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New York's best public art installations this season

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By Updated Jan 6, 2020, 10:48am EST

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Cheryl Fly-Zi Wong, Dev Harlan, and NYC Parks

Now that the holidays are by us and nosotros have reached a new year's day—and decade!—it's time to revisit our list of temporary public fine art installations of the flavour. These pieces enliven the urban mural with abstruse pieces, selfie-worthy moments, and more.

Here, we've collected more than than a dozen worth scouting in the next few months, in the 5 boroughs. Equally more cool projects come to light, we'll update the map—and every bit always, if you know of annihilation that we may have missed, let us know in the comments.

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one. Lateral Office, CS Pattern, EGP Group: "Impulse"

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Impulse, an interactive installation made upward of 12 oversized illuminating seesaws, volition exist on Broadway, in the Garment District, until Jan 31. Part of the Garment Commune Alliance's public art plan, the installation will be located on a block temporarily closed to traffic between 37th and 38th streets. Every bit passersby hop on them, seesaws illuminate and emit sounds, transforming the area into "a gleaming wintertime wonderland," the clarification reads.

Alexandre Ayer, courtesy of the Garment District Alliance

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two. Rubem Rubierb: "Dream Machine: Dandara"

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8 Beach St
New York, NY 10013

On view until May 4 in Tribeca park, Dream Automobile: Dandara from Brazilian artist Rubem Robierb, features 2 x-foot loftier pearl white fiberglass wings with a space in between for viewers to place themselves. Information technology'due south office of the artists's Dream Machine series, a gear up of sculptures named later on someone "forgotten or famous who lived or died fighting for their ain dreams, or for the dreams of others," the installation description says. This one is named later a transgender woman who was murdered in Brazil in 2017.

Courtesy of NYC Parks

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"Brick Firm" by creative person Simone Leigh, on view at The High Line's Spur, features a 16-foot-tall bronze bosom of a Blackness woman. The bust, "a combination of the forms of a skirt and a clay house," the installation's clarification reads, is part of Leigh's "Anatomy of Architecture" serial that merges architectural forms from different regions of the globe with the human trunk. The sculpture will be on view until September xxx, 2020.

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4. Ailene Fields: "Once Upon a Fourth dimension and The Frog Prince"

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245 E 47th St
New York, NY 10017

At Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, in Midtown, two statues by artist Ailene Fields will exist on view until April 26. Both bronze and rock statues—one of a fairy on a branch and another 1 of a big frog prince—allude to the artist's fascination for ancient Greek and Roman mythology.

Courtesy of Six Summit Gallery

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5. Jean-Marie Appriou: "The Horses"

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Grand Army Plaza &, 5th Ave
New York, NY 10019

On view until August 30, 2020, this Public Art Fund installation past French artist Jean-Marie Appriou features large equine sculptures made from cast aluminum, inspired by the carriage horses that carry tourists around Central Park and its surrounding surface area. The artist reimagines the horses, the installation description says, with "jagged textures and silver surfaces [that] create a dynamic play of light and shadow every bit nosotros move around them."

Nicholas Knight, courtesy of Public Art Fund

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6. Nicolas Holiber: "Birds on Broadway, the Audubon Sculpture Project"

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Columbus Ave &, West 63rd St
New York, NY 10023

On view along Broadway from 64th Street to 157th Street, Holiber'south installation features 10 sculptures of NYC birds in danger of extinction. The sculptures are made of reclaimed and untreated lumber, allowing natural forces to bear upon them and "highlight the environmental challenges faced by each species," per the installation clarification. Some of the species featured include the peregrine falcon, scarlet tanager, snowy owl, and wood duck.

NYC Parks

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seven. Naomi Lawrence: "La Flor De Mi Madre"

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1718 Park Ave
New York, NY 10035

"La Flor De Mi Madre," by artist Naomi Lawrence at Eugene McCabe Field in Eastward Harlem, features iii large crocheted flowers made of acrylic yarn, as well as smaller ones made in collaboration with neighborhood artists. The flowers stand for Eastward Harlem's diversity, including a pink dahlia representing Mexico, a xanthous Christmas orchid representing Colombia, a red hibiscus representing Puerto Rico, impala lilies representing Republic of ghana, lush pink bayahibe representing the Dominican Commonwealth, and white frangipani representing the Cote d'ivoire. The installation volition be on view until June 25, 2020.

Courtesy of NYC Parks and Naomi Lawrence

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E 125th St
New York, NY 10035

Organized by nonprofit Uptown One thousand Central, 50 local artists came together to paint 1,500 anxiety of construction panels along Due east 125th Street, the surface area near Harlem's Metro-N station. Artists who participated—including Shiro, Marthalicia, and TooFly—were given between 32 and 96 feet of fencing area to paint. "We take learned the power of public art to both uplift the neighborhood and inspire hopes for the futurity," Carey King, director of Uptown M Central, said in a statement nigh the collaborative projection, which took place during three weekends in September.

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9. Nacinimod Deodee: "A Long Walk to Freedom and Reflection"

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Due west 145 St &, Lenox Ave
New York, NY 10037

On view until June 19 in Harlem'due south Colonel Charles Immature Triangle, a three-part exhibition by artist Nacinimod Deodee features a fence installation that runs forth Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard with the numbers 1619, in reference to the year that American slavery began, and an infinity symbol. Information technology also features a yarn installation in the park's benches and lamp posts. Harlem Needle Arts presents the exhibition.

Courtesy of Harlem Needle Arts

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ten. Chat Travieso: "The Boogie Down (Youth) Booth"

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1405 Jerome Ave
The Bronx, NY 10452

On view until May 31, 2020, "The Boogie Down (Youth) Berth" by artist Chat Travieso is located in Keltch Park, on 170th Street and Jerome Artery. The artist was inspired by the Yes Loitering Projection, an initiative that researched how teenagers might exist excluded from public spaces and ways to create more spaces for them. The installation features a seating area, solar-powered lights, and speakers that stream music continuously, honoring "the sounds of the borough," such as salsa, jazz, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, dejection, hip-hop, and Garifuna.

Conversation Travieso, "The Boogie Down (Youth) Berth", courtesy of the artist and NYC Parks.

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xi. Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong & Dev Harlan: "POOLTIME"

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"POOLTIME," by artists Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong and Dev Harlan honors the now-defunct Aquacade, an aquatic amphitheater built for the 1939 World's Fair. That infinite was a customs hub "even decades later many of the other World's Off-white attractions had fallen into disuse and disuse," the clarification reads. Located at the due north end of Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the installation recreates the experience of being under the h2o of a pool. On view until June 8, 2020, the installation is part of a larger programming initiative centered effectually the park as a site for the 1939 and 1964 Globe Fairs.

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12. Yvonne Shortt with Jenna Boldebuck, Mayuko Fujino, and Joel Esquite: "Rigged"

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8720 Queens Blvd
Forest Hills, NY 11375

On view in MacDonald Park until July 9, Rigged features a three-dimensional maze with rabbits and carrots, forth with a text that reads "Why practice so few have what and so many need?" According to its description, the installation is a "visual commentary on our social, political, and economical systems." The sculpture has a window and a series of staircase but seemingly no entry or get out from it. The maze was designed by nonprofit RPGA Studio, Inc. and the community designed the rabbit/carrot pieces.

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13. Jose Carlos Casado, Community: "You never really know your own language until yous study another"

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150-29 Jamaica Ave
Jamaica, NY 11435

An interactive exhibition that includes an augmented reality app (designed by artist Jose Carlos Casado), this installation features posters, similar to those made for protests, with abstractions of 10 community volunteers's hands. Casado captured images of their palms and ran them through a 3D imaging software. The volunteers are too painted on the side of each construction. This installation will be on view until April 5, 2020.

NYC Parks

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seventh Ave & Park Pl
Brooklyn, NY 11217

In Park Slope, on the Greenstreet triangle between Seventh Avenue and Park Place, an installation by creative person Neb Soltis will exist on view until July 31. Part of the "Under the Sun" serial about "experimentation with the human form, positive and negative relationships and the interplay between the figure and a sculptural surround," the description reads. Soltis's works are usually an experimentation with patterns, lines, images, and shapes.

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15. Fitzhugh Karol: "Field's Jax Iv"

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York St. Between Adams Street and, Pearl St
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Brooklyn-based sculptor Fitzhugh Karol created "Field's Jax," a serial of four installations placed around Dense, out of recycled steel. Karol challenges viewers to wait for the side by side one and explore the neighborhood. It volition be on view until Apr 28, 2020.

NYC Parks

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16. Harold Ancart: "Subliminal Standard"

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Cadman Plaza E
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Also on view until 2020, Belgian-born artist Harold Ancart created a painted concrete sculpture inspired by New York City's handball courts. "Popularized by early 20th century immigrants to the United States, handball is among the most democratic sports, requiring null more than than a modest ball and a wall to play," the Public Art Fund installation description reads.

Nicholas Knight, courtesy Public Art Fund, NY

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17. Sundog Theatre, Inc. with Lina Montoya and students from PS 39: "The Immigrant Journey – Past Meets Nowadays"

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Sand Ln
Staten Island, NY 10305

A collaboration between artist Lina Montoya and students from P.S. 39, this installation at Arrochar Playground was inspired by the Staten Island Ferry and the boats that came to Ellis Isle and is a tribute to immigrant communities. On view until June 12, it is attached to a fence and features a gunkhole full of butterflies, the Statue of Liberty, an airplane, and a foursquare figure that represents the southern border.

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1. Lateral Office, CS Pattern, EGP Grouping: "Impulse"

Alexandre Ayer, courtesy of the Garment District Brotherhood

Impulse, an interactive installation made up of 12 oversized illuminating seesaws, will exist on Broadway, in the Garment District, until January 31. Office of the Garment District Alliance's public art program, the installation volition be located on a cake temporarily closed to traffic between 37th and 38th streets. As passersby hop on them, seesaws illuminate and emit sounds, transforming the area into "a gleaming winter wonderland," the clarification reads.

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2. Rubem Rubierb: "Dream Machine: Dandara"

Courtesy of NYC Parks

On view until May 4 in Tribeca park, Dream Machine: Dandara from Brazilian creative person Rubem Robierb, features ii 10-foot high pearl white fiberglass wings with a space in between for viewers to place themselves. It'south office of the artists'south Dream Motorcar series, a set up of sculptures named later on someone "forgotten or famous who lived or died fighting for their own dreams, or for the dreams of others," the installation description says. This one is named after a transgender woman who was murdered in Brazil in 2017.

8 Beach St
New York, NY 10013

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3. Simone Leigh: "Brick House"

"Brick House" by creative person Simone Leigh, on view at The High Line's Spur, features a 16-foot-tall bronze bust of a Black woman. The bust, "a combination of the forms of a skirt and a clay house," the installation'due south description reads, is office of Leigh's "Beefcake of Architecture" series that merges architectural forms from different regions of the world with the human torso. The sculpture will be on view until September 30, 2020.

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4. Ailene Fields: "Once Upon a Time and The Frog Prince"

Courtesy of Six Summit Gallery

At Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, in Midtown, two statues past artist Ailene Fields will be on view until Apr 26. Both bronze and stone statues—one of a fairy on a branch and some other one of a large frog prince—allude to the artist's fascination for ancient Greek and Roman mythology.

245 E 47th St
New York, NY 10017

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v. Jean-Marie Appriou: "The Horses"

Nicholas Knight, courtesy of Public Fine art Fund

On view until August 30, 2020, this Public Art Fund installation past French artist Jean-Marie Appriou features large equine sculptures made from cast aluminum, inspired by the carriage horses that bear tourists around Central Park and its surrounding area. The artist reimagines the horses, the installation clarification says, with "jagged textures and silvery surfaces [that] create a dynamic play of light and shadow as nosotros move around them."

Grand Army Plaza &, 5th Ave
New York, NY 10019

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6. Nicolas Holiber: "Birds on Broadway, the Audubon Sculpture Project"

NYC Parks

On view forth Broadway from 64th Street to 157th Street, Holiber'south installation features 10 sculptures of NYC birds in danger of extinction. The sculptures are made of reclaimed and untreated lumber, allowing natural forces to affect them and "highlight the ecology challenges faced by each species," per the installation description. Some of the species featured include the peregrine falcon, cherry tanager, snowy owl, and wood duck.

Columbus Ave &, W 63rd St
New York, NY 10023

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7. Naomi Lawrence: "La Flor De Mi Madre"

Courtesy of NYC Parks and Naomi Lawrence

"La Flor De Mi Madre," by creative person Naomi Lawrence at Eugene McCabe Field in Due east Harlem, features three large crocheted flowers fabricated of acrylic yarn, as well as smaller ones fabricated in collaboration with neighborhood artists. The flowers stand for East Harlem'due south diversity, including a pink dahlia representing Mexico, a yellow Christmas orchid representing Republic of colombia, a carmine hibiscus representing Puerto Rico, impala lilies representing Republic of ghana, lush pink bayahibe representing the Dominican Democracy, and white frangipani representing the Ivory Coast. The installation volition exist on view until June 25, 2020.

1718 Park Ave
New York, NY 10035

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8. "Uptown GrandScale Landscape"

Uptown Grand Primal

Organized by nonprofit Uptown Grand Cardinal, 50 local artists came together to paint 1,500 feet of construction panels along Eastward 125th Street, the area near Harlem'due south Metro-North station. Artists who participated—including Shiro, Marthalicia, and TooFly—were given between 32 and 96 feet of fencing area to paint. "We have learned the power of public art to both uplift the neighborhood and inspire hopes for the future," Carey Male monarch, director of Uptown Yard Central, said in a statement near the collaborative projection, which took place during iii weekends in September.

E 125th St
New York, NY 10035

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9. Nacinimod Deodee: "A Long Walk to Liberty and Reflection"

Courtesy of Harlem Needle Arts

On view until June nineteen in Harlem's Colonel Charles Young Triangle, a three-office exhibition by artist Nacinimod Deodee features a fence installation that runs along Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard with the numbers 1619, in reference to the year that American slavery began, and an infinity symbol. It also features a yarn installation in the park's benches and lamp posts. Harlem Needle Arts presents the exhibition.

West 145 St &, Lenox Ave
New York, NY 10037

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x. Conversation Travieso: "The Boogie Down (Youth) Booth"

Chat Travieso, "The Boogie Downwardly (Youth) Booth", courtesy of the creative person and NYC Parks.

On view until May 31, 2020, "The Boogie Down (Youth) Booth" by artist Chat Travieso is located in Keltch Park, on 170th Street and Jerome Artery. The artist was inspired by the Yes Loitering Project, an initiative that researched how teenagers might be excluded from public spaces and ways to create more spaces for them. The installation features a seating area, solar-powered lights, and speakers that stream music continuously, honoring "the sounds of the civic," such as salsa, jazz, Afro-Caribbean area rhythms, blues, hip-hop, and Garifuna.

1405 Jerome Ave
The Bronx, NY 10452

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11. Cheryl Fly-Zi Wong & Dev Harlan: "POOLTIME"

Courtesy of Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong, Dev Harlan, and NYC Parks

"POOLTIME," past artists Cheryl Fly-Zi Wong and Dev Harlan honors the at present-defunct Aquacade, an aquatic amphitheater congenital for the 1939 World's Fair. That space was a customs hub "fifty-fifty decades subsequently many of the other World'south Fair attractions had fallen into disuse and decay," the description reads. Located at the north end of Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the installation recreates the experience of being nether the h2o of a puddle. On view until June 8, 2020, the installation is role of a larger programming initiative centered around the park equally a site for the 1939 and 1964 Earth Fairs.

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12. Yvonne Shortt with Jenna Boldebuck, Mayuko Fujino, and Joel Esquite: "Rigged"

Courtesy of the artists

On view in MacDonald Park until July 9, Rigged features a three-dimensional maze with rabbits and carrots, forth with a text that reads "Why do so few accept what and then many demand?" According to its description, the installation is a "visual commentary on our social, political, and economical systems." The sculpture has a window and a series of staircase but seemingly no entry or exit from it. The maze was designed by nonprofit RPGA Studio, Inc. and the customs designed the rabbit/carrot pieces.

8720 Queens Blvd
Forest Hills, NY 11375

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13. Jose Carlos Casado, Community: "You never really know your own linguistic communication until you report another"

NYC Parks

An interactive exhibition that includes an augmented reality app (designed by artist Jose Carlos Casado), this installation features posters, similar to those made for protests, with abstractions of 10 customs volunteers's hands. Casado captured images of their palms and ran them through a 3D imaging software. The volunteers are also painted on the side of each construction. This installation will be on view until April 5, 2020.

150-29 Jamaica Ave
Jamaica, NY 11435

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xiv. Beak Soltis: "Under the Sun"

Courtesy of the artist

In Park Slope, on the Greenstreet triangle between Seventh Avenue and Park Place, an installation by artist Bill Soltis will be on view until July 31. Role of the "Under the Dominicus" series well-nigh "experimentation with the human form, positive and negative relationships and the coaction between the figure and a sculptural environment," the description reads. Soltis's works are commonly an experimentation with patterns, lines, images, and shapes.

7th Ave & Park Pl
Brooklyn, NY 11217

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15. Fitzhugh Karol: "Field's Jax IV"

NYC Parks

Brooklyn-based sculptor Fitzhugh Karol created "Field's Jax," a series of iv installations placed around Dumbo, out of recycled steel. Karol challenges viewers to look for the adjacent i and explore the neighborhood. Information technology will be on view until April 28, 2020.

York St. Betwixt Adams Street and, Pearl St
Brooklyn, NY 11201

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sixteen. Harold Ancart: "Subliminal Standard"

Nicholas Knight, courtesy Public Fine art Fund, NY

Also on view until 2020, Belgian-born artist Harold Ancart created a painted physical sculpture inspired past New York City's handball courts. "Popularized by early on 20th century immigrants to the United states, handball is amid the nigh democratic sports, requiring nothing more than a small ball and a wall to play," the Public Art Fund installation description reads.

Cadman Plaza E
Brooklyn, NY 11201

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17. Sundog Theatre, Inc. with Lina Montoya and students from PS 39: "The Immigrant Journeying – Past Meets Present"

Courtesy of Sundog Theatre

A collaboration between artist Lina Montoya and students from P.South. 39, this installation at Arrochar Playground was inspired by the Staten Island Ferry and the boats that came to Ellis Island and is a tribute to immigrant communities. On view until June 12, information technology is fastened to a debate and features a boat full of butterflies, the Statue of Liberty, an airplane, and a square figure that represents the southern edge.

Sand Ln
Staten Island, NY 10305

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