Feb 14 Watch 3:49 A new sculpture in the ‘heart’ of New York City symbolizes hope, nods to this past year By Ivette Feliciano, Sam Weber In the middle of New York City's Times Square, a new interactive sculpture was unveiled earlier this week as part of an annual Valentine's Day-themed design competition. But this year, in the middle of a pandemic, with so many communal,… Continue watching
Jan 28 Creator of Rhode Island’s beloved Big Blue Bug landmark dies at 88 By Associated Press The creator of the Rhode Island landmark, the Big Blue Bug, which advertises a local pest control business on Interstate 95 in Providence, has died. Continue reading
Nov 24 Mysterious shiny monolith found in otherworldly Utah desert By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Deep in the Mars-like landscape of Utah's red-rock desert lies a mystery: A gleaming metal monolith in one of the most remote parts of the state. Continue reading
Nov 11 Sculpture celebrating Mary Wollstonecraft draws criticism By Associated Press It was unveiled Tuesday after a decade of campaigning and fundraising, but many critics took to Twitter to question why it had to feature a naked female figure. Continue reading
Feb 07 How a college prank turned into a public art tradition By Joshua Barajas The inflatable replica that rests on the lake’s solid surface isn’t a political statement, nor a throwback to the ending of 1969’s “Planet of the Apes,” but a decades-long tradition founded on a good laugh. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch 8:02 Why sculptor Andy Goldsworthy is tearing down walls — and then rebuilding them By Jeffrey Brown, Lorna Baldwin British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy has long been known for his unconventional approach to art. In an ongoing project at Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Goldsworthy has created a “walking wall,” assembling and then disassembling the same limestone rocks, moving… Continue watching
Aug 20 Afghans restore art shattered by Taliban as peace deal nears By Cara Anna, Associated Press Museum workers in Kabul have been trying to reassemble ancient Buddha figurines as a nervous country waits for the Taliban and the U.S. to reach a deal on ending America's longest war. Continue reading
Jun 23 How to build the perfect sandcastle with science By Matthew Robert Bennett, The Conversation What’s the secret to building a majestic sandcastle that will withstand the tide of time? Luckily, there’s a scientific formula for that. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 5:51 Depicting colonialism and globalization through art ‘full of contradiction’ By PBS News Hour A “Wind Sculpture” by visual artist Yinka Shonibare MBE was recently installed in front of the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. It’s the seventh in Shonibare's series of vibrantly colored and patterned public artworks that are made… Continue watching
May 22 This designer creates jagged sculptures from software errors By Corinne Segal Software errors are front and center in "Constructs & Glitches," a new sculpture series by Christopher Stuart that draws several of its forms from technological mistakes. Continue reading