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Thirty years of graffiti on the subway in Rome, contained in 432 pages, with stories from 90 of the most prolific writers in the Roman scene. An introspective journey through hundreds of secret archives, enriched by several shots from internationally renowned photographers who have followed and documented this cultural phenomenon since the early days, which, despite greater control and more severe penalties, do not seem to have an end.

Subway Art

This lively walking AND subway riding tour visits over a dozen subway stations to experience a selection of these striking often whimsical works that go largely unnoticed by the general public. We'll also cross The Manhattan Bridge for a spectacular aerial view of the magnificent Lower Manhattan skyline as we head to Brooklyn and then conclude in Times Square.

Along the way you'll learn about and become expert at navigating the (in)famous NYC subway system. There's also the invaluable opportunity to confer about your other sightseeing plans with the acclaimed Bronx born, vastly experienced licensed NYC tour guide, Darryl Reilly--me.

With a total length of over 100 km, 94 stations and numerous works of art, the Stockholm subway is often referred to as the longest art gallery in the world. The aim of this project is to make art accessible to the broadest possible population and to make everyday life a little more colourful with fresh ideas. This jigsaw puzzle from the "Subway Art" series brings the creative ideas of the Stockholm art scene to life and brings a piece of these original works of art into your home.

The NYC Subway is one of the most extensive in the world. There is some amazing subway art in NYC that you should definitely make a point to see. Yoko Ono, Chuck Close, Faith Ringgold, William Wegman and Roy Lichtenstein are among the many artists that have designed mosaics for the subway platforms.

You can pay $25 to see the works of these artists in the Museum of Modern Art and other museums. Or, you can pay just $2.75 to experience them on a subway platform and have a unique New York City experience. This is one of the many ways to see NYC for Free.

There is very good subway art in many of the stations on the Upper West Side and Harlem. Many were created by important African American Artists and leaders, including Faith Ringgold, Vincent Smith and Willie Birch.

The Fulton Street Station in the Financial District features a series of murals by Frederick Dana Marsh. These murals were created in 1913 for the McAlpin Hotel in Herald Square. When the hotel was turned into a condominium, the ceramic tiles were removed and given to the MTA. They were put back together by college interns and then installed in the subway in 2000.

We mainly travel into cities on our electric bikes (leaving our motorhome parked outside) and miss this sort of thing. Now I will have to make an effort to look at the different subways because clearly we are missing out!

However, I imagine most people who pass by these artworks do not pay much if any attention to them especially regarding commuters who pass by the same artwork regularly. Also the fact that many train stations are poorly maintained, are defaced with graffiti and vandalism, and have homeless people loitering, sleeping, camping in certain areas of the subway stations, and the smell of garbage, and human excrement just makes it hard to let certain art work work its magic on the psyche. Also the fact that dangerous people and situations can always be found in the NYC subway system.

For our latest mission, 50 Improv Everywhere agents created an art gallery opening on the 23rd Street subway platform in Manhattan. We put up 30 placards next to objects in the space (pipes, electrical boxes, signs, advertisements), transforming them into works of art. The gallery included a bar, a coat rack, and a cellist. Enjoy the video first, and then continue reading for photos, text from our placards, and reports from the agents involved.

This piece inverts the typical window by making it from opaque bricks, set within a larger opaque wall. This opens the dialogue between the lower spaces of the MTA subway and the upper world where sunlight would necessitate such windows. The null opacity of the glass is called to attention by the use of ink markers.

Police always make up rules on the spot. They rarely know the law, and if they do they just say whatever they want in order to get you do do what they want. Playing the cello was against MTA rules, but anyone can stand on a subway platform!

From pieces commissioned by MTA Arts and Design to original decorative tiles in the very first subway stations to guerilla art projects that pop up every now and then, the New York City subway system is full of art. While most subway art is easily accessible, there have been art installations in abandoned subway spaces that would have been illegal and dangerous to view. Keep reading to discover seven art installations in abandoned subway stations!

The Masstransiscope is a unique art project originally created by Bill Brand in 1980. It is located inside the abandoned Myrtle Ave subway station that used to be part of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit line between DeKalb Avenue and the Manhattan Bridge. When the line in that area of Brooklyn was rebuilt, the Myrtle Avenue station lost its southbound platform and the northbound platform was closed off.

Haring drew over 5,000 chalk drawings over a five-year period, from 1980 to 1985, in New York City subway stations (visit the Keith Haring Foundation website to see his work year by year). Since the beginning of his career, Haring was determined to create art that could be for everyone, both through an accessible style and by locating his work in easily reachable, public locations. Creating art on the street meant that a bigger audience could see his work, outside of the more insular space of an art gallery.

The radiant baby, for example, could represent birth or purity, but could also be read as a symbol of nuclear energy or bodily corruption depending on what he drew around it. Haring intentionally sanitized the subject matter of his subway drawings, leaving out any explicit sexual and political imagery. He wanted his audience, which included children, to enjoy his works. This made his drawings more ambiguous to an extent, but also more outwardly positive and universal in theme. This work, though, while seemingly straightforward, did incorporate some darker references, including generalized themes of oppression and the abuse of power (image below left), but these were often simplified to such an extent that they remained open to multiple interpretations.

It\u2019s said to be the world\u2019s largest art exhibit, 110 kilometers and 94 stations which are decorated by some 200 artists. Welcome to a 1000-pieces art tour in the Stockholm\u2019s subway system.

T-Centralen: Opened in 1957, the T-Centralen become the first station in Stockholm to feature artwork. Designed by local artist, Per Olof Ultvedt, it features beautiful blue vines climbing up the walls and pays homage to the workers who built the subway.

Universitetet Station: The Universitet Station is the ultimate subway stop for travelers. Its main feature is a massive tile panel detailing the travels of Carl Linnaeus. A famous Swede who is considered the father of modern taxonomy of organisms.

Seen by millions of commuters on a daily basis, subway art is the perfect way for creatives and advertisers to showcase their work to a guaranteed audience, particularly if a level of ingenuity is employed. 041b061a72