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Shahzia Sikander: Havah...to breathe, air, life
January 17 – June 4, 2023
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Since 2004, Madison Square Park Conservancy has commissioned outdoor works from today's leading contemporary artists. Our internationally recognized exhibitions are free to the public, creating an open-air cultural destination that inspires dialogue and reflection.
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Artist Cristina Iglesias unearths forgotten natural histories of Madison Square Park, Opening June 2022
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Proposal to Park: Diana Al-Hadid
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Proposal to Park: Iván Navarro
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Art | January 18 – May 1, 2022
Hugh Hayden: Brier Patch
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Hugh Hayden Artist Statement
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Art | June 1 – December 4, 2022
Cristina Iglesias: Landscape and Memory
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Proposal to Park: Artist Shahzia Sikander
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Sikander’s “Apparition” is the Park’s First AR Experience
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Art Talk
Lifting Women and Justice
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‘It was screaming for a female’: Shahzia Sikander on creating a statue of a woman for a Manhattan courthouse (The Art Newspaper)
Art Tour Iglesias
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Engaging with World-Class Art Through the Conservancy’s Art Council
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Artist Statement: Cristina Iglesias
Proposal To Park Gibson And Recoder
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Proposal to Park: Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder
Proposal To Park Leonardo Drew
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Proposal to Park: Leonardo Drew
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2022 Art Symposium: Unearthing Public Art
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Cristina Iglesias’ Radical Public Sculpture: ‘I’m Not Trying to Recreate Nature’ (Wallpaper)
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Landscape and Memory (TimeOut New York)
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“Unearthing Public Art”: 2022 Symposium Recap
Maya Lin Happy Bday
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Maya Lin Named One of the 100 Most Influential People of 2022 by Time Magazine
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The Next Steps for Hugh Hayden’s “Brier Patch”
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2019 Art Symposium: Innovating Public Art
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“Brier Patch” Public Programs
Madison Square Park, Hugh Hayden, Brier Patch
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100 Wooden School Desks Sprout in Madison Square Park (NY1)
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Hugh Hayden’s Striking New Sculptures Take on the Inequities of Public Education (Artsy)
Madison Square Park, Hugh Hayden, Brier Patch
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Trees Burst from 100 Elementary Desks in Hugh Hayden’s Installation Addressing the Disparities of Public Education (Colossal)
The Brier Patch Exhibition, featuring school desks on the park lawn bursting with tree limbs.
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100 Wooden School Desks Are Sitting in Madison Square Park (Time Out New York)
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“Landscape and Memory” Will Bring Madison Square Park’s Buried History to the Surface (The Architect’s Newspaper)
Artist Hugh Hayden standing among the Brier Patch exhibition, which features desks bursting with...
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Hugh Hayden, Surrealist Sculptor, Addresses Education Debate (The New York Times)
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Best Art Exhibitions of 2021 (The New York Times)
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Revealed: Time Out New York’s 2021 Best of the City award winners (Time Out New York)
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12 spectacular public artworks that brightened up our cities in 2021 (Time Out New York)
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Hugh Hayden Explores the Thorny Sides of the American Dream (W Magazine)
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The Flexibility of Public Space
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Wood from Madison Square Park art installation donated to Bronx-based organization working to empower youth (AMNY)
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The trees of “Ghost Forest”
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Maya Lin Artist Statement
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Maya Lin Keeps Breaking New Ground (The Wall Street Journal)
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Art Talk: Maya Lin & Elizabeth Kolbert
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Inspiring Reflection and Climate Action Through Public Art
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Plant Trees in NYC Local Parks
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Reconnecting to the Natural World: Maya Lin on How Art Can Lead Us to a Sustainable Future (ARTnews)
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A Dialogue on the Pine Barrens
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The Conservancy Participates in “NYC Homecoming”
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Hugh Hayden’s “Brier Patch” Opens in January 2022
Ghost Forest by Maya Lin. Photo: Madeline Cass
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In Maya Lin’s ‘Ghost Forest,’ the Trees Are Talking Back (The New York Times)
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This Summer, Music on the Green
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A Ghost Forest and a Predator: New York Public Art Grows a Conscience (The Art Newspaper)
Maya Lin, Ghost Forest, 2021. Photo: Andy Romer
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Maya Lin on Planting a Ghost Forest in Manhattan (Artforum)
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Art Talk: Gabriella Demczuk
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Public Art Symposium: Greening Public Art
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Artist Maya Lin’s Tries to Showcase Different Side of Nature (CBS)
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Maya Lin Conceives a Soundscape for “Ghost Forest”
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In Maya Lin’s New Installation, a Forest Grows in Manhattan (Vogue)
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‘I Call Them My Gentle Giants’: How Artist Maya Lin Planted 49 Towering Cedar Trees in the Middle of New York City (Artnet News)
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“Ghost Forest” Documentary
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How a Pandemic Year of Loss Reshaped Maya Lin’s Art and Architecture (Los Angeles Times)
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Top Shows to See in New York During Frieze Week (The Art Newspaper)
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Maya Lin Builds a Final Monument to the Climate (Frieze)
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Eight Leading Artists Championing Sustainability (Christie’s)
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This Long Year: In Art Journalism
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Maya Lin’s “Ghost Forest” Installation Brings Dead Trees From Pine Barrens To Madison Square Park (Gothamist)
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Alumni Artists Reflect on Studio Life During Pandemic
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Maya Lin’s ‘Ghost Forest’ Will Rise in Madison Square Park This Spring (The Art Newspaper)
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For Maya Lin, a Victory Lap Gives Way to Mourning (The New York Times)
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This Long Year: In the Studio
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This Long Year: In New York City Galleries and Art Fairs
Maya Lin Photo
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Maya Lin will plant a ‘ghost forest’ in New York (Art Newspaper)
Abigail Conversation
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A Conversation on Abigail DeVille’s “Light of Freedom”
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Art21 Film Preview of Abigail DeVille’s “Light of Freedom”
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A Seminar: Meaning and Metaphor in the Statue of Liberty
Abigail Deville Opening Remarks Video
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Abigail DeVille’s “Light of Freedom” Opening Remarks
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Reassessing Art History with Three Collectors
Sept 21
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A Conversation with Three Art World Neighbors: Anticipating the Future
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A Virtual Tour: Leonardo Drew’s “City in the Grass”
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Black Lives Matter and A Response in Public Art
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Monument
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“Big Bling” in Madison Square Park
Art for Everyone
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