Public art

Confronting the landscape: Doug Aitken’s Mirage in the California desert

The artist has created a mirrored ranch-style ‘house’ for the exhibition Desert X

Creative Time appoints Elvira Dyangani Ose as senior curator

In an early interview, the Goldsmiths lecturer and independent curator hints at what she plans to achieve in New York

New York to get its own Fourth Plinth competition on the High Line

Twelve artists have been shortlisted for the first two commissions for large-scale public art on the elevated park

Liz Glynn brings turn-of-the-century grandeur to Central Park with her open-air ballroom

The Los Angeles-based sculptor is also in the spotlight next month with a show of Rodin-inspired works at Paula Cooper Gallery

Underground art: the public works that are part of New York’s $100bn infrastructure plan

At MoMA, governor Andrew Cuomo outlined the state’s projects, including pieces by Sarah Sze, Chuck Close and Vik Muniz

Tasmanian collector David Walsh unveils his vision for an Aboriginal art park on Hobart’s waterfront

The culture complex at Macquarie Point will include a history centre, fire and light installations, and a contemporary art gallery

British artist Idris Khan creates UAE’s first war memorial

This product of the country’s first war stresses the unity of the seven emirates

Thomas Heatherwick steps up to the challenge of creating a centrepiece for Hudson Yards redevelopment

The British designer unveiled his hive-like staircase structure to be installed in a new public square on the West Side of Manhattan

Jeppe Hein and Sam Durant create reflective works for historic sites in Massachusetts

The two-year project Art and the Landscape brings socially conscious contemporary art to colonial locations

Louder than words: on the Language of Things at City Hall Park

The show offers all visitors a chance to consider some serious ideas

Silent soldiers across the UK mark Battle of the Somme in poignant live art piece

Jeremy Deller organised the countrywide performance made up of more than 1,400 volunteers

Kids commission the darnedest things: New York high-schoolers choose public art for Long Island City

Brooklyn-based artist Mika Tajima work looks like a hot tub with plumes of coloured vapour that change hues based on the fluctuating price of gold

Flip the switch: Lacma’s Urban Light to go dark

The popular public installation is due to be turned off temporarily—but will soon shine again with a new paint job

Four years on and Norway is still divided on massacre memorial

Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg's monument, which calls for a slice of the Sørbråten peninsula to be cut out like “an open wound”, was due for completion in July

Olafur Eliasson waterfall for Copenhagen swimming pool

A proposal to build an art pool in the Danish capital would allow visitors to “get in touch” with underwater works

William Kentridge plans epic frieze for River Tiber

South African artist will incorporate pollution in 550m-long work

Bloomberg Philanthropies gives four US cities up to $1m for public art

The former New York mayor’s charity is funding projects across the country

Theaster Gates plans ‘sound sanctuary’ in disused church

Exhibition will be Chicago artist's first public project in the UK

Dive into London’s latest public art commission

Freshwater swimming pool by Marjetica Potrč and design duo Ooze opens in King’s Cross

Interview with Oscar Tuazon: Sculptures you are supposed to play with

Artist Oscar Tuazon on his Public Art Fund project for Brooklyn Bridge Park

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Controversial sculpture divides Tatarstan

Muslim clerics say work by Buddhist artist Dashi Namdakov is offensive

Interview with Jarvis Cocker: "A show can plant a seed that flowers years later"

The musician and St Martin’s graduate on why access to art is crucial during an economic crisis

Interview with Dennis Oppenheim on hid latest exhibition: “I could never stay with just one thing”

The veteran artist promises “truly radical” new work in his show at the Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma

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Chicago unveils its new art park

The $475 million Millennium Park includes a bandshell by Frank Gehry and a massive sculpture by Anish Kapoor

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Prato sticks with designs of the times as new contemporary art programme is announced

Art centre reopens with a retrospective of Ettore Sottsass and a homage to Leonardo