public art

An ill-fated trip from the Bronx to Manhattan left an art installation stranded on Rikers Island last week.

The 24-foot-wide Harvest Dome art installation is set to float into the waters along Inwood HIll Park on Friday.

Artist Rachel Owens will soon unveil a sculpture in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. It's named to honor the late Parks Department art curator Clare Weiss.

Unsuspecting pedestrians may see a wish station, a person entirely covered by fabric and subway signs altered to include historical place names.

The giant head may be gone, but public art in Madison Square Park is alive and well, with a new sculpture series unveiled on Sept. 22, 2011.

A Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Project Space at 455 W. 19th St. is empty on the inside, but projects swirling images of photographs to passersby.

East Harlem's murals are part of the historic neighborhood's cultural legacy that need to be preserved, says a new group dedicated to doing just that.

Community Board 5's Parks Committee voted unanimously in favor of an artist's bid to dress the George Washington Statue in Union Square in tourist gear.

Scott Taylor's piece "WALK MAN" was attacked by vandals who knocked the 7-foot-tall piece over.

Yarn artist Olek covered a new sculpture in Tompkins Square Park in one of her trademark designs.

Public artist Leon Reid IV wanted to dress up the statue of George Washington in Union Square to look like a typical New York tourist.

"The Wall Project,"a collection of 3-foot-high grass-covered walls, is coming to Gansevoort Plaza in the spring.

A Mark di Suvero sculpture that originally featured a wooden swing now has a safer tire swing.

Artist Scott Taylor's "WALK MAN" sculpture is set for a four-month run in Tompkins Square Park.

A Gaston Lachaise sculpture of a nude woman is slated to be installed in Tramway Plaza in August.