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Even in the steady drizzle that fell over Central Park on the day I snapped these photos, Monira Al Qadiri’s new public art sculpture First Sun looked radiant. Installed at Doris C. Freedman Plaza at the park’s southeast entrance, the 17-foot-tall work commands the space with an otherworldly presence that feels both ancient and futuristic.
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Central Park is so rich in sights that planning a visit to it can feel overwhelming. In addition to all the greenery and animal life, there are iconic landmarks such as Bethesda Terrace and Belvedere Castle. There’s shopping and refreshment in the Victorian Gothic-style Dairy, and educational material in the gabled DanaDiscovery Center. These monumental stopping places, though, are usually mobbed with both tourists and native New Yorkers seeking refuge from their busy lives.
Continue reading Welcome to Central Park: 5 Secret Places off the Crowded Path By Aaron Poochigian
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Twice annually — in the spring and then again in late summer — New York’s Public Art Fund installs a new site-specific artwork in Central Park’s Doris C. Freedman Plaza, and it’s always fun and exciting to see that the next sculpture will be. However, with the recently- installed Parabolic Light, a translucent magenta obelisk by artist Fred Eversley, New Yorkers will get to enjoy its reflective glow for an entire year!
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Bharti Kher (b. 1969, London, UK) connects New Delhi and New York with this nearly 18 foot tall bronze Universal Mother figure, entitled Ancestor (2022) which is her most ambitious artwork today. Its source is a miniature statue from the artist’s “intermediaries“ series, assembled by recomposing broken clay figurines. Kher finds these small objects in secondhand markets in India, where she moved in 1992 after being raised and educated in the United Kingdom. Continue reading Bharti Kher’s Ancestor in Doris C. Freedman Plaza
My best friend Geoffrey is visiting me from LA, and we have been rampaging through NYC like crazy art fans since he touched down last Wednesday evening. Here we are on the roof deck of Deutsche Bank Center at Columbus Circle. The World is Our Oyster.
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