Public art
Monuments to overlooked histories are coming to Washington, DC’s National Mall
New public art show will bring alternative monuments by Derrick Adams, Wendy Red Star, vanessa german and others to the busiest national park in the US
Lawsuit to halt melting of Confederate statue at centre of deadly Virginia rally largely dismissed
The city of Charlottesville still faces possible legal action
New York City approves revised design for long-awaited Shirley Chisholm monument
Artists Olalekan B. Jeyifous and Amanda Williams have been given the go-ahead to realise a commemorative statue of the political legend
Man arrested in connection with Pistoletto suspected arson attack
A sculpture by Michelangelo Pistoletto was destroyed by fire in Naples on Wednesday
$2.3m grant will fund Denver monument to historic disability rights protest
The Mile High City will create a new monument to a 1978 protest that was a landmark for the disability rights movement
Public art display in Liverpool hospital marks 75th anniversary of UK's National Health Service
Historic England is also funding two projects in Bristol and London
David Adjaye creates his first permanent public sculpture at St Louis museum
The rammed earth sculpture at the Griot Museum of Black History was commissioned as part of Counterpublic triennial
Ryan Gander’s coin hunt brings out competitive edge at Manchester International Festival
More than 200,000 pieces will be hidden in the nooks and crannies of the city
Richard I or a big squiggle? Nick Hornby unveils equine sculpture in the heart of Westminster
The commission is the first of three works by the artist to be unveiled in the capital this year
Los Angeles inaugurates three new art-filled metro stations
The city’s newest underground train stations are home to permanent commissions by eight artists including Andrea Bowers and Ann Hamilton
Six must-see works in Art Basel's free-to-see public art programme
This year's Parcours sector reveals—to both visitors and locals—some of the Swiss city's hidden gems
Oil giant Chevron removed public art installation without warning, artists allege
The energy giant did not inform the associated artists of their plans to remove a piece of art that advocate for environmental justice, according to organisers
Sculptural symbol of mourning by Jim Hodges unveiled at New York’s Aids Memorial Park
The work, “Craig’s closet”, honours the more than 100,000 New Yorkers who have died of Aids
Phyllida Barlow's final, irreverent public art project takes form in New York
At the time of her death in March, the British sculptor had been working on a major Public Art Fund exhibition
Checkmate for public art installation of giant game pieces in Philadelphia
“Your Move”, a sculptural installation in central Philadelphia, will be permanently removed after it was deemed too costly to maintain
Newfields and the Indianapolis Museum of Art seek to turn a corner after ‘triple tragedies’
The museum sparked scandal in 2021 with the phrasing of a job posting, but the new leader of its parent organisation says “we’re not a racist institution”
Memorial to peace activist Brian Haw to stand opposite London's Imperial War Museum
The campaigner began protesting the Iraq war outside the Houses of Parliament in 2001 and remained camped at the site until his death in 2011
Hong Kong: artists carve out a space for themselves in public
From giant rubber ducks to thinly veiled protest art, outdoor sculpture is having a moment in the city
Controversial monument to Queen Elizabeth II needs donors
Massive sculpture by Simon Hitchens, criticised by local campaign group, is three times the size of Antony Gormley’s 'Angel of the North'
Sculpture of Black woman—spray painted white by vandals—cleaned up by UK seaside community
Work by Tschabalala Self will have to undergo professional restoration
‘My work holds a mirror to one’s perspective’: Nicholas Galanin on his new public sculpture made of border wall steel
The Indigenous artist used steel destined for construction of the US’s southern border fence to make a large text art piece in Brooklyn
A hot pink tree sculpture sprouts amid New York's leafy High Line
Pamela Rosenkranz’s Old Tree is on show close to the Shed, Frieze New York's venue
From Harlem to Brooklyn: public art to see for free in New York this spring
The city's streets and parks are blossoming with sculptures
Artists paid less than £3 an hour for public art commissions, report finds
The Structurally F–cked survey looked at artists' pay and conditions, and found a "culture of low fees, unpaid labour, and systemic exploitation"
St Louis’s Counterpublic triennial puts action and land repatriation at the fore
The triennial considers the city’s history of displacement with public works by New Red Order, Anita Fields and Jordan Weber, among others
Pillar of Shame sculpture seized by police in Hong Kong
Work commemorating Tiananmen Square tragedy is confiscated as part of "incitement to subversion" case
Hank Willis Thomas and Coby Kennedy reach for the skies with Chicago airport sculpture
The artists’ installation, featuring two monumental hands reaching out to each other, has been installed at O’Hare International Airport
New works by Charles Ray and Christopher Wool will be public fixtures of Manhattan development
Ray’s large-scale statue of Adam and Eve will beckon visitors into the a plaza while Wool’s enormous mural looms from a glass-enclosed lobby
Damien Hirst’s humongous headless demon dominates the skyline on London's Greenwich Peninsula
The gargantuan piece, which looks up to the Thames cable car, is part of Hirst’s Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable series
A monumental tribute to Jamal Khashoggi unveiled in his home state of Virginia
Artist Navine G. Dossos created a towering, kaleidoscopic mural in tribute to the assassinated journalist at Richmond's Institute for Contemporary Art