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| Public Art Review | |
|---|---|
| Title | Public Art Review |
| Frequency | Biannual |
| Category | Arts magazine |
| Publisher | Grantmakers in the Arts |
| Firstdate | 1988 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Public Art Review Public Art Review is a biannual magazine and platform focused on public art practice, policy, and advocacy. It publishes articles, case studies, interviews, and project documentation that connect practitioners, funders, planners, and communities engaged with commissions, temporary works, and permanent installations. Contributors range from curators and artists to urbanists and scholars examining intersections with museums, cultural institutions, and civic planning.
Public Art Review covers a broad field that intersects with institutions such as the National Endowment for the Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Getty Foundation, TATE Modern, and Museum of Modern Art while engaging projects linked to urban sites like High Line, Millennium Park, Battery Park City, and Chicago Riverwalk. The magazine highlights practitioners associated with studios and collectives including Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Ai Weiwei, Jenny Holzer, Anish Kapoor, Kara Walker, Maya Lin, Olafur Eliasson, Antony Gormley, Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama, Richard Serra, Barbara Kruger, Alexander Calder, Claes Oldenburg, Niki de Saint Phalle, JR (artist), Sheila Hicks, Doris Salcedo, Theaster Gates, Tavares Strachan, Siah Armajani, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and organizations like Public Art Fund, Art in Embassies, Creative Time, ArtPlace America, and Independent Sector. Articles often reference civic frameworks such as the Percent-for-Art Programs in cities like Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Minneapolis.
Since its launch in 1988, Public Art Review has traced developments from placemaking projects influenced by Jane Jacobs and William H. Whyte to large-scale commissions in the era of starchitects like Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Renzo Piano, and Santiago Calatrava. Coverage charts transitions from modernist memorials tied to events like the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and debates around Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe to contemporary dialogues about community-engaged practices inspired by movements associated with Social Practice Art, Relational Aesthetics, and activists linked to Black Lives Matter and the #MeToo movement. The magazine documents policy shifts influenced by legislation such as the National Endowment for the Arts founding and municipal ordinances in the Americans with Disabilities Act era that affected accessibility and site design.
Public Art Review addresses permanent sculpture exemplified by works like Tilted Arc controversies and Cloud Gate; site-specific installations such as The Gates and Wrapped Reichstag; temporary interventions by Banksy and JR (artist); performance and participatory projects akin to Marina Abramović's durational work; memorials like Lincoln Memorial and 9/11 Memorial, and environmental art connected to Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt. It examines facility-based commissions in institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Walker Art Center, Dia Art Foundation, and festivals such as Venice Biennale, Art Basel, Documenta, and Frieze Art Fair.
The magazine details selection procedures that institutions adopt, including open calls, invitational competitions, and juried processes involving panels from American Alliance of Museums, Association of Art Museum Curators, International Sculpture Center, and municipal arts commissions in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London. Evaluation criteria discussed include artistic merit referencing awards like the Turner Prize, Praemium Imperiale, and MacArthur Fellowship; durability as addressed by conservators at Getty Conservation Institute; site analysis reflecting urbanists from Rem Koolhaas's practice; safety and code compliance with standards from agencies like Occupational Safety and Health Administration and municipal building departments; and community benefit as foregrounded by nonprofit groups like Americans for the Arts and advocacy organizations such as The Association of Public Art.
Stakeholders include municipal arts commissions, planning departments, cultural affairs offices, neighborhood associations, developers linked to firms like Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, foundations such as Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and private collectors associated with institutions like Guggenheim Museum. Governance models range from advisory panels used by Seattle Office of Arts & Culture to centralized procurement by bodies like New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. The magazine profiles legal and ethical stakeholders including lawyers specializing in arts law, unions such as IATSE, and professional bodies like College Art Association and International Council of Museums.
Coverage examines funding mechanisms including public percent-for-art ordinances, philanthropic grants from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, corporate patronage by companies like JP Morgan Chase, crowdfunding platforms used by artist-led projects, and commissioning models employed by organizations such as ArtPlace America and Creative Time. It also analyzes contracts, insurance, conservation endowments, and procurement policies influenced by municipal finance offices and grantmaking processes used by National Endowment for the Arts panels.
Public Art Review engages debates around contested monuments tied to Confederate monuments removal, restitution debates involving works linked to colonial histories such as those in Benin Bronzes discussions, and community backlash exemplified by controversies over works by Richard Serra and proposals in neighborhoods like Harlem and Bronx. It explores critiques from scholars influenced by bell hooks, Gramsci, Stuart Hall, and activists connected to Decolonize This Place regarding representation, gentrification examined through studies of SoHo and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and environmental impact concerns raised in cases like large-scale land art by Robert Smithson. The magazine fosters dialogue about future directions involving equity initiatives advocated by National Coalition for Arts' Preparedness and Emergency Response and interdisciplinary collaborations with urban planners trained at schools like Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Harvard Graduate School of Design.
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