Arts

In the shadow of the Flatiron, a writer spends an hour conducting her own public space audit.

What happens when artists embed within city government? For ten years, New York’s Public Artists in Residence have been building bridges and breaking down walls between the civic and the public.

Posting the experiences of shelter residents and staff in the public realm, artist Alex Strada creates a walking meditation on the right to housing.

Multiple spins on an elaborate underwater-themed carousel reveal the importance of wonder in the public realm.

Behind the scenes of a DIY stalwart’s rebuild as it returns after ten years to a changed LES, and world.

As midsummer nights get hotter and wetter, outdoor performance venues and workers are adapting.

“The Cross Bronx is the catalyst for the Bronx history that drives my work as a documentarian of community. It’s this dichotomy of, ‘I wish this was never here,’ and ‘I would miss it if it went away.’”

New City Critics fellows will turn their critical gaze over the city.

A larger than life figure is honored across a growing landscape of commemorative parks, buildings, and place names.

Public art proposals are a highly contested terrain. But the processes for the commissions themselves escape scrutiny.