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Times Square: A River of Public Art

You can’t step into the same river twice, as the saying goes, and the same can be said for Times Square. Lights flicker, LCD screens flash, peanuts candy, tourists stop, look up, and cross the street. It has a rhythm all its own. In the last few years we’ve seen the busy intersection respond to [...]
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Quote of the Day

In their article on the best public art installations of the first ten years of the new millennium, electronicbeats.net, a music and lifestyle website, declares the surge of temporary public art installations around the world to be “the most eye-catching movement that arose in [the last decade].” A validating statement if ever I heard one! Below [...]
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We Like Your Style, LA!

This slipped by us but not by ArtBridge friend, Chris Northrup, who was kind enough to pass along the information this week about a Los Angeles victory for Art in the ongoing Art vs. Advertising battle. Better late than never, I say! Garish billboards are no stranger to Los Angeles– there’s even a non-profit organization, [...]
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We're Excited About…

It’s a Summery day here in the City and with the arrival of the sun and heat has come an idea: a weekly posting highlighting what’s worth knowing about in the Realm of Public Art. This week for our first entry, I’d like introduce you to a London and NYC-based Public Arts organization called wasted [...]
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Maya Barkai’s "Walking Men 99" unveiled at 99 Church Street

Since the 2007 launch of their “Re:Construction” initiative, our friends at the Alliance for Downtown New York have been channeling “the energy of Downtown’s rebuilding process by recasting construction sites as canvasses for innovative public art and architecture.” Their most recent installation, “Walking Men 99,” by photographer Maya Barkai, will be unveiled at 99 Church [...]
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ArtBridge Installation on Google Streetview!

The title of this post says it all. Have a look for yourself HERE. Seen any other public art around the City captured with Street View? Send us your screen shots and we’ll post a few of our favorites next week!
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Thursday: AIA's urbanSHED Competition Finalist Presentations

Looking for something different to do this week? Why not stop by the American Institutes of Architects this Thursday evening to see the finalists present their proposals for the re-imagining of the urban shed? Over 150 individuals and design teams responded to the AIA’s Fall ’09 call for entries and after a rigorous juried selection [...]
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Public Art Fund's Call for Entries for "In The Public Realm"

Happy New Year public art makers and appreciators! Our friends over at Public Art Fund have recently put out a call for entries for In the Public Realm 2010, a program that, according to their website, is “designed to champion innovative public art projects by New York-based emerging artists.” As we know from our March [...]
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