As you travel through the New York Subway system, you may not know it, but you are traveling through one of the largest and most diverse collections of public art in the world.
In this episode, Sandra Bloodworth, the director of MTA Arts & Design, takes us on a tour of the new Grand Central Madison Terminal, the new commuter rail terminal for the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) that sits beneath the Grand Central Terminal.
We visit the stunning glass mosaic by Yayoi Kusama from the “My Eternal Soul” series, called A Message of Love Directly from My Heart unto the Universe, and the commissioned work by Kiki Smith including five individual mosaics across two levels of the new terminal.
Sandra explains the process behind bringing world class art to the subway system and why the display of public art is so vital to society.
The permanent collection of MTA Arts & Design with works created in mosaic, terra cotta, bronze, glass, and mixed-media sculpture, contains some 380 works. Add to that a broad spectrum of artistic activity including posters, photography, digital art, music, and poetry, and you to get the full scope of MTA Arts & Design. Add 3 downloads to get the accurate number of downloads for the episode.
Photo: Marc Hermann
DEFINING PERFORMANCE ART - Interview with Roselee Goldberg
THE DISAPPEARING FACE OF NEW YORK - Interview with James and Karla Murray
RALPH LAUREN, JANE FONDA, STEVEN SPIELBERG & AMERICAN MASTERS - Interview with Susan Lacy
TWA FLIGHT CENTER/HOTEL - Interview with Richard Southwick
CLODAGH DESIGN - Interview with Clodagh
AFTER THE RIOT - ART2HEART RECLAIMS SOHO - Interview with Maxi Cohen
DAVID MONTGOMERY - Interview with David Montgomery
STORM KING ART CENTER - Interview with John Stern
DONALD JUDD - Interview with David Raskin
THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR - Interview with Vanessa Seis
DESIGNING THE UN'S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - Interview with Jakob Trollbäck
FRANK GEHRY - Interview with Paul Goldberger
OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK - Interview with Gregory Wessner, Executive Director
THE HIGH LINE - Interview with Co-Founder Robert Hammond
NAVIGATING THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE - Interview with Bob Greenberg, founder of R/GA
FOTOGRAFISKA NEW YORK - Interview with Co-founder Jan Broman
JOEL SILVER’S TRAFFIC STAND, HIDDEN SUBWAY STATION, THE GENIUS OF HARRY BERTOIA AND OTHER STORIES - Interview with Jim Elkind, founder of Lost City Arts
STUDIO 54 AND JANE JACOBS - Interview with film director Matt Tyrnauer
HOW SOHO BECAME SOHO – Interview with Aaron Skhuda, Project Manager of the Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities
SPRING STREET SALT SHED - Interview with Richard Dattner founder of Dattner Architects
Join Podbean Ads Marketplace and connect with engaged listeners.
Advertise Today
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
50 Tastes Of Gray
Dear Alice | Interior Design
Spider-Man Crawlspace Podcast
Just So Stories
The Art of War
The Magnus Archives
War Nerd Radio — Subscriber Feed