Public Art Works
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Art for Change
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In our season one finale, we question and explore the ways in which artists wield their work as an activist tool by revisiting Ai Weiwei’s 2017 city...
The Art of the Ad
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Public Art Fund has long explored ways to insert public art into ubiquitous New York City formats, from manhole covers—as we discussed—to bus shel...
In Direct Line
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the year 2000, Public Art Fund installed 19 functional manhole covers in Lower Manhattan, conceived and designed by the renowned conceptual artist ...
Public Art/Public Action
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Public art is not necessarily static, nor is it necessarily sculptural. Performance is a kind of public art, and one that brings with it a host of oth...
Food for Thought—and Art
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What do public art and street food have in common? More than you’d think… Join famed restaurateur Danny Meyer and Public Art Fund president Susan ...
Monumental
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off season one, we break down the past, present, and future of a very particular kind of public art: the permanent monument. At the core of th...
Special Preview 2
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A preview of Public Art Works with host actor Jeffrey Wright, restauranteur Danny Meyer, and artists Sue de Beer and Lawrence Weiner. Support the sho...
Special Preview 1
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A preview of Public Art Works featuring host actor Jeffrey Wright, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, and artists Hank Willis Thomas, Kate Gilmo...