Showing posts with the label Public Art

The Watts Tower

Apr 17, 2020

On a small triangular plot of land, in a suburb just south of downtown Los Angeles, stands one of the greatest pieces of outsider art—a set ...

The Statue of Liberty of Lake Mendota

Feb 8, 2019

This is what will happen when the polar ice melts and sea level rises. Well, not really. It’s just a continuation of a prank that started f...

The Homeless Jesus Sculpture

Nov 15, 2018

Since 2013, Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz has been placing a particular sculpture depicting a homeless man sleeping on a bench in citie...

Tiny Fairy Houses of Isle of Man

Nov 15, 2018

Tiny adorable “fairy houses” are popping all over Isle of Man, a small island sandwiched between Great Britain and Ireland, in the past few ...

Joe Reginella’s Memorials to Disasters That Never Happened

Oct 11, 2017

Most remember October 29th, 1929—also known as Black Tuesday—as the day when the New York stock market crashed. However, it was also the day...

How Amsterdam’s Airport Is Fighting Noise Pollution With Land Art

Jun 21, 2017

Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, located just 9 km southwest of the city, is the third busiest airport in Europe and one of the busiest in the ...

Thomas Dambo’s Forgotten Giants

May 5, 2017

Danish artist Thomas Dambo has been building stuff using trash and recycled materials since an early age, starting with smaller sculptures ...

Casey: The Small Town of Big Things

Jan 3, 2017

At just over two square miles and with less than 3,000 inhabitants, the town of Casey in Illinois might be among the smaller towns of the Un...

The Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park

Nov 29, 2016

Just north of Auckland, overlooking the expansive Kaipara Harbour, is the private park of New Zealand businessman, entrepreneur and avid art...

Monument To The Unelected

Nov 11, 2016

Drive past Lefferts Historic House, in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, this week, and you will be confronted by a crowd of political signs res...

Fairy Doors of Ann Arbor

Nov 5, 2016

Fairies have invaded the city of Ann Arbor, that’s what long-time resident Jonathan B. Wright, a graphic designer, wants you to believe. He ...

Clarke Bedford’s Bizarre Art House And Cars

Oct 15, 2016

On Nicholson Street in Hyattsville, in Maryland, the US, stands the outlandishly decorated house of Clarke Bedford, a retired art conservato...

The Seven Noses of Soho

Sep 16, 2016

Attached to the walls of various buildings around the Soho neighborhood, in one of the inner boroughs of London, are several plaster casts o...

The Mysterious Toynbee Tiles

Sep 6, 2016

For the last three decades, somebody has been secretly leaving strange, cryptic messages in dozens of cities all over the United States and ...

Taipei’s Typhoon-Bent Mailboxes

Sep 1, 2016

In August 2015, a powerful typhoon named Soudelor slammed into the east coast of Taiwan bringing torrential rain and fierce wind in excess o...

‘Fallen Star’, University of California, San Diego

Aug 27, 2016

Teetering on the corner and edge of Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, is a small cottage that appears...

Artist Creates Record-Breaking Mural For Rio Olympics

Aug 17, 2016

While athletes compete for various titles at Rio’s ongoing Olympic Games, one Brazilian graffiti artist Eduardo Kobra is attempting to enter...

Kaninchenfeld: The Brass Rabbits of Berlin

Aug 9, 2016

Berlin was once divided into East and West Berlin by a massive concrete wall, the infamous Berlin Wall, that created a 155-km-long strip of ...

The Giant Pink Bunny at Colletto Fava

Jul 19, 2016

On the hills of the 5,000 foot high Colletto Fava mountain in northern Italy's Piedmont region, there lies an enormous pink bunny. The t...

Carving Dead Trees Into Public Art

Jun 1, 2016

Trees have long life spans, but eventually they too die of old age or succumb to diseases or get damaged in thunderstorms and hurricanes. Wh...