#public-art — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from George Orwell

Artists don’t so much object to aesthetic discipline. Architects will design theatres or churches equally readily, writers will switch from the three-volume novel to the one-volume, or from the play to the film, according to the demand. But the point is that this is a political age. A writer inevitably writes — and less directly this applies to all the arts — about contemporary events, and his impulse is to tell what he believes to be the truth. But no government, no big organization, will pay for the truth. To take a crude example: can you imagine the British Government commissioning E. M. Forster to write A Passage to India? He could only write it because he was not dependent on State aid.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1944-10-13), “As I Please” column, Tribune Newspaper

More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/42525/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #censorship #government #patronage #sponsorship #truth #writing #publicart #funding #politics

For #FensterFreitag and #FotoVorschlag

“Asymmetrisch” / Asymmetrical

#photography #streetphotography #art #visualart #mural #wallart #publicart #windows #WindowFriday #nyc

Iván Argote brings roving public art project to Chicago streets https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/14/ivan-argote-public-art-project-chicago?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Publicart #Chicago

Ah, yes! Old Ollie Croms. Wretched human and author of tremendous suffering.

"Cork City Council to consider tiny statue honouring mosquito linked to Oliver Cromwell’s death"

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41844780.html

#ireland #cork #history #malaria #publicArt #mosquitoes

Nothing but nets! #PublicArt

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/post/3mlmgiiibos2g

Public art blossoms around New York https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/12/public-art-blossoms-around-new-york?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #FriezeNewYork2026 #Publicart

New Museum unveils Sarah Lucas's bawdy Bowery commission https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/12/new-museum-unveils-sarah-lucas-bowery-commission-public-art?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Publicart #NewMuseum

Enlightenment (Valaistuminen) #Sculpture #PublicArt #Helsinki

#MondayMotivation Mind Your Feelings Data Review & Closing Presentation
🎨 Tuesday, May 12 | 11:00 am for a virtual event celebrating the impact of Mind Your Feelings — an innovative interactive public #art installation by Northern NJ Community Foundation's ArtsBergen.

🎭 Featured speakers: #Artists + ArtsBergen leadership discussing insights from 800+ participants

💻 FREE. Virtual Event via Zoom.
RSVP: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/mind-your-feelings-data-review-and-closing-presentation

#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #PublicArt #MentalWellness

"Being alone up on the trails late at night in the dark was not actually that scary, the artist says; the solitude was the point. The vibe was sort of the opposite of scary, in fact; the park had a 'borderline magic' aura."

Anna Holmes for L.A. Material: https://lamaterial.com/p/hiding-man-of-griffith-park-artist-signs

#Longreads #LosAngeles #GriffithPark #PublicArt #Art #Anonymous #GuerrillaArt

https://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/westmacottr/2.html

Shame about the fig leaf, but nevertheless a good starting pint for my thinking about nudity in public art.

#PublicArt #Nudity #MaleNudity #Achilles #WellingtonMonument #RichardWestmacott

Home for Christmas by Amanda Quellin, part of the Snoopy in the City exhibition.

#london

#sculpture

#publicart

#photography

#snoopy

#snoopyinthecity

'Very funny' naked statue of Monty Python's Terry Jones unveiled (fun stuff/story) (UK) 25/Apr/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf78oZ48s6U #Comedy #Wales #PublicArt

A fountain scuplture by Will Lofy.
Saw some of his other artwork and was trying to see if I could find any more details or books about him, but came up blank.
I mean... "Arriving there [Chile] in 1985 on a self-built sailing boat with his friend Lucien Burcquier... Later, in Patagonia, he collected exotic woods washed ashore... He also crafted monumental bathtubs and furniture from Andean cedar"
https://lofysplace.lu/en/biography/
#publicart #luxembourg