ALT Ukeles speaks to a sanitation worker in front of a sanitation truck. The truck is white and covered in graffiti

ALT Julie Tolentino and Lola Flash touch bottom lips in an almost-kiss. This panel is one-third of the full Gran Fury advertisement, "KISSING DOESN'T KILL: GREED AND INDIFFERENCE DO," 1989.

ALT Dread Scott burning a U.S. flag on the steps of the US Capitol, 1989. He is held on each side by police officers.

ALT A poster showing a black-and-white head-and-shoulders portrait of Angela Davis, facing left. Black text below reads "FREE ANGELA DAVIS NOW!" Below reads "NEW YORK COMMITTEE TO FREE ANGELA DAVIS, 29 WEST 15TH ST, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10011, 9292010. New York Committee to Free Angela Davis advertisement, ca. 1971. Accessed via the Library of Congress, Yankee poster collection.

ALT A collage with green water at the bottom, greenery in the middle, and a blue sky with clouds at the top. Text in the left top corner reads "art.coop presents." In the middle of the collage is a circle with the sky and clouds at sunset. White text surrounds this center image that reads "REMEMBER the FUTURE."

ALT A green, blue, and purple gradient with white text reads “PISCES, Which Public Artwork Are You?” “Opened Mar 1, 2006, BILLBOARDS BY MARILYN MINTER.” A circular image of high heeled feet kicking water on a billboard. “Creative and imaginative, you find the beauty in everything, especially the messy, flawed, and human. Intuitive, you see beyond what’s there to what could be!”

ALT A red and blue gradient with white text reads “AQUARIUS, Which Public Artwork Are You?” “Opened Jan 21, 1998, 1-900-ALL-KAREN BY KAREN FINLEY” A circular image of seemingly nude Karen Finley smiling at the camera from behind a payphone, the receiver in hand. “Politics, religion, gossip… you wanna talk and can cover it all! Like the air, you’re everywhere, intangible, and unbothered by anything judged ‘off limits.’”

ALT A purple and blue gradient with white text reads “CAPRICORN, Which Public Artwork Are You?” “Formed Jan 2021, THINK TANK.” A circular image of the logo for the Creative Time Think Tank, Invitations Toward Re-Worlding. “We need a new world and you’re going to deliver it! Practical, you tap into others’ skills, and sensitive, you make sure nobody is left behind.”

ALT A yellow, green, and purple gradient with white text reads “SAGITTARIUS, Which Public Artwork Are You?” “Opened Dec 16, 2020, WATERS OF A LOWER REGISTER BY ALLISON JANAE HAMILTON. A circular image of screens in snow in front of the NYC skyline. “You create connections across space and time! Optimistically, you bear witness and, even in troubled times, offer something new.”

ALT An indigo, purple, green, and blue gradient with white text reads “SCORPIO, Which Public Artwork Are You?” A circular thumbnail of a blue-tinted image archive. “LAUNCHED NOV 20, 2012, THE LAST PICTURES BY TREVOR PAGLEN.” “Brave and determined, you’re headed where nobody has gone before! A truth-teller, no matter what, you’re a reliable narrator for the ages.”

ALT A pink, red, grey, green, and yellow gradient with white text reads, “LIBRA, Which Public Artwork Are You?” “Opened Oct. 15 2022: MOVING CHAINS BY CHARLES GAINES.” A circular image of Moving Chains on Governors Island. “Beautifully proportioned and balanced — form meet function! A champion for what’s true and fair, you’re diplomatically calling-in everyone to the cause.”

ALT A green, blue, pink, and red gradient with white text reads, “VIRGO, Which Public Artwork Are You?” “Dispersed Sep 2020, TENDER BY JILL MAGID.” A circular image of a roll of pennies. “Fastidious, you find the loopholes and make them work for your gain! Any statement you make has layers, and your attention to detail is unmatched.”

ALT An orange, grey, purple, pink, and green gradient with white text reads, “LEO, Which Public Artwork Are You?” “Opened Aug 1999, LEAP BY CHRIS DOYLE. A circular image of a projection of a leaping man on a building. “With serious main character energy, you’re at home sixty-feet-tall! Fun loving and here for the drama, you do it for the pleasure of the thing.”

ALT An orange, purple, pink, and blue gradient with white text reads, “CANCER, Which Public Artwork Are You?” “Opened July 4, 2017, DIGNITY HAS NO NATIONALITY BY TANIA BRUGUERA.” A circular image of a blue flag flowing in the wind. “The always fluid water sign recognizes no border or enclosure. Nurturing and empathetic, you know that everyone is at home on this planet.”

ALT A purple, pink, and green gradient with white text reads, “GEMINI, Which Public Artwork Are You?” “Opened June 5, 2021, RED STAGE BY RASHID JOHNSON” A circular image of figures dancing in front of a Red Stage in Astor Place. “Never one thing, always surprising, your curiosity and playfulness cannot be contained! Juggling passions, hobbies, and interests, you bring others along for the ride.”

ALT A purple, blue and green gradient with white text that reads, “TAURUS, Which Public Artwork Are You?” “Opened May 10, 2014, A SUBTLETY… BY KARA WALKER.” A circular image of a sphinx made out of sugar. “Legendary, your reputation precedes you! Your sensuality is never hidden, but shouldn’t be confused with softness — you’re unmovable.

ALT A purple, pink, and green gradient with white text reads, “GEMINI, Which Public Artwork Are You?” “Opened June 5, 2021, RED STAGE BY RASHID JOHNSON” A circular image of figures dancing in front of a Red Stage in Astor Place. “Never one thing, always surprising, your curiosity and playfulness cannot be contained! Juggling passions, hobbies, and interests, you bring others along for the ride.”

ALT A purple, blue, and green gradient with white text that reads, “ARIES, Which Public Artwork Are You?” “Opened Mar 25, 2013, HEARD NY BY NICK CAVE.” A circular image of a dancer in a horse costume in mid-air. “Known for your intense energy, you show up in noticeable ways and win over everyone around you! Fierce and independent, you’re making your own way in the world.”

ALT Three stacks of pennies engraved on the rim with “THE BODY WAS ALREADY SO FRAGILE.” Coins pour to the left in disarray in front of and behind the stacks.

ALT Jill Magid's Tender pennies. A roll of pennies is ripped open in the middles. One side stands upward in a stack, half-concealed in a red and white paper wrapping. The second half pours out and sits on its side.

ALT An image of a backlit figure at the 2018 Creative Time Gala in the midst of a dance party. Green and pink neon light comes from either side of the figure. Piñatas hang from the ceiling.

ALT Image of pigeons flying at night against a moonlit sky, from Duke Riley's Fly By Night (2016).

ALT close-up image of the chains on the Statue of Liberty's feet. Accessed via the Library of Congress.Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, et al., photographers by Boucher, Jack E, Jet Lowe, and Frank Depalo. Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, Manhattan, New York County, NY. trans by Jandoli, Lizmitter, Christianson, Justinemitter, and Christianson, Justinemitter Documentation Compiled After. Black and white.

ALT A giant red megaphone sits on the beach with the city scape in the background. Six figures are standing on the ramp, waiting to speak into the sculpture.

ALT A piano-like instrument sits at the center of a large, otherwise empty indoor space. Attached to the keys are dozens of blue and yellow cords, strung up and connected to devices around the building.

ALT A golden disk with minuscule etchings of one hundred photographs.

ALT A large sculpture of a sphinx-like woman sits at the center of a warehouse. Seven smaller sculptures of figures carrying baskets are placed around the woman.

ALT A hand holds a slip of paper, depositing it into the slot of the marble obelisk in the Green-Wood Cemetery.

ALT Text that reads “NO HIERARCHIES OF STRENGTH, KNOWLEDGE OR LOVE, NO IMPURE WATER, SPASMING [unrecognizable text] NO SWARM OF POLLUTED FLIES…” projected onto a building at Rockefeller Center at night.

ALT A group of children accompanied by two adults walk through the wooden hull of the Moving Chains Structure. Nine metal chains sit atop the structure against a gray-blue sky. To the left is some greenery, the city can be seen in the background to the right.

ALT An image of the Moving Chains structure from above. From the viewer's POV, to the right is lush greenery on a hill. The structure at the bottom of the hill is made of wood, with a path leading inside of it. Above the structure are nine horizontal chains. To the left, the NYC skyline can be seen over the NY harbor.

ALT Reuben Jonathan Miller photographed on the University of Chicago campus. He wears a navy, faint plaid jacket over a subtly-checkered white and light grey button-up collared shirt. He stands in front of lush green trees and bushes. To his left is a building with ivy growing on it. Photo via the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

ALT Paul Chan sits on a green couch, against a blue wall, looking into the camera with his hands clasped together resting across his knees. He is wearing a blue shirt and black pants. His nails are painted an iridescent pink. Photographed by Eric Boman, Vogue, March 2015.

ALT . A black square holds a bright, neon yellow square. Within the yellow square is a glowing pink circle. Overlaid on top of the square and circle are the outlines of four circles sandwiched between two rectangles. The outline is pixelated and glows. Text atop the shapes reads “CAN EVERYONE BE PAID THE SAME, OR AT LEAST MORE EVENLY?” in black block letters. Below that reads “BY ART.COOP” in white block letters, and circled.

ALT Yoko Ono’s IMAGINE PEACE flag. A white flag which reads in large, black, capital letters “THINK PEACE ACT PEACE SPREAD PEACE IMAGINE PEACE”. Smaller black lowercase text below reads “yoko ono 2017”.

ALT Super Preferred Body Value Self Meditation Exercise By Miguel Gutierrez.

ALT A large plastic tube reaches across an image of two buildings foregrounding a larger skyscraper and a blueish white sky. There are six tree tops at the bottom of the image.

ALT Two figures walk in the foreground of a pond in Central Park. Trees, other figures, and buildings can be seen in the background. A thin plastic tube stretches from the top left corner of the image to the middle of the right side in a rainbow shape, reflecting light.

ALT The Neon Rainbow at night. Buildings and trees are reflected into a pond with a long plastic tube stretching across the pond.

ALT A plastic tube with balloons and colorful streamers attached to it sits above approximately thirty elementary school children, who hold their own pieces of paper and balloons. City buildings and a wire fence can be seen in the background.

ALT A statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee being removed from its mount in Richmond, Virginia, in September 2021. The statue is a dark grey, and hangs suspended by red and blue ropes. On either side of the statue construction workers stand on aerial work platforms. Image Credit: AP Photo/Steve Helber.

ALT Jenny Holzer wearing a black top gazes into the distance with her chin cupped in her hand.

ALT Qween Jean wears a pink tube top and and smiles with a rainbow paper fan opened in their right hand in front of a red background (Rashid Johnson's Red Stage.)

ALT A figure in light orange shorts, an orange bra, and orange sunglasses dances at the center of a crowd. They are cheered on by people holding cameras, fans, and rainbow pride flags in front of Rashid Johnson's Red Stage.

ALT Image: Airplane Banner Truisms, Jenny Holzer, Oct.26 - Nov. 7 2004, For New York City, presented by Creative Time. Above the New York City skyline, a small airplane pulls a banner that reads in red letters, "Abuse of Power Comes As No Surprise."

ALT Signage on the Battery Park City landfill at Art on the Beach. The sign reads "ART ON THE BEACH" in dark purple block text. Below the sign is a wire fence in front of the beach landfill.

ALT Untitled by Nancy Rubins (1980). A garbage pile of appliances. Buildings can be seen in the foggy skyline behind the oval pile. Black and white.