Main entry:

Heartney, Eleanor, 1954-

Title & Author:

City art : New York's Percent for Art Program / essay by Eleanor Heartney ; introduction by Adam Gopnik ; preface by Michael R. Bloomberg ; featured photography by David S. Allee ; edited by Marvin Heiferman.

Publication:

London : Merrell, 2005.

Description:

240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, color portraits ; 28 cm

Notes:
Published in association with City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs.
Includes index.
Introduction: art in the city / Adam Gopnik -- The city as laboratory: two decades of New York's Percent for Art Program / Eleanor Heartney -- Interviews: Kate D. Levin -- Vinnie Medugno -- Completed projects / Vito Acconci [and others] -- Projects in progress / Willie Cole [and others] Edward I. Koch -- Margarita Hunt-Tejada -- Ronay Menschel -- Ursula von Rydingsvard -- Henry Cobb -- Harriet F. Senie -- Interview with Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle -- Interview with Meg Webster -- Interview with Nari Ward -- Interview with Dennis Adams -- Interview with Mierle Laderman Ukeles -- Timeline of Percent for Art Program, New York City.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"Documents the ... range of Percent for Art projects and their artists ... photographs of the artworks ... accompany each work's 'fact sheet' ... also features informative and engaging interviews with artists, community members, arts administrators, and others, exploring how art enriches civic life and personal experience"--Cover.

ISBN:

185894290X (pbk.)
9781858942902 (pbk.)

Subject:

Percent for Art Program (New York, N.Y.)
New York Et l'art.
New York Mécénat.
Public art New York (State) New York.
Public art New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Art, American New York (State) New York.
Art patronage New York (State) New York.
Art américain New York (État) New York.
Art 20e siècle.
Art 21e siècle.
Mécénat New York (État) New York.
Art patronage
Art, American
Public art
Kunstbevordering.
Subsidies.
Politique culturelle États-Unis New York (State) New York.
Art 20e siècle États-Unis New York (State) New York.
Art 21e siècle États-Unis New York (State) New York.
New York (State) New York
New York (stad)

Form/genre:

Pictorial works

Added entries:

Gopnik, Adam, writer of introduction.
Bloomberg, Michael, writer of preface.
Allee, David S., photographer.
Heiferman, Marvin, editor.
New York (N.Y.). Department of Cultural Affairs.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 241018
Call No.: N8842.N7 H43 2005
Status: Available