2017-01-24
The Second Avenue Subway opened earlier this month, with artwork by Chuck Close, Jean Shin, Sarah Sze, and Vik Muniz, and something strange happened: New Yorkers didn't complain. Instead, city dwellers welcomed new offerings like Close's mosaics of musician Lou Reed and Muniz's Perfect Strangers, which celebrates the diversity of New York City and features what is believed to be the first permanent, not explicitly political art installation in NY to depict a gay couple. [ more › ]