Contemporary Art Underground: MTA Arts & Design New York

by Sandra Bloodworth and Cheryl Hageman, with a foreword by Hilarie M. Sheets

A celebration of more than 100 major public art commissions throughout the New York transit system. 

Contemporary Art Underground presents more than 100 permanent projects completed between 2015 and 2023 by MTA Arts & Design. This ground-breaking program of site-specific projects by a broad spectrum of well-known and emerging contemporary artists has helped to create a sense of character and place at subway and commuter rail stations throughout the MTA system. Among the featured artists are Yayoi Kusama, Kiki Smith, Nick Cave, Ann Hamilton, Xenobia Bailey, Jim Hodges, Alex Katz, Sarah Sze, and Vik Muniz.

Hardback  / 286 × 248 mm (11 1/4 × 9 3/4 in) / 264 pp /  300 illustrations