Get Free Passes to the Controversial “Discovering Columbus” Elevated Room Installation Above Columbus Circle

Get Free Passes to the Controversial “Discovering Columbus” Elevated Room Installation Above Columbus Circle

It was just a few weeks ago that "Discovering Columbus," one of NYC's most anticipated public artworks, looked like this, but now the 6-story-high elevated room overlooking Central Park is nearly complete. Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi's vision of New Yorkers climbing up to a raised white box to "meet" the statue of Christopher Columbus is in its final stages and will open to visitors in just 2 days. We were on the scene snapping some photos of this curious installation as workers climbed inside and around it getting it ready for the big reveal. Step inside our gallery to see some preview pics of this fascinating and controversial installation.
 

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The Abandoned Bike Project Showcases NYC’s Neglected Bicycles as Art

The Abandoned Bike Project Showcases NYC’s Neglected Bicycles as Art

Abandoned bicycles are a common sight on the streets of New York City, but now these forgotten eyesores are being given a second life as artwork through the Abandoned Bike Project. Started as a joint venture between WNYC, the city’s Department of Sanitation

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Landscape Abbreviated is a Moss-Filled Garden Maze in the Bronx

Landscape Abbreviated is a Moss-Filled Garden Maze in the Bronx

We've always loved the traditional garden mazes that dot the English countryside but now artist Nova Jiang has created a bright green indoor version right in the Bronx. Called Landscape Abbreviated, the verdant labyrinth is part of Wave Hill's Sunroom Project Space, and features a robotically-controlled maze with modular arms of potted moss that switch direction at a moment's notice. Landscape Abbreviated turns a simple sunroom into an unpredictable, dynamic space for awesome interactive art.
 

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Glowing LED Archway Art to Flashify Grand Concourse Highway Underpass in the Bronx

Glowing LED Archway Art to Flashify Grand Concourse Highway Underpass in the Bronx

We’ve seen LED art projects popping up left and right in NYC, and now it seems the Bronx’s Grand Concourse underpass will be joining the lightshow party. Word on the street is that artist Alison Sky and the NYC Cultural Affairs Department will decking out

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David Byrne’s Playful Alphabet Bike Racks Spell More Bike Room at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

David Byrne’s Playful Alphabet Bike Racks Spell More Bike Room at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

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David Byrne’s guitar and high-heel shaped bike racks have been a big hit around New York, and now the famed musician/artist/cyclist has designed a playful alphabet-shaped version for the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The Talking Heads singer

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PHOTOS: Construction on 6-Story-High Living Room in Columbus Circle is Almost Up to Columbus’ Head

PHOTOS: Construction on 6-Story-High Living Room in Columbus Circle is Almost Up to Columbus’ Head

NYC has been buzzing about a crazy new art installation that will allow New Yorkers to climb up to a 6-story-high "living room" above Columbus Circle and see the lofty sculpture of Chris C. that resides there up close. Up until now we only had renderings of "Discovering Columbus," which was conceived by artist Tatzu Nishi, but yesterday we were able to snap some shots of the structure as it climbed higher and higher into the sky. Click through our gallery to take a peek at this highly anticipated piece of public art before it opens in September.
 

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NYC Man Builds Incredibly Detailed Replica of Brooklyn out of Hundreds of Thousands of LEGOs

NYC Man Builds Incredibly Detailed Replica of Brooklyn out of Hundreds of Thousands of LEGOs

LEGOs are good for much more than building play castles. They're great for homemade cameras, they're perfect for renovating your kitchen, and they make for colorful, sturdy furniture. But sometimes they're most impressive uses come back to what they were made for: building models. Johnathan Lopes recently captured our hearts by creating a mini LEGO replica of Brooklyn, complete with the Fairway in Red Hook, the historic Williamsburg Savings Bank, and the rickety A train. Click through for a look inside Lopes's LEGO land!
 

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Don’t Miss Your Chance to Overlook Columbus Circle from Tatzu Nishi’s 6-Story High Pop-Up Living Room

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Overlook Columbus Circle from Tatzu Nishi’s 6-Story High Pop-Up Living Room

If you’ve always wanted a living room overlooking Central Park, make sure you don’t miss artist Tatzu Nishi and the New York Public Art Fund‘s soon-to-be-unveiled exhibition, “Discovering Columbus.” The awesome project will give people a chance to get a truly up-close and personal look at the man at the center of Columbus Circle, Christopher Columbus himself, by climbing up to a 6-story-high living room built around the enormous statue. The pop-up room will be fully furnished with couches, lamps and coffee tables, and is expected to open in mid-September.

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PHOTOS: Psychedelic LED Hive Lightshow Opens Inside Bleeker Street Subway Station

PHOTOS: Psychedelic LED Hive Lightshow Opens Inside Bleeker Street Subway Station

Busy bee New Yorkers now have a hive to call their own, and it's a color-changing, LED-laced one at that. Hive, which is the work of artist Leo Villareal, has finally opened to the public (though we use the term "opened" quite loosely considering the debris and blockades still surrounding it) at the Bleecker Street subway station in Manhattan, and we were on the scene to witness it in all its glory. Step into our gallery to see our photos of this psychedelic new art installation and the full spectrum of colors that flow through it every New York minute.
 

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Artist Mia Liu Recycles 1000s of Guggenheim Museum Admission Tickets into Astonishing Works of Art

Artist Mia Liu Recycles 1000s of Guggenheim Museum Admission Tickets into Astonishing Works of Art

With visitors from around the world flocking to the Guggenheim Museum in New York City each day, you can imagine how many admission tickets need to be printed. Taiwanese Artist Mia Liu thought these tickets could live on as something more than just used pieces of paper, and has transformed thousands of them into dramatic three-dimensional sculptures that seem to suck the viewer into a vortex. The recycled art turns an object that was once the means of entry into an art gallery into something that hangs inside one.
 

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Bronx Artist Chris Marche Building “Leaning Tower of Bikes” Out of Old Two-Wheelers

Bronx Artist Chris Marche Building “Leaning Tower of Bikes” Out of Old Two-Wheelers

Welder extraordinaire and life-long Bronxite, Chris Marche is in the midst of creating an amazing 10 foot scuptlure out of recycled bicycles that will soon tower over Fordham Road. While his project is extremely popular with and partly funded by the Fordham Road Business Improvement District, Marche has two weeks left to raise the remaining amount of funds to make the magic happen. His project page on the Lower East Side-based fundraising site, Lucky Ant, describes his painstaking process and the amazing rewards investors can receive for being a part of the coolest recycled sculpture around town. If you're Bronx-born yourself or just a lover a bikes, please head on over there and help him out!
 

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WENDY and BIG ASS Fans Offer Sweaty New Yorkers Relief from the Heat at MoMA PS1

WENDY and BIG ASS Fans Offer Sweaty New Yorkers Relief from the Heat at MoMA PS1

As enjoyable as it is to have to peel your butt off of every chair you sit on, wouldn't it be nice to escape from the city's sauna-like conditions for a bit? If you nodded yes, we recommend you go check out MoMA PS1's 3,000 sq. ft. Wendy pavilion, which in addition to being a striking, air-cleaning work of art, is nice and cool inside. If you don't believe us, ask Kentucky-based Big Ass Fans, who donated the 8 gigantic (they really live up to their name) AirGo fans that circulate air around the interior of the elevated structure, blasting people with good vibes and keeping them cool without any need for air conditioning.
 

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Leo Villareal to Create Giant Glowing LED Buckyball For Madison Square Park

Leo Villareal to Create Giant Glowing LED Buckyball For Madison Square Park

New York-based artist Leo Villareal is set to install a 30-foot tall “Buckyball” sculpture comprised of 180 glowing LED tubes in Madison Square Park later this year. The sculpture will be formed of one LED rendition of the distinct spherical fullerene structures nested inside another. The installation promises to have an extraordinary dynamic presence in the park as programmable pixels located every 1.2 inches throughout the tubes will have the capacity to glow in any one of 16 million colors.


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Brooklyn’s Tiniest Apartment is Only 29 Inches Long

Brooklyn’s Tiniest Apartment is Only 29 Inches Long

If you thought Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed micro-dwellings were small, you haven’t seen Brooklyn's tiniest apartments - which are just 29" long! Okay, so calling them "apartments" might be a bit of a stretch - they're actually miniature scale dioramas by Patrick Jacobs. Currently on view at Williamsburg’s Pierogi Gallery, the artist’s tiny tableaus even overlook the Gowanus Canal, which visitors can glimpse right through their tiny windows.
 

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6 Hot Ways to Stay Cool in NYC Today

6 Hot Ways to Stay Cool in NYC Today

About to pass out from the oppressive heat wave hitting the city today? Use your last ounce of strength to check out our 6 simple ways to cool down in NYC, and get to one of them immediately! From visiting museums and libraries to making your own icy treats to catching a flick or taking a dip, here are 6 activities that will decrease your temperature and restore your sanity without expending a ton of energy in this crazy weather.
 

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Artisan Rick Kelly Makes Unique Guitars Out of Reclaimed Wood from New York Landmarks

Artisan Rick Kelly Makes Unique Guitars Out of Reclaimed Wood from New York Landmarks

Each one of Rick Kelly’s unique Carmine Street guitars is a little piece of New York – literally. The handcrafted instruments are made from reclaimed wood from some of the city’s most historic haunts. Kelly calls his creations the “bones of New York,”

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FIGMENT Festival Unveils 2013 City of Dreams Pavilion Finalists on Governors Island

FIGMENT Festival Unveils 2013 City of Dreams Pavilion Finalists on Governors Island

Every year, we look forward to the FIGMENT Festival, which brings a weekend of free participatory art to Governors Island. This week, the festival announced a sparkling selection of 2013 pavilion finalists - all made from recycled and reused materials. There are many amazing projects to choose from, like Jason Klimoski and Lesley Chang’s “Head in the Clouds” seen above, so choosing the winner will not be an easy task!
 

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HOMU: Homeless Museum of Art on the High Line is the World’s Smallest Gallery

HOMU: Homeless Museum of Art on the High Line is the World’s Smallest Gallery

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New York based artist Filip Noteradaeme’s Homeless Museum of Art has been popping up around the city for the last ten years, and now it can be found on the High Line. The “world’s smallest museum” consists of Noteradaeme, a booth and a small collection of objects. High Line visitors interested in the bizarre mobile art gallery can meet Noteradaeme and engage with the HoMu near the 23rd Street Lawn through July.


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Interactive Project Runway Billboard on the High Line Will Tell You If Your Outfit is Haute or Not

Interactive Project Runway Billboard on the High Line Will Tell You If Your Outfit is Haute or Not

Fashion reality show Project Runway will be taking over Chelsea’s High Line park this summer by turning it into a giant catwalk complete with a billboard that tells you if your outfit is haute or not. Part advertising, part interactive art installation,

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Nyugen Smith’s HodgePodge Reclaimed Sculptures Address the Lasting Effects of Colonialism

Nyugen Smith’s HodgePodge Reclaimed Sculptures Address the Lasting Effects of Colonialism

Jersey City-based artist Nyugen Smith transforms cast-off objects like rubber gloves and reclaimed wood into incredible, stacked art installations that address the issues of colonialism throughout history. Each found piece is assigned a new narrative from its former use, helping the artist tell his story. Smith’s latest solo show is on view at Chelsea’s 40Owls Gallery, a pop-up that will last through July.
 

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PHOTOS: HWKN’s Giant Blue Smog-Eating Wendy Sculpture Opens at MoMA PS1

PHOTOS: HWKN’s Giant Blue Smog-Eating Wendy Sculpture Opens at MoMA PS1

Wendy is here! HWKN unveiled its spiky, blue, pollution-busting installation for MoMA PS1's ever-popular Summer Warm-Up series last night to members of the press and we've got snaps of the water-spraying, smog-eating pavilion for your viewing pleasure. Step inside our gallery to see all of our photos and get your Wendy fix now.
 

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Cooper-Hewitt Announces Diller Scofidio + Renfro Will Be the Gallery Designer for Its 2014 Reopening

Cooper-Hewitt Announces Diller Scofidio + Renfro Will Be the Gallery Designer for Its 2014 Reopening

Big news from the Cooper-Hewitt today – the Smithsonian’s National Design Museum announced that it has selected New York City-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro as the designers of the gallery and visitor experience for the reopening of its revamped museum campus

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Parasitic Geodesic Flock House Pops Up in Battery Park

Parasitic Geodesic Flock House Pops Up in Battery Park

Could you imagine living in a movable, collapsible home like this one? The modular Flock House by artist Mary Mattingly popped up in Battery Park last week, and challenges passersby to envision what life could be like if humanity got back to its nomadic roots. The project took residence at the lower Manhattan park as part of the River to River Festival this summer, and showcases some of the home's features such as the ability to be self-sufficient or conversely, to be parasitic and feed off of another building's power. If you're in the area, we encourage you to go check out these fascinating habitats!
 

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Sand Master Matthew Long Builds 23 Ton Sand Castle at South Street Seaport

Sand Master Matthew Long Builds 23 Ton Sand Castle at South Street Seaport

Kids everywhere have started the season of building sandcastles this summer, but New Yorkers shouldn’t feel left out. Down at the foot of South Street Seaport, two artists have been hard at work carving a giant sand sculpture from 23 tons of sand! Located just in front of the historic Seaport Museum, Matthew Long and his assistant have been working diligently to carve the castle in promotion of a new exhibition at the museum.
 

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