Sign Off

Blank billboards speak to power struggles, policy gaps, and shifting priorities for New York City’s public realm.

This Is a Rehearsal

With democratic institutions and processes at a nadir, a playwright considers the public meeting's mise-en-scene. How might artists help perform power when we are out of practice?

Romantic Urbanism

Try a Little Tenderness

A speculative municipal bureaucracy offers infrastructure for emotional support.

New City Critics

A Living Painting

Large-scale public sculptures by Scott Burton have traveled from a corporate lobby to a Queens art center, but they are still in search of a forever home. Can their meanings endure in a new frame?

New City Critics

A Year in Property

An artist chronicles her daily life through the lens of property. From homes to household goods, are we condemned to be defined by what we own?

The Power Issue

A newspaper from the future imagines how New Yorkers defeat fascism, defend public power, electrify everything, and protect each other from flooding.

New City Critics

Feral Monument

Beloved for their innocence and feared as vectors of disease, pigeons are a divisive and constant presence in New York City. A monumental statue atop the High Line urges us to consider how our feral friends (or foes) are in fact just like us.