Public Art

If you ride the Red Line, you may have noticed a new blue and black mural emerging on the side of one of the new buildings between NoMa and Union Station this week. Created by artist Trav, the piece is just one of 16 new murals going up as…

Metropolitan Washington’s persistent urban challenges are frequently in the news. The concerns include ensuring public safety; providing quality public education; increasing the availability of affordable housing; promoting accessibility…

The bronze statue of Union Gen. Winfield Scott was greeted with ridicule as soon as it went up near the White House in 1874.

The walls will display protest buttons and King-related items as individual dots that form a bigger image

“Lightweave” debuts next week as part of broader public space efforts in the booming neighborhood

The nation’s capital has a new monster.

What do you see when you look at Marilyn Monroe gazing down at the corner of Connecticut and Calvert streets NW? A beautiful woman? A movie star? An icon?

You may remember local writer and street artist Theodore Carter by his guerilla art installation #100DucksDC. His newest venture “Night of 1,000 Fridas” is set to launch tonight—an expansive, global tribute to the visionary Mexican artist.…

As the D.C. Public Library’s flagship location undergoes a three-year renovation, the system is beginning to solicit designs for the entrance to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.

Two interactive and Instagram-ready light installations have hit the Yards Park boardwalk to brighten cold nights through early 2019.

Nine long-defunct call boxes in downtown D.C. are about to get a second life as public art.

The NoMa Parks Foundation is ready to officially turn on the 4,000 light rods hung in the M Street NE underpass on Thursday evening. The 6:30 p.m. ribbon cutting for Rain marks the completion of the first of four long-delayed light…

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities wrapped city recycling trucks with original works from local artists as part of this year's Designed to Recycle project. This year, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration has,…