Art Underground

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MTA Arts for Transit was created to oversee the selection of artists and installation of permanent artworks in subway and commuter rail stations. Discover and enjoy this diverse and beautiful collection of commissioned public artwork installed throughout the subway and commuter rail stations of the MTA. For more information on other installations, visit mta.info/mta/aft.
Art Underground, an episode from “Treasures of New York” on THIRTEEN, explores 25 years of the MTA Arts for Transit program, which was created to oversee the selection of artists and installation of permanent artworks in subway and commuter rail stations. Discover and enjoy this diverse and beautiful collection of commissioned public artwork installed throughout the subway and commuter rail stations by artists including Faith Ringgold, Tom Otterness, Milton Glaser, Bill Brand, Andrea Dezsö and Elizabeth Murray.

Treasures of New York: Art Underground


Bill Brand: Masstransiscope

Bill Brand's "Masstransiscope" turns the subway into a movie machine, presenting a colorful, animated "moving picture" to commuters as the ...

Tom Otterness: Life Underground

The scores of figures created by Tom Otterness for "Life Underground" invigorate and transforms the transit environment into a place ...

Jason Middlebrook: Brooklyn Seeds

Jason Middlebrook’s mosaic installation, “Brooklyn Seeds,” is a monumentally-scaled garden of wildflowers climbing up the stair wall extending from Avenue ...

Andrea Dezso: Community Garden

“Community Garden” is a glass mosaic mural that fills the entire mezzanine wall at the Bedford Park Boulevard subway station. ...

Milton Glaser: Untitled

Milton Glaser, widely known as a pioneering graphic designer (including the I ♥ New York logo) and print maker, created artwork for ...

Elizabeth Murray: Stream

Elizabeth Murray titled this work "Stream," to evoke the feet of travelers as they stream out along the subway passageway.

Elizabeth Murray: Blooming

Riders at this station are treated to the joyous burst of color and shapes that is “Blooming.” The mosaics defy ...

Faith Ringgold: Flying Home: Harlem Heroes and Heroines

“Flying Home” is a mosaic mural that honors Harlem notables and makes them fly. The mural on one platform depicts ...