It's been a few since New York has witnessed any public art on the scale of the tree-killing, revenue generating Olafur Eliasson waterfalls, but it's everywhere. Small, large, visible from a sidewalk or briefly glimpsed through a moving subway car: we've rounded up seventeen favorites both permanent and temporary for your viewing pleasure. As always, tell us in the comments about all the cool, cerebral, scenic stuff we missed.
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Art-O-Rama: Where to See the Best Public Art in New York
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Joseph Beuys, 7000 Oaks
Miguel Barcelo, Gran Elefandret
Bill Brand, Masstransiscope
Fritz Koenig, The Sphere
Keith Haring, Crack is Wack
Walter De Maria, Earth Room
Sarah Sze, Still Life With Landscape (High Line)
Cleopatra's Needle
Paula Hayes, Land Mind (Lever House)
Sol LeWitt, Sol LeWitt:Structures 1965-2006
UNStudio, New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion
Keith Haring, Carmine Street Mural
Jean Dubuffet, Groupe de Quatras Arbres, and Louise Nevelson, Shadows and Flags
Steve Powers, Love Letter to Brooklyn
Alexander Calder, Ordinary
Jeff Koons, Balloon Flower (Red)
Richard Serra (sort of)
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