Public Art & Green Spaces

Public Art & Green Spaces

Sure, Central Park is uptown, but Lower Manhattan is lush with inviting green space and art-stocked New York City is home to some of the most impressive art museums in the world, with everything on view from ancient Egyptian temples to Renaissance masterpieces to Andy Warhol’s Campbell Soup cans. But you don’t have to hit the subway and pay museum admission just to see great art. You might not immediately think of Lower Manhattan as an art lover’s paradise. But the walkable square mile south of Chambers Street is, in fact, a grand, open-air museum, with dozens of permanent and temporary installations of large-scale sculptures and public art.

Arts & Culture A Walkable Guide on Public Art

The walkable square mile south of Chambers Street is, in fact, a grand, open-air museum, with dozens of permanent and temporary installations of large-scale sculpture and public art.You might not immediately think of Lower Manhattan as an art…

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3 WTC Art Installation Highlights Plastic Waste in Climate Crisis
3 WTC Art Installation Highlights Plastic Waste in Climate Crisis

The exhibit’s opening coincided with World Environment Day on June 5.

Art Is All Around Returns With Two Art Installations, Lunchtime Concert Series
Art Is All Around Returns With Two Art Installations, Lunchtime Concert Series

The art will be on view through June 21.

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Public Art Exhibit “Geo” Now Extended Through May 1

Shout out to the enthusiastic residents and neighbors who have already come through.

Gallery Exhibit at 28 Liberty Inspired by Artist’s Childhood Memories
Gallery Exhibit at 28 Liberty Inspired by Artist’s Childhood Memories

The exhibit will run through April 21 as part of Art on the Ave.

“Geo” Immerses Downtown in Color and Light
“Geo” Immerses Downtown in Color and Light

“Geo,” the Downtown Alliance’s newest public art installation, is now on view at the plaza in front of 140 Broadway — providing Lower Manhattanites an…

This Burning Man Sculpture Is Now on View at Brookfield Place
This Burning Man Sculpture Is Now on View at Brookfield Place

Colors twist and transform through triangles of light, creating iridescent shadows through NASA-developed materials in the newest sculpture unveiled at…

An Ancient Game Seeks to Inspire Joy in “XO World” at One World Trade
An Ancient Game Seeks to Inspire Joy in “XO World” at One World Trade

The game of Jacks might feel contemporary to those of us who grew up playing it, but while it’s been spontaneously invented several times throughout…

MORE Outdoor Movies: Oculus Plaza Unveils Its Summer Lineup
MORE Outdoor Movies: Oculus Plaza Unveils Its Summer Lineup

For film buffs who believe our breezy outdoor screenings at Fosun Plaza and this month’s amazing Technicolor noir package on Criterion aren’t enough…

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