Recent Press Coverage

Featuring AFT programs, artists, and artworks in MTA's subway and rail systems:

• The Persistence of Time at Grand Central Terminal, Hyperallergic (May 23, 2013)
• Grand Central Terminal: See Vintage Railroad Cars on National Train Day, CN Traveler (May 2013)
• Grand Central Palooza, NewsBeat Social (May 13, 2013)
• Dozens Audition For MTA's 'Music Under New York' Program, CBS New York (May 13, 2013)
• Subway Musicians Audition For Coveted Underground Spots, NY 1 (May 13, 2013)
• Auditioning for the Role of Subway Performer, WSJ Live (May 13, 2013)
• Audiciones para artistas en el metro de New York, Telemundo (May 13, 2013)
• The MTA is adding to its rhythm underground, WBGO (May 13, 2013)
• Rail funky music: Acts compete to go underground, New York Post (May 13, 2013)
• City's 'Music Under New York' draws artists eager to play in subways, NY Daily News (May 13, 2013)
• Auditions for Subway's Underground Music Scene, The Wall Street Journal (May 13, 2013)
• In Photos: Croton Station' New Art, Ossining-Patch (May 7, 2013)
• Artist nick cave debuts new works at the Denver art museum, Architectural Digest (May 1, 2013)
• Singing Sacred Songs in Secular Spots, The New York Times (April 5, 2013)
• Coney lights brighten commutes, Brooklyn Daily (April 4, 2013)
• Nick Cave's Horse Parade, Observer (April 2, 2013)
• A Contemporary Art Exhibit Celebrating Grand Central' Centennial, NBC New York (April 2, 2013)
• Nick Cave's Equine Exercise in Puppet Magic, Hyperallergic (April2, 2013)
• Wild Horses In Grand Central, New Yorker (April 1, 2013)
• A Fantasy Commute: Famed sculptor Nick Cave unleashes his herd on Grand Central Terminal, Dujour (April 2013)
• Nick Cave "Heard•NY" At Grand Central, Through March 31, 2013, Artobserved (March 31, 2013)
• A cavallo, alla Grand Central Station. New York impazzita per la performance di Nick Cave: Artribune c'è andata, ed è tornata con video e tante immagini…, Artribune (March 30, 2013)
• Nick Cave and Nick Cave, together at last, Brooklyn Vegan (March 29, 2013)
• Wild Wild Horses- Nick Cave's Soundsuits In Grand Central Terminal, Social Life Chicago (March 29, 2013)
• Nick Caves collide! The musician meets the artist, minds melt, Time Out New York (March 29, 2013)
• A New York Outing Parents & Kids Will Both Enjoy: Heard NY (VIDEO), Babble (March 29, 2013)
• Nick Cave Heard NY: See It At Grand Central This Weekend, Policymic (March 2013)
• Horse Dancers Enliven New York Train Station, Voice of America (March 28, 2013)
• Smith-9th Streets station on F, G lines set to open next month, Brooklyn Daily Eagle (March 28, 2013)
• Don't Miss: Nick Cave' Horses, W Magazine (March 28, 2013)
• Nick Cave' "Heard NY" Wants You To Dream Again, Paper Mag (March 28, 2013)
• Artist Nick Cave Talks Latest Project, Heard•NY, Jet Mag (March 27, 2013)
• VIDEO: Nick Cave' Whimsical Horses Graze Through Grand Central, Blouin Art Info (March 27, 2013)
• Nick Cave's Herd of Horses Hits Grand Central, Gallerist NY (March 26, 2013)
• Nick Cave Stampedes Grand Central with 30 Horses, Design Wire (March 26, 2013)
• Nick Cave's Band of Horses Now Stampeding in Grand Central, Hyperallergic (March 26, 2013)
• Nick Cave Horses Whirl to Live Music in Grand Central, Bloomberg (March 26, 2013)
• Horsing Around Grand Central Terminal, WNYC (March 26, 2013)
• Wild horses gallop into Grand Central, Salon (March 26, 2013)
• Nick Cave's Heard dances Through Grand Central Station, Interview Magazine
• Nick Cave Horses Around in Grand Central, The Daily Beast (March 25, 2013)
• Dancing Horses Entertain Grand Central Terminal Commuters, NTD TV (March 25, 2013)
• Nick Cave' 'HEARD NY' Transforms Grand Central Terminal With Colorful Horses (VIDEO), Huffington Post (March 25, 2013)
• Behold Nick Cave' Colorful Horses Dancing In Grand Central, Gothamist (March 25, 2013)
• Heard NY by Nick Cave debuts at Grand Central, Time Out New York Kids (March 25, 2013)
• Week-Long Performance At Grand Central Has Plenty Of "Horse Power", NY 1 (March 24, 2013)
• Watch Out for the Horses on Your Way to the Train, The New York Times (March 24, 2013)
• Stampede at the Station, Performance Art Heard•NY Takes Over Grand Central, Departures International (March 23, 2013)
• Galloping Through Grand Central, The New York Times Magazine (March 22, 2013)
• Nick Cave: HEARD NY, NYC-Arts (March 21, 2013)
• Nick Cave's colorful, life-sized horses whirl to live music in Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, Art Daily (March, 3012)
• Fantastical Creatures at New York Station, Red Milk Magazine (March 20, 2013)
• Seeing the Light, wearable Design Bureau (March 20, 2013)
• The 7 Best Buskers in NYC, Gothamist (March 20, 2013)
• Grand Central celebrates 100 years of transit, Pix 11 (March 19, 2013)
• The Life Affirming Work of Nick Cave, Huffington Post (March 19, 2013)
• Check Out The Beautifully Restored East 180th Street 2/5 Station In The Bronx, Gothamist (March 15, 2013)
• Art Exhibit Opens, Marking Grand Central Terminal's Centennial, CBS New York (March 10, 2013)
• Giving castoffs a Second Life, New York Times (March 7, 2013)
• Swipe a Nick Cave Soundsuit Metrocard in Honor of His Grand Central Terminal Show, Artinfo (March 6, 2013)
• Arts for Transit: Grand Central Diary, The Long Island Rail Road Today (March 5, 2013)
• Nick Cave "Soundsuit" Horses Dance at Grand Central, DSM Public Art Foundation (March 5, 2013)
• Costumed horses coming to NYC's Grand Central, My Fox Chicago (February 28, 2013)
• Nick Cave (Not that Nick Cave) doing an art installation at Grand Central Terminal, BrooklynVegan (February 24, 2013)
• Watch a Preview of Nick Cave's Soundsuit Horses Dancing Around Grand Central Terminal, Artinfo (February 22, 2013)
• SEE // Nick Cave Brings a Herd of Colorful, Dancing Horses to Grand Central, Artlog (February 20, 2013)
• Missed Connections Valentine's Day Party, Time Out New York (February 14, 2013)
• Best Practices in Public Art Project Selection, Artsblog (February 13, 2013)
• Tour of Subway Art in New York City, ArtAnimal (January 31, 2013)
• Artist Lothar Osterburg Creates "Zepplins in Grand Central," South Slope News (January 29, 2013)
• Grand Central Centennial Celebration to Feature Cynthia Nixon; Plus Orphan Train Musical, Directed by Patricia Birch, playbill.com (January 28, 2013)
• 30 Nick Cave Soundsuit Horses Will Dance Around Grand Central Terminal in March, Artinfo (January 17, 2013)
• Nick Cave to Fill Grand Central With a Herd of Soundsuit Horses, Hyperallergic (January 17, 2013)
• "Grazing Horses" canter Into Grand Central Terminal This March, Gothamist (January 17, 2013)
• Marilyn Monroe stars in new subway exhibit, News Day (December 23, 2012)
• Marilyn Monroe's Billowing Dress Photo Goes Underground In NY, Artlyst (December 22, 2012)
• Marilyn Monroe Subway Grate Photo On View In New York, Huffington Post (December 21, 2012)
• Marilyn Monroe photo exhibit on display at NYC subway, Ryot (December 21, 2012)
• Marilyn Monroe's Iconic Subway Grate Photo On Display In Times Square, Haute Living (December 21, 2012)
• Marilyn Monroe subway grate photo by Sam Shaw on view at 42nd Street in New York City, Art Daily (December 20, 2012)
• Marilyn Monroe subway grate photo on view in NYC, Salon (December 20, 2012)
• Marilyn Monroe subway grate photo on view in NYC, Yahoo Movies (December 20, 2012)
• Marilyn Monroe subway grate photo on view in NYC, CBS News (December 20, 2012)
• Subway Stimulant, The Wall Street Journal (December 2, 2012)
• Indoor map tech poses challenges, opportunities, USA Today (November 26, 2012)
• The New Buzz at Bleecker Street, The Architect's Newspaper (November 14, 2012)
• Sequence of Light: A Conversation with Leo Villareal, UrbanOmnibus (October 24, 2012)
• Brooklyn Subway Stop Transformed Into Front Porch Of Anytown USA, Gothamist (October 18, 2012)
• NYC Subway Station House Becomes Front Porch, Transportation Nation (October 18, 2012)
• Arts for Transit Rocking Chairs Installed at Avenue H, Ditmas Park Corner (October 16, 2012)
• MTA releases updated version of the subway night map, Breaking Travel News (October 8, 2012)
• Downtown New York's Fulton Center Architecture Revealed, The Epoch Times (October 2, 2012)
• At Opening of Bleecker Street Subway Transfer, a Gentle Reminder the MTA is Kinda Broke, The New York Observer  (September 26, 2012)
• Public Art and Durable Legacy: Interview with Sandra Bloodworth, Director of Arts for Transit, Untapped New York (September 25, 2012)
• ‘Missed Connections' Illustrator Uses Pen to Fight Global Measles Epidemic, DNA info (September 21, 2012)
• MTA Arts for Transit: Bowling Green Lightbox Project, NBC (September 18, 2012)
• Art Underground rediscovering the art of the nyc subway system, The Eye (September 13, 2012)
• Bowling Green Station Boasts New Photo Exhibit with Lens On Lower Manhattan, DNAinfo (September 5, 2012)
• Covering Battery Park, Sept.5, 2012, Downtown Express (September 2, 2012)
• New Photography Exhibit Opens In Bowling Green Subway Station, NY1 News (August 31, 2012)
• Scenes From Nature, Buoyant and Surreal A Review of ‘Hudson River Explorers,' in Yonkers, The New York Times (August 31, 2012)
• NYC Subway Art: J,Z Lines, Untapped New York (August 22, 2012)
• ‘The Art Underground': New York's World Class Subway Art, Identified, Huffington Post: Arts & Culture (August 18, 2012)
• NYC Subway Art: G, L Lines, Untapped New York (August 16, 2012)
• Psychedelic LED Hive Lightshow Opens Inside Bleeker Street Subway Station, Inhabitat New York City (August 12, 2012)
• There are many ways to build an image… Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation (August 10, 2012)
• Fantastical Overpasses: Our New Train Art, Tarrytown-SleepyHollow Patch (August 6, 2012)
• City, State Officials Cut Ribbon On D-Line Station Renovations, BensonhurstBean (August 2, 2012)
• Straphangers Praise Brooklyn Station Makeover, NY1 (August 2, 2012)
• Subway Station Upgrades Along D Line Completed in Brooklyn, AM New York (August 2, 2012)
• Beautifying the D Line, New York Times: Home &Garden (August 2, 2012)
• A Sculptor Creates a Stop on the Bee Train, New York Times: Home & Garden (August 2, 2012)
• NYC Subway Art: A, C, E Lines, Untapped New York (August 1, 2012)
• Blinged Out Bleeker Street Station Has Color-Changing Lights, Curbed New York (July 31, 2012)
• Preview LED Installation "Hive" at New Bleeker Street Station, New York Writes Itself (July 24, 2012)
• Underground Light Show at Bleeker Street Subway Station Wows Riders, DNAinfo (July 24, 2012)
• MTA Unveils Digital Art at Station, The Transit Wire (July 23, 2012)
• Avenue U Artwork Awarded Top Honors, Community Magazine (July 23, 2012)
• MTA Unveils Digital Art At Bleeker Street Station, NY1 (July 21, 2012)
• Photo Essay: 81^st Street Station- Museum of Natural History, NYC, Digital Journal (July 11, 2012)
• R.Gregory Christie: Subway jazz and beyond, The New York Amsterdam News (June 7-13, 2012)
• Treasures of New York: Art Underground, Thirteen (July 5, 2012)
• Performers compete for chance to entertain N.Y. subway passengers, Metro Magazine (July 2012)
• New York City's real underground art scene, The Montreal Gazette (May 31, 2012)
• 25 Musical Acts Win Spots to Play Underground WNYC Culture (May 31, 2012)
• 25 Performers Win Coveted Spots in ‘Music Under New York' Contest DNAinfo (May 31, 2012)
• Dorothea Tanning '32 Honored on NYC Subway System, Know College: News &Events (May 15, 2012)
• NYCT completes Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue Station rehab project, Progressive Railroading (May 17, 2012)
• Second Avenue Subway Public Art Project Commissions Chuck Close, Sarah Sze, Jean Shin. Huffington Post (May 17, 2012)
• Tough auditions for New York subway performers, BBC News: Entertainment & Arts (May 17, 2012)
• Musicians vie for subway performer spots, New York Post (May 17, 2012)
• New York's Got Talent, TrainJotting.com (May 16, 2012)
• Would-Be Subway Musicians Audition for the Right to be Legit, WNYC Features ( May 16, 2012)
• Musicians Vie for Sweet Performance Spots in Transit System, DNAinfo (May 16, 2012)
• Performers Audition For Coveted MTA Subway Slots, NY1 (May 16, 2012)
• 70 Acts Vie For Spot in MTA's Music Under New York Program, CBS News (May 16, 2012)
• Dorothea Tanning '32 Honored on NYC Subway System, Know College: News &Events (May 15, 2012)
• A Chuck Close Museum in the New York City Subway. Admission: $2.50, Big Think (May 15, 2012)
• What's this MTA artwork? Ask your phone, Newsday (May 13, 2012)
• New York City, and Its Mayor, Embrace Poetry, Huffington Post (April 29, 2012)
• The ‘meter' is running in the back, too, New York Post (April 27, 2012)
• Poetry in Motion now playing in city cabs, AM New York (April 26, 2012)
• Poetry in Motion Arrives In Taxis, Starting Today, Gothamist (April 26, 2012)
• Poetry in Motion now playing in city cabs, AM New York (April 26, 2012)
• Poetry in Motion Arrives In Taxis, Starting Today, Gothamist (April 26, 2012)
• Famous Knits: Sophie Blackall's MTA Poster, Knit New York (April 20, 2012)
• Poetry coming back to New York's subway, Daily Times (April 4, 2012)
• Poetry Is Coming Back to New York's Subway, Huffington Post (April 1, 2012)
• Poetry in Motion Returns to NYC Subways, Cold front Magazine (March 30, 2012)
• Poetry in Motion returns: You can read Shakespeare on the 6 again, NY Daily News (March 29, 2012)
• CITY ROOM; A Second Act for Poetry in the Subways, The New York Times (March 28, 2012)
• NYC relaunches subway Poetry in Motion program, Buffalo News (March 28, 2012)
• Poetry back in motion on subway tunnels, Metro New York (March 28, 2012)
• Poetry in Motion Will Once Again Grace New York's Subways, Elegran (March 28, 2012)
• Poetry back on track, New York Post (March 28, 2012)

• Second Avenue Subway Line
  • Famous Artists Tapped for Second Avenue Subway Station Installations, DNAinfo.com (May 11, 2012)
  • Second Avenue Subway Stations to be Beautified With public Art, NY.Curbed (May 14, 2012)
  • Second Avenue Subway Art, The New York Times (May 10, 2012)
• Poetry in Motion
  • Renewed and Improved: Poetry in Motion Returns to NYC Subways, The Best American Poetry (March 28, 2012)
  • MTA Brings Back Poetry In Motion Program, CBS New York (March 27, 2012)
  • "Poetry In Motion" Gets Another Ride in City Transit System, NY1 (March 27, 2012)
  • Subways Getting New Lines, Wall Street Journal (March 27, 2012)
  • Poetry in Motion: Verse Has Returned to New York's Subways, The Village Voice (March 27, 2012)
  • Poetry in Motion Returns to Subways, The Epoch Times (March 27, 2012)
  • Poetry in Motion is Coming Back to Brighten Your Commute, Gothamist (March 27, 2012)
  • Poetry to Grace the Back of MetroCards, DNAinfo (March 27, 2012)
  • Poetry to regain prominence in MTA subways, on MetroCards, am New York (March 27, 2012)
  • Poetry back in motion on the subway, Metro (March 27, 2012)
  • MTA brings back 'Poetry in Motion' campaign, New York Post (March 27, 2012)
  • Answering Cries of Longing for Poetry's Return to the Subway, The New York Times (March 27, 2012)
• MTA Arts for Transit App
  • An App for NYC Subway Art, Bangstyle (March 22, 2012)
  • There's an App for That: NYC Subway Art, MediaBistro (March 19, 2012)
  • Let This App Be Your Guide to New York's Subway Art, The Atlantic Cities (March 19, 2012)
  • MTA Launches Subway Art App, Calls Public Transit System a 'World Class Art Museum', The L Magazine (March 16, 2012)
  • New app turns New York’s subway stations into art museums, Smart Planet (March 16, 2012)
  • NYC just built an app for finding art in its largest gallery: The subway system, The Next Web (March 16, 2012)
  • MTA launches app for New York City transit art, ABC7 (March 15, 2012)
  • MTA Launches App that Shows Artwork in the Transit System, DNAinfo.com (March 15, 2012)
  • An App For Finding NYC Subway Art, Transportation Nation (March 15, 2012)
  • App Launched for NYC Transit Art, New Jersey Herald (March 15, 2012)
  • LOOK | A Slideshow of Underground Subway Art, WNYC (March 15, 2012)
  • MTA to Release App Guide for Its Art, GalleristNY (March 14, 2012)
  • Transit Art Gets New App, The Wall Street Journal (March 14, 2012)
  • New MTA App Brings Subway Art to Smartphones, The Village Voice (March 14, 2012)
  • MTA to Introduce Public Art App, The New York Times, Arts Beat (March 14, 2012)
• Art Cards
  • Big Apple Taps Top Kids' Book Illustrators to Brighten Up Its Subway System, School Library Journal (March 5, 2012)
• Second Avenue Subway Line
  • A Preview of the MTA's Ultra-Contemporary Public Art for New York's Second Avenue Subway Line, Blouin ARTINFO (February 6, 2012)
• Callie Hirsch, Vast, 2011
  • Beach 105 Station Features Callie Hirsch's Artwork, The Wave (January 20, 2012)
• Simon Levenson, The Beaches of New York City, 2011
  • Artist Simon Levenson On Display At Beach 60 Street Station, The Wave (January 13, 2012)
• Fulton Street Transit Center
  • A peek into the Fulton Street Transit Center, Downtown Express (January 4, 2012)
• Music Under New York
  • Dozens Audition to Be Subway Musicians, NBC New York (May 18, 2011)
  • Musicians Vie For Subway Spots, The Epoch Times (May 17, 2011)
  • Buskers Audition to Play Music Underground, WNYC Culture (May 17, 2011)
  • Aspiring Subway Performers Audition for the MTA, DNAinfo (May 17, 2011)
• Amy Bennett, Haydays, 2011
  • Bay Ridge straphangers divided on new mural, The Brooklyn Spectator (May 13, 2011)
  • Now that's a gorgeous mosaic!, The Brooklyn Paper (May 4, 2011)
  • Scenic Bay Ridge Mural Placed in 86th Street Station, Brooklyn Daily Eagle (April, 22, 2011)
• Art Lovers on a Budget During Armory Week? Head to 77th Street Station, DNAinfo (March 2, 2011)
• Antenna Design, Bloemendaal, 2010
  • Stainless Steel Flowers Bloom Amid Construction at 96th Street Subway Station, DNAinfo (July 9, 2010)
• Underground Art, The New York Observer (July 6, 2010)
• Inspiring Spaces: 25 Years of MTA Arts for Transit, Time Out New York (June 28, 2010)
• Under Broadway: New York Holds Subway Auditions, All Things Considered, NPR (June 1, 2010)
• Reed Seifer, optimism, 2009
  • MetroCard as Art, The New York Times (November 20, 2009)
  • Your MetroCard May Be Sending You a Secret Message, The New York Times (November 20, 2009)
  • The Days May Be Grim, but Here's a Good Word to Put in Your Pocket, The New York Times (November 19, 2009)
• Art and the Subway, The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC (September 18, 2009)
• Sol LeWitt, Whirls and twirls (MTA), 2009
  • Subway Riders Are Greeted by a Blast of Sol LeWitt Color, The New York Times (September 13, 2009)
  • Sol LeWitt's "Whirls and Twirls", WNYC (September 16, 2009)
  • Subway mural gives New Yorkers a splash of color, Time Out New York Kids (September 14, 2009)
• Next Stop-Underground ART!, msnbc.com
• Taking Subway Directions, Literally, From a Song of the City, The New York Times (April 30, 2009)
• Jean Shin, Celadon Remnants, 2008
  • Art in the Everyday, The New York Times (April 12, 2009)
  • Because Everyone Deserves a Trophy, The New York Times (April 12, 2009)
• Ebony Hillbillies, Music Under New York
  • One in 8 Million, New York Characters in Sound and Images, The New York Times   (January 30, 2009)
• New York Voices: Music Under New York (Thirteen/WNET) receives 2008 Cine Golden Eagle Award.
• Nitza Tufiño, Westside Views, 1989
  • 20 Years Later, Subway Mural Project Is Still a Source of Pride for the Artists, The New York Times   (January 5, 2009)
• Cadence Giersbach, From Earth to Sky, 2006, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues
  • Best of 2008 Awards, Myrtle-Wyckoff Station Rehabilitation, New York Construction
    (December 2008)
• Bill Brand, Masstransiscope, 1980 (Restored 2008), DeKalb Avenue
  • Attention Passengers! To Your Right, This Trip Is About to Become Trippy, The New York Times   (January 1, 2009)
• Doug & Mike Starn, See it split, see it change, 2008, South Ferry
  • Crit: South Ferry Terminal, The Architect's Newspaper (January 21, 2009)
  • See it Split, See it Change, and See it All for the Price of a Subway Ticket, Metropolis (January 15, 2009)
  • Making Artistic Connections at a Subway Station, The New York Times (December 14, 2008)
• Daniel Hauben, The El, 2007, Freeman Street
  • Set in Glass, Artist's Ode to Bronx Life Is Acclaimed, The New York Times (August 13, 2008)
  • Bronx Subway Station's Successful Public Art Work, Gothamist (August 13, 2008)
• Takayo Noda, The Habitat for the Yellow Bird, 2007, Sutter Avenue
  • Beautifying Brownsville With Stained Glass, The New York Sun (July 14, 2008)