhile, Americans of all political stripes disapprove of the president’s cultural takeover while Max Hollein says Trump’s new anti-DEI rules “do not apply” to the Met
Public mosaic by Jeremy Deller and Coralie Turpin explores the history and nature of Scarborough
The Roman-style work completes the Wild Eye art and nature trail, which connects five other artist commissions along the coast
Chicago's cultural affairs department hits crisis point
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events recently added new members to its Cultural Advisory Council to help right the ship
Oklahoma slam dunk: Indigenous artist invites visitors to shoot hoops as part of his latest show
Alongside his paintings and sculptures, Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds has created two public art installations in the form of basketball courts, where visitors are encouraged to play a friendly game
Los Angeles wildfire memorial project seeks to save chimneys from famous architects’ houses
Chimneys from Pacific Palisades homes designed by Richard Neutra, Eric Lloyd Wright and others—in many cases the homes’ only remaining elements—would be turned into a memorial for wildfire victims
Trump administration will use humanities grant money to build patriotic sculpture park
Funds from cancelled National Endowment for the Humanities grants will help realise one of the US president’s pet projects
Public sculpture destroyed in apparent arson attack in Toronto
The public art piece in the shape of a canoe, by Douglas Coupland, was a tribute to the famed Group of Seven painter Tom Thomson
Patti Smith plays rally at Elizabeth Street Garden to protest imminent eviction
The Manhattan sculpture garden was denied an injunction against eviction under the Visual Artist Rights Act
Trump layoffs leave more than 26,000 government-owned artworks in limbo
Nearly half the art and historic preservation workers at the General Services Administration have been put on leave and are expected to be terminated
Washington, DC demolishes Black Lives Matter mural and plaza
The street mural, just steps from the White House, is being removed after a Republican legislator threatened to withhold federal funding for DC unless the area was renamed "Liberty Plaza"
Review | ‘An utterly positive and dangerously irrelevant’ book written by the chief executive of Arts Council England
This journey through the UK’s publicly funded arts carefully averts its eyes from the many signs of crisis
Roman mural outlining the chain of violence against women will be restored for International Women's Day
The artists Marina Biagini and Elisa Caracciolo will work with members of the community to restore their poignant public memorial
On Parade: Berwick-upon-Tweed communities go up in lights, ten times life size, on historic Hawksmoor building
Matthew Rosier's film "Parade" projects border town's diverse community back to itself as National Heritage Lottery Fund awards £4.5m grant for restoration of Berwick barracks as arts centre
Manhattan’s New Museum will reopen this autumn following $82m expansion
The new seven-storey, 61,930 sq. ft building will effectively double the museum’s gallery space
Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial launches second phase with nine new installations throughout the emirate
The first edition of the exhibition brings work by over 70 artists to the streets of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain
Lawsuit to halt demolition of Manhattan's Elizabeth Street Garden claims it is a protected ‘physical and social sculpture’
Activists say the Visual Artist Rights Act covers the garden, which the city wants to destroy to make way for affordable mixed-use housing
Coco Fusco skywriting on Los Angeles's billboards
The artist's poetic texts are appearing in the sky around the city, on digital billboards
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s The Gates revived, in exhibition and augmented reality, 20 years later
An AR experience in Central Park and a show at The Shed bring the sprawling Land art installation in Central Park back to life
Artists and scientists join forces for Finland climate crisis project
Climate Clock will see a permanent public art trail installed in the city of Oulu
Nuevo museo traza la plural herencia muralista de México
El Museo Vivo del Muralismo se encuentra en la antigua sede de la Secretaría de Educación en el Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México
New museum in Mexico’s capital chronicles the country’s rich mural heritage
Museo Vivo del Muralismo includes works by greats such as Diego Rivera in a building that is a Unesco World Heritage Site
Gabriel Orozco: ‘I work internationally while always maintaining ties with my country’
One of Mexico’s most influential contemporary artists, who is also at the helm of the transformation of a public park in Mexico City, discusses his life and work on the occasion of a showcase at Museo Jumex
Restored mural by Philip Guston, Reuben Kadish and Jules Langsner unveiled in Mexico
The work at the Museo Regional Michoacano Dr Nicolás León Calderón was obscured behind a false wall for decades
President Trump revives plans for sculpture park dedicated to ‘American heroes’
Statues of George Washington and Frederick Douglass will join those of more contemporary heroes like celebrity chef Julia Child and Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek
Railroads of the American West provide the subjects, sounds and instruments in new musical performance
The artists and composers Raven Chacon and Guillermo Galindo will debut the final movement in their collaborative performance and graphic musical score
New Orleans triennial positions the city as a model for a precarious, adaptive future
The sixth edition of Prospect New Orleans, co-curated by Miranda Lash and Ebony G. Patterson, finds artists looking to the distant past, urgent present and possible futures for archetypes of resilience