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Press
See below links for links of selected press coverage of Madison Square Park Conservancy’s art program and works by commissioned artists. Additional information is available on request. Media inquiries: info@madisonsquarepark.org.
Twentieth Anniversary of the Art Program
Announcement | 2024 | The Art Newspaper
“‘The anniversary is an opportunity for the conservancy’s public art programme to assess the past two decades and also look ahead to the next,’ says Brooke Kamin Rapaport, the conservancy’s artistic director and chief curator.“
Sheila Pepe
My Neighbor’s Garden | 2023 | The New York Times
“While crochet, and craft generally, is no longer on the periphery of the art world, Pepe still finds the medium a useful way to initiate conversations on a spectrum of ideas — from marginalization to optimism, it’s all on the menu.“
Shahzia Sikander
Havah… to breathe, air, life | 2023 | The New York Times
“‘She is a fierce woman and a form of resistance in a space that has historically been dominated by patriarchal representation,’ said Sikander“
Cristina Iglesias
Landscape and Memory | 2021 | The Architect’s Newspaper
“Cedar Creek is just one of the numerous waterways buried during the mass industrialization of the 19th century. Landscape and Memory will attempt to, at least for a little while, bring that history to the surface.”
Maya Lin
Ghost Forest | 2021 | ArtForum
“Each tree is a monument to climate change. The project has an advocacy component, which we are using to talk about farming, forestry, degradation, and development.“
Leonardo Drew
City in the Grass | 2019 | The New York Times
“I would love it to take abuse because my work really is about a weathered history of our journey on this planet — the cycle of birth, life, death and regeneration…The piece is going to find itself in a whole other level of loveliness if it’s allowed to live.“
Martin Puryear: Liberty / Libertá
U.S. Pavilion, Venice Biennale | 2019 | The New York Times
“This moment has caught me being as much a citizen as an artist.”
Martin Puryear
Big Bling | 2016 | The Brooklyn Rail
“Memorable Mad. Sq. Art projects have abounded, but none impact the environment and relate better to the formal qualities of the park than Martin Puryear’s monumental and terrific Big Bling (2016), which commands the now lush and verdant oval for the next three seasons, and is deeply resonant of life in today’s New York.“
Paula Hayes
Gazing Globes | 2015 | The Wall Street Journal
“As we spoke, the sky grew dark, the wind began to blow and large flakes of snow started to fall, swirling around the illuminated globes. It was as if 18 miniature worlds had suddenly come to life. And it was actually quite lovely.”
Tony Cragg
Walks of Life | 2014 | The New York Times
“They’re quite big sculptures, but everything in New York is big…There’s a tendency to be monumental, but these are just big. It’s a question of scale.“
