There's another big art player in New York alongside the likes of the Met, MoMA, the Whitney, and the Guggenheim. Just like the hallowed halls of New York’s finest museums and galleries, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been collecting and displaying works by big-named artists underground throughout the MTA’s subway system. With new works being unveiled at the newly minted Fulton Street station in the Financial District, a new book titled New York’s Underground Art Museum showcases all the masterful works that brighten the commute of millions each day. The Daily Beast has rounded up some of the best and most notable, which include Roy Lichtenstein, Sol LeWitt, and Milton Glasser.
Here, Sky Reflector-Net has become the centerpiece to the Financial District's Fulton Street Station and was crafted by James Carpenter Design Associates, Grimshaw Architects, and ARUP.
Times Square Mural, Times Square–42nd Street Station (designed 1994, installed 2002).
Rob Wilson
Whirls and Twirls (MTA), 59th Street-Columbus Circle Station (created 2004, installed 2009).
Vanni Archive Architectural Photography
Life Underground, 14 Street–8th Avenue Station.
Rob Wilson
A time capsule resides inside Cornwill's The Open Secret at the 125th Street Station.
Rob Wilson
Untitled, Astor Place Station.
Rob Wilson
Hive (Bleecker Street), Bleecker Street/Lafayette Street Station.
James Ewing
See it split, see it change, South Ferry Station.
Doug + Mike Starn
Celadon Remnants, LIRR Broadway Station.
Seong Kwon
Kaleidoscope, 20th Avenue Station.
Karen Mauch
Bronx River View, Whitlock Avenue Station.
Peter Pierce
Hudson River Explorers, MNR Tarrytown Station.
Michael Hnatov
