The 7,000-pound Wall Street Bull was created in optimistic response to the 1987 stock market crash and dropped in front of the New York Stock Exchange overnight in 1989. http://tmout.us/knzkC
The cartoonlike figures, bold letters and vibrating lines in this large mural are characteristic of Haring’s punk graffiti aesthetic. Mehr erfahren.
MoMA helped to popularize Robert Indiana's design by commissioning it for use on its Christmas cards in 1965. Mehr erfahren.
The winner of a national competition organized in 1996 by Public Art Fund, this widely criticized work explores time, history and the city’s perpetual movement. Mehr erfahren.
The Wall initially welcomed controversy when the building’s landlords began selling billboards on the space in 1973. The piece was reinstalled at a higher level in 2007 to allow for advertising below. Mehr erfahren.
Noguchi combines art and architecture, pointedly emphasizing the setting: A gray cylindrical hole in the cube’s center offers a focused view into the building directly behind it. Mehr erfahren.
The massive steel sculpture, officially titled Alamo, weighs in at one ton. People come to spin it, just as the artist intended. Mehr erfahren.
These figures were created by artist George Segal as a tribute to the Stonewall Inn raid and ensuing riots of 1969, which unfolded nearby.
Alexander Calder's Saurien holds its own despite sitting beneath the cantilevered corner of a skyscraper. See other large-scale works in 590 Madison Avenue’s indoor sculpture garden. Mehr erfahren.
Rising above the trees at the northeast corner of Central Park, the 30-foot-high cast-bronze icon is supported with columns topped by nine muse figures. Mehr erfahren.
