#publicart — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #publicart, aggregated by home.social.
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Found in my RSS Feeds: the The Eleventh of September. This site was first launched in 2006, went offline eventually, and was brought back online recently. “The Eleventh of September is a memorial by Tape Art. The artists created 490 drawings of life-sized figures using the temporary medium of tape. Each figure is dedicated to one person killed on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center, […]
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Clear Creek Courant: Bear-proof trash cans in Downtown Idaho Springs are alive with pictures of local history. “The trash cans in downtown Idaho Springs are barely recognizable, as such, following a city project to incorporate our history on an unlikely canvas…. The historical pictures depict the people, places, and landmarks from a century ago that are the basis of our heritage and how this […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/12/clear-creek-courant-bear-proof-trash-cans-in-downtown-idaho-springs-are-alive-with-pictures-of-local-history/ -
Work In Progress: Biggest Art Project of the Summer has been painting Cardinals on the Garagarchive doors. #mural #murals #publicart #publicartwork #art #arting #artist #artists #makingart #paintingart #cardinal #cardinals #largeart #garage #garagarchive #garagarchives #doorpainting #paintingdoors #fern #ferns #bostonfern #bostonferns #marigold #marigolds #inchworm #summer #warm #warmweather #summertime #summerproject #summerprojects #loveofart
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Work In Progress: Biggest Art Project of the Summer has been painting Cardinals on the Garagarchive doors. #mural #murals #publicart #publicartwork #art #arting #artist #artists #makingart #paintingart #cardinal #cardinals #largeart #garage #garagarchive #garagarchives #doorpainting #paintingdoors #fern #ferns #bostonfern #bostonferns #marigold #marigolds #inchworm #summer #warm #warmweather #summertime #summerproject #summerprojects #loveofart
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Work In Progress: Biggest Art Project of the Summer has been painting Cardinals on the Garagarchive doors. #mural #murals #publicart #publicartwork #art #arting #artist #artists #makingart #paintingart #cardinal #cardinals #largeart #garage #garagarchive #garagarchives #doorpainting #paintingdoors #fern #ferns #bostonfern #bostonferns #marigold #marigolds #inchworm #summer #warm #warmweather #summertime #summerproject #summerprojects #loveofart
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Work In Progress: Biggest Art Project of the Summer has been painting Cardinals on the Garagarchive doors. #mural #murals #publicart #publicartwork #art #arting #artist #artists #makingart #paintingart #cardinal #cardinals #largeart #garage #garagarchive #garagarchives #doorpainting #paintingdoors #fern #ferns #bostonfern #bostonferns #marigold #marigolds #inchworm #summer #warm #warmweather #summertime #summerproject #summerprojects #loveofart
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Work In Progress: Biggest Art Project of the Summer has been painting Cardinals on the Garagarchive doors. #mural #murals #publicart #publicartwork #art #arting #artist #artists #makingart #paintingart #cardinal #cardinals #largeart #garage #garagarchive #garagarchives #doorpainting #paintingdoors #fern #ferns #bostonfern #bostonferns #marigold #marigolds #inchworm #summer #warm #warmweather #summertime #summerproject #summerprojects #loveofart
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Creative Genius Tom Bob (33 Photos)
Tom Bob finds funny characters in pipes, meters and fire hydrants Tom Bob turns gas meters into flamingos, pipes into anteaters and fire hydrants into Princess Leia. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and based in New York City, he prepares sketches and stencils before working with spray paint. In an interview with The New Bedford Light, he also describes scouting potential objects on Google Street View before traveling. More: 31 More Clever Street Art Transformations by Tom Bob 🔗 […]https://streetartutopia.com/2026/09/11/street-art-by-tom-bob/
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Creative Genius Tom Bob (33 Photos)
Tom Bob finds funny characters in pipes, meters and fire hydrants Tom Bob turns gas meters into flamingos, pipes into anteaters and fire hydrants into Princess Leia. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and based in New York City, he prepares sketches and stencils before working with spray paint. In an interview with The New Bedford Light, he also describes scouting potential objects on Google Street View before traveling. More: 31 More Clever Street Art Transformations by Tom Bob 🔗 […]https://streetartutopia.com/2026/09/11/street-art-by-tom-bob/
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Creative Genius Tom Bob (33 Photos)
Tom Bob finds funny characters in pipes, meters and fire hydrants Tom Bob turns gas meters into flamingos, pipes into anteaters and fire hydrants into Princess Leia. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and based in New York City, he prepares sketches and stencils before working with spray paint. In an interview with The New Bedford Light, he also describes scouting potential objects on Google Street View before traveling. More: 31 More Clever Street Art Transformations by Tom Bob 🔗 […]https://streetartutopia.com/2026/09/11/street-art-by-tom-bob/
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Creative Genius Tom Bob (33 Photos)
Tom Bob finds funny characters in pipes, meters and fire hydrants Tom Bob turns gas meters into flamingos, pipes into anteaters and fire hydrants into Princess Leia. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and based in New York City, he prepares sketches and stencils before working with spray paint. In an interview with The New Bedford Light, he also describes scouting potential objects on Google Street View before traveling. More: 31 More Clever Street Art Transformations by Tom Bob 🔗 […]https://streetartutopia.com/2026/09/11/street-art-by-tom-bob/
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Creative Genius Tom Bob (33 Photos)
Tom Bob finds funny characters in pipes, meters and fire hydrants Tom Bob turns gas meters into flamingos, pipes into anteaters and fire hydrants into Princess Leia. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and based in New York City, he prepares sketches and stencils before working with spray paint. In an interview with The New Bedford Light, he also describes scouting potential objects on Google Street View before traveling. More: 31 More Clever Street Art Transformations by Tom Bob 🔗 […]https://streetartutopia.com/2026/09/11/street-art-by-tom-bob/
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King Kong Balls #sculpture by #French artist Denis Defrancesco
2019-11-16 #Prague#PublicArt #Sculpture #ContemporaryArt #KingKong #Gorilla #gold #balls #popart #NeoPopart
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Borges Labyrinth in Venice reopens to the public
https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/labirinto-borges-venice-reopening
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49484004
#HackerNews #BorgesLabyrinth #Venice #Reopens #ArtInstallation #PublicArt
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#Sculpture by Alexandra Koláčková.
Business center Vyšehrad #Prague#trencadis #mosaic #patterns #biomorphic #contemporaryArt #surreal #art #decoration #bench #publicArt #modernism #tiles #ceramic
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The Garage Door Cardinals, my big art project of the summer, are coming along slowly. #art #arting #artwork #artproject #bigartproject #civicart #publicart #outdoorart #mural #murals #garage #garagedoors #garagedoor #cardinal #cardinals #bird #birding #birdwatcher #birdwatchers #birdwatching #fern #ferns #bostonferns #marigold #marigolds #outdoors #red #green #paint #housepaint #sherwinwilliams #goodpaint
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lol, the problem is the Zombie OSullivan mural is now set in the public's mind, it has taken a life of it's own...finishing it, normalising it? oh no, we can't let that happen..
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Playful Giants: Public Art by German Collective Inges Idee https://theinspirationgrid.com/playful-giants-public-art-by-german-collective-inges-idee/ #art #sculpture #installation #PublicArt #ArtInspiration #ArtInspo #inspiration #InspirationGrid
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Pinterest inspired me to paint murals of cardinals on the Garagarchive Doors. I'm just getting started. #art #arting #artist #artists #makingart #publicart #civicart #mural #murals #publicmural #lpublicmurals #cardinal #cardinals #spiritanimal #spiritanimals #red #bostonfern #bostonferns #fern #ferns #pinterest #website #websites #social #socialmedia #media #mixedmedia #outdoors #outdoorpainting #garage #door #doors #garagedoor #garagedoors #socialmedia #socialmediasite
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15 Buildings Full of Butterflies (Street Art by Mantra)
From a 35,000-square-foot Miami rooftop to a 71-meter mural in Houston, French artist Mantra turns buildings into giant butterfly collections.https://streetartutopia.com/2026/07/19/buildings-full-of-butterflies-mantra/
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botanical sculptures by agostino iacurci fill courtyard in milan
Agostino Iacurci imagines a vibrant garden in Portrait Milano Agostino Iacurci installs a contemporary botanical landscape with…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #AU #Australia #concretearchitectureanddesign #Design #Entertainment #Exhibitions #flowerandleafart #publicart #sculpture #steelarchitectureanddesign
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С детства меня привлекают рыбоморфные вещи - предметы, в которых художники превращают образ рыбы в искусство. https://dolievmikhail.tumblr.com/post/821856692569505792/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B0-%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B1%D1%8B-%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8F-%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC #Fisherman #Fishing #PublicArt #Sculpture #Monument #UrbanHistory #CityHistory #LocalHistory #Germany #Astrakhan #Volga #History #CulturalHeritage #TravelPhotography #StreetPhotography #рыбак #рыбалка #БоденскоеОзеро #Бодензее #Астрахань
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A new interactive art project was chosen for the Sycamore Gap site after a public vote. This replaces the famous tree lost in 2023 with a digital experience.
#sycamoregap, #northumberland, #publicart, #artcommission, #hadrianswall
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Even a smaller town can grow the arts and have a thriving local creative scene. At a Texas Downtown (TXD) regional roundtable event, I learned how Corsicana TX did it:
https://www.tourismcurrents.com/how-to-grow-the-arts-in-your-town/
#SocialTown #tourism #marketing #EconomicDevelopment #MainStreet #art #theater #PublicArt
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"View of Alpine" -- Moya del Pino -- oil on masonite -- 1940.
A US Post Office mural created for Alpine, TX, by Jose Moya del Pino ( 1891- 1969), a Spanish born artist who worked for most of his life in Bay area California.
#Art #Painting #JoseMoyadelPino #USArt #AmericanArt #NewDealArt #20thCenturyArt #PublicArt #PostOfficeMurals #Alpine #Texas #Masonite
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VINYL MATRJOSCHKA
#puntizela #pula #pola #adria #istria #croatia #kroatien #matrjoschka #matruschka #republicofmusic #vinyl #lp #dj #music #musicsticker #musik #pop #party #partysticker #sticker #stickerporn #aufkleber #aufkleberlieber #sticker #streetart #matryoshka #acidhouse #smiley #acidhousesmiley #publicart #photo #foto #streetphotography #photography #fotografie #photooftheday #raumstadtion
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Falling for It (10 Photos)
A flat wall is just a flat wall, until an artist decides to play a trick on your eyes. Suddenly, a solid brick corner turns into a massive tiger ready to pounce. A plain pavement opens up into a glowing pit. Across cities from Patras to Mons, creators are bending perspective and turning everyday architecture into giant optical illusions. You walk past what you think is a normal building, only to realize a T-Rex is crashing through the plaster. These aren't just paintings. They are […]https://streetartutopia.com/2026/02/26/falling-for-it-clone/
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Even a smaller town can grow the arts and have a thriving local creative scene. At a Texas Downtown (TXD) regional roundtable event, I learned how Corsicana TX did it:
https://www.tourismcurrents.com/how-to-grow-the-arts-in-your-town/
#SocialTown #tourism #marketing #EconomicDevelopment #MainStreet #art #theater #PublicArt
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Exposition Beth CARTER dans les rue de Mougins (France)
#bull #surrealart #gardenart #artistsoninstagram #artwork #contemporaryart #park #texture #culture #travelart #publicart #creative #statue #naturebackground #bronzesculpture #OutdoorArt #artphotography #mythology #figurativesculpture #fineart #UrbanArt #minotaur #artinstallation #aesthetic #sculpture #instaart #modernart #museumvibes #art #naturelovers
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@FotoVorschlag 'Öffentliches Kunst' Public Art. Incredibly difficult to choose today! I have so many favourites around Stockholm! But I choose to focus on bronze sculptures and at least narrowed it down to four pictures. This is the third. This art piece is called Hammurabi. Gamla Stan (Old Town), Stockholm. Pic from 2023.
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22 Amazing Dirty Van Artworks
Next time you see a dusty car, do not write “wash me” on the window. These artists are turning road grime into masterpieces that belong in a gallery! More: Cars With Attitude (10 Photos) 🏰 1. The Dusty Castle — By Dirty Van Art This van hasn’t seen a car wash in years. Luckily, that just means there is more room for a majestic castle. The winding path leads right to the door handle. It is the perfect home for a tiny, grimy king. Find more from Dirty Van Art. 🤖 2. RoboCop […] -
Light to Night 2026 felt less like a spectacle and more like a negotiation—between light and stone, people and institutions, permanence and interruption.
I wrote a short reflection on the experience, shaped by quiet moments, temporary glow, and human scale against immovable architecture.
Photos + thoughts here:
https://shootingrays.weblog.lol/2026/01/the-temporality-of-light-to-night#LightToNight #LightToNight2026 #UrbanPhotography #NightPhotography #PublicArt #PhotographyBlog #SingaporeArt #bnwphotography #photography
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This Is Clever (9 Photos)
Ever feel like the city is trying to tell you a joke? That’s the magic of clever street art, it turns a boring commute into a giant game of “I Spy.” In this collection, we’ve gathered 9 brilliant examples of artists who looked at a crack in the wall, a traffic cone, or a rusty pipe and saw something completely different. Let’s be real… it’s like trying to juggle water, making something this smart look this easy is a true talent. From a Rubik’s Cube by the sea to a “dog […] -
#BostonWeekend 23/x Now SEESAWS Temporary installation at DTX of 10 glowing hydraulic see-saws? https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1qfdqmn/glowing_hydraulic_seesaws_at_downtown_crossing/ #Boston #BostonKids #BostonFree #DowntownCrossing #seesaw #TeeterTotter #PublicArt
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Cinema on the Streets: 17 Murals That Look Like Movie Stills
Ever walked down a street and felt like you were suddenly inside a Hollywood blockbuster? These 17 masterpieces turn ordinary walls into extraordinary cinematic scenes. From towering monsters peeking around corners to intimate, emotional portraits that feel like frozen film frames, street art is evolving into a form of public storytelling. We’ve collected 17 incredible artworks that blur the line between reality and the silver screen, proving that the world truly is a stage. More: 14 […]https://streetartutopia.com/2026/01/11/cinema-on-the-streets-17-murals-that-look-like-movie-stills/
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Tribute To Thinkers (10 Photos)
In an age of screens and scrolls, these artists are reminding us that the greatest adventures still begin between the pages of a book. Being a “thinker” in the modern world isn’t just about reading the classics; it’s about how we interact with knowledge in our everyday lives. We’ve collected 10 photos that celebrate literacy, curiosity, and the brilliant ways street art can turn a city into a living library. More: 14 Street Art Masterpieces That Will Make You Fall in Love with […]https://streetartutopia.com/2026/03/24/street-art-a-tributes-to-modern-day-thinkers/
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Enjoyed this Atlas Obscura article about America’s overlooked, forgotten and discarded Post Office murals from the Great Depression. Incredible public art.
“The murals boosted morale by celebrating local industry and historical events”
Every year murals are lost due to the closing or sale of post offices or just from negligence.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/post-office-murals
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Funny Street Art (10 Photos)
This collection brings together playful ideas found in public spaces: a makeshift “Hollywood” hill, a tree with googly eyes, a reworked deer sign pulling Santa’s sleigh, an invisible man’s flip-flops, a squirrel drawn into the steps, a sign that refuses to be read, a snowman mailbox, painted shadow flowers, and a Simpsons character placed beneath blooming branches. More: Funny Signs (8 Photos) 1. Hollywood Hill A pile of dirt is turned into a miniature “Hollywood” hillside […] -
DesignBoom : JR to sculpt stone-like cavern across paris’s pont neuf in homage to christo & jeanne-claude https://www.designboom.com/art/christo-jeanne-claude-jr-projet-pont-neuf-wrapped-paris-france-art-installation-cave-grotto-12-14-2024/ #bridgearchitectureanddesign #christoandjeanneclaude #architectureinfrance #architectureinparis #publicart #art #JR
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Love in Full Bloom (8 Photos)
This collection brings together moments of care, play, and connection found on walls and streets around the world. From a saved heart in São Paulo to quiet scenes painted on brick corners, each artwork shows a different way artists picture love in public spaces. More: Love! (10 Photos) 1. Saved Heart — São Paulo, Brazil A worker cleaning graffiti leaves a red heart untouched on a concrete wall, creating an unplanned scene of care in the middle of routine street maintenance. 🔗 No […]https://streetartutopia.com/2025/11/28/love-in-full-bloom-8-photos/
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Amazing 3D Murals by CHEONE! (24 Photos)
Dive into the mesmerizing world of Cosimo Cheone Caiffa, a master of 3D street art. Known for his hyper-realistic murals that interact seamlessly with their surroundings, Cheone transforms ordinary spaces into extraordinary works of art. From playful illusions to profound visual stories, his creations redefine how we experience urban environments.https://streetartutopia.com/2025/11/17/amazing-3d-murals-by-cheone/
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Laugh Loudly (10 Photos)
This collection brings together ten playful street interventions, from mosaic creatures in Kyiv to character-based makeovers of utility meters in Los Angeles. Each piece adds humor to sidewalks, walls, and everyday objects in cities around the world. Here’s a quick tour through the works that turn ordinary corners into moments worth smiling at. More: Funny Fake Shadows! (20 Photos) 1. Happy Cats — K. Skretutsky in Kyiv, Ukraine A long mosaic sculpture shaped like a blue cat stretches […] -
Amazing 3D Murals by CHEONE! (24 Photos)
Dive into the mesmerizing world of Cosimo Cheone Caiffa, a master of 3D street art. Known for his hyper-realistic murals that interact seamlessly with their surroundings, Cheone transforms ordinary spaces into extraordinary works of art. From playful illusions to profound visual stories, his creations redefine how we experience urban environments. -
How Clever (10 Photos)
This collection brings together smart and surprising ideas from different places: a Doggie Stick Library, a painted illusion in Indiana, a skull pushing through a wall in an abandoned site, a fragmented traveler sculpture in Italy, an octopus mural in Vancouver, a deep 3D piece in Mexico, a small Oakoak intervention in France, a full-building ship mural in Brussels, a geometric bench in Luxembourg, and a tiny creature scene hidden in a sidewalk crack. More: Clever Signs (9 Photos) 1. Doggie […] -
Street Art In Paris (8 Photos)
From playful characters hiding around street corners to large-scale murals rising above the Parisian rooftops, this collection brings together 8 artworks found across Paris and its surroundings. The pieces include optical illusions, narrative scenes, and small interventions woven into the city’s architecture. More: Amazing Murals In France (10 Photos) 1. Schoolyard Characters — Jace, Gouzou, CEET, Fouad & Ador in Les Mureaux, Paris, France A collaborative mural with cartoon figures […] -
Almost Too Cute (9 Photos)
From hand-painted stone cats and giant farm dogs to tender murals and tiny chalk critters, these charming works show how artists around the world bring warmth and whimsy into everyday spaces. Each piece captures a different kind of cuteness — natural, playful, or poetic — in unexpected corners of our shared world. More: Too Cute (10 Photos) 1. Painted Cats on Stones Six smooth stones are transformed into lifelike cats, each hand-painted with unique fur patterns and expressive eyes, […] -
Coming off the train at my local station last night, I noticed a totally not-ominous, very welcoming piece of the station's #PublicArt installation while leaving.
