Public art
Centrepiece of Destination Crenshaw, a sculpture-filled public space in south Los Angeles, to open in early autumn
The space, which will feature works by Maren Hassinger, Kehinde Wiley and others, also has the support of local celebrities Issa Rae and DeMar DeRozan
Historic statues of Black Brits go back on show at Brixton Station—with a familiar new friend
After 36 years, artist Kevin Atherton unveils a new work modelled on one of his original muses, local resident Joy Battick
‘We’re looking at the past as a gateway to the future’: Hank Willis Thomas on his new Martin Luther King Jr monument
The towering work, which depicts the interlocked arms of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, was unveiled in Boston ahead of the MLK Day holiday
Mixed reviews for Hank Willis Thomas's new Boston memorial honouring Martin Luther King Jr
The public sculpture is based on a photograph of the assassinated civil rights leader hugging his wife Coretta Scott King—but some say it looks offensive from certain angles
‘It was screaming for a female’: Shahzia Sikander on creating a statue of a woman for a Manhattan courthouse
The artist’s new commission for Madison Square Park and an adjacent court building also includes an augmented reality component
From the archive: San Francisco to unveil Hiroshi Sugimoto's towering sundial monument
The 70ft-high public art commission expresses "humanity's yearning for the infinite"
Art Night contemporary art festival moves out of London to the Scottish city of Dundee
The Turner Prize-winning artist Tai Shani has been confirmed for a new commission
Salamanders at Gloucester Road station and a new mural at Brixton tube—Art on the Underground 2023 programme revealed
Monster Chetwynd, Jem Perucchini and Zadie Xa will all unveil works around London’s transport hubs
New installation in Doha pays rare tribute to workers who built World Cup
Choi Jeong Hwa sculpture aims to "spark debate" amid backlash over migrant labour conditions
After sudden dismissal of all its members, Pittsburgh mayor moves to overhaul the city's public art commission
The city's mayor, Ed Gainey, has proposed a series of sweeping changes to the way public art is funded and commissioned there
Temporary monuments to pop up on the National Mall in Washington, DC, in new initiative
Six artists have been selected to create commemorative interventions in the US capital's sprawling public space
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New sculpture unveiled outside London's King's Cross station makes 'homelessness impossible to ignore'
The work—highlighting the growing crisis of rough sleepers in the UK—will also travel to Birmingham
Monumental tree sculpture to be unveiled on New York’s High Line elevated park
High Line Art has commissioned artist Pamela Rosenkranz to make a 25ft-tall, red and pink tree in the park
Artist takes abortion fight to the beach in Miami
Conceptual artist Michele Pred will draw two giant abortion pills for reproductive health justice
Yayoi Kusama and Kiki Smith’s massive mosaic murals for new Manhattan train station revealed
The artists’ vast new works adorn the Grand Central Madison terminal, which opens to the public later this month
Miami Beach public votes to acquire installation by Cuban artist Juana Valdés from Art Basel fair
Valdés's work will join pieces by Amoako Boafo, Sanford Biggers and others on long-term public display
Miami’s controversial dog and cat sculpture park is unleashed
The new garden, containing 52 sculptures of pets by 50 local artists, has been criticised by many in the city’s arts community
Miami artist billboard project puts justice in the spotlight
Series of works by new and established artists aims to highlight Florida’s huge imprisonment rate to Art Basel Miami Beach fair-goers
Banksy shares behind-the-scenes video of his Ukraine interventions
The secretive artist has dropped a short making-of documentary chronicling his guerilla interventions in war-torn Horenka
Future of ArtPrize, the biggest contemporary art contest in the US, uncertain after board disbands
The hugely popular contest also awarded major monies, with the winning artist taking home $250,000 most years
Banksy creates mural on bombed out building in Ukraine
The secretive artist apparently created a stencil of a gymnast amid the wreckage of a building in a city northwest of Kyiv
Ukrainian artists’ monumental projection takes over Chicago riverfront
A projection by Kyiv-based studio PHOTINUS and based on composer Mykola Leontovych's work is taking over a building in Chicago, which is home to a large Ukrainian diaspora community
A giant inflatable Koons, a desert mirror illusion and a giant football goal: seven of the best new sculptures in Qatar
On display from the airport to the desert, the public art commissions have been installed in time for the World Cup this month
Eight must-see sculptures from Paris+ par Art Basel's Jardin des Tuileries show
The public programme, Sites, brings together contemporary works artists including Niki de Saint Phalle, Otobong Nkanga and Franz West
Yayoi Kusama and Kiki Smith to create giant mosaics for new Manhattan train station
The 700,000 sq. ft Grand Central Madison, being built beneath Grand Central Terminal, will be home to permanent installations by the renowned artists
UK court of appeal rules Colston statue toppling a 'violent' act—but protestors still 'not guilty'
Case was escalated after some Conservative MPs criticised the acquittal of the four protestors who removed the public monument