Jeffrey Gibson
By Hailey Eber
Forget gallery walks. It’s all about the gallery ride.
For the price of a subway fare, world-class art — from Yayoi Kusama’s colorful creations to William Wegman’s irresistible dog photographs — can be enjoyed in stations across New York City, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Over the decades, the MTA has commissioned more than 400 piece of public art to enliven New Yorkers’ daily commutes and longer treks.
“Each work speaks in a unique way to a place,” Sandra Bloodworth, the longtime Director of MTA Art & Design told The Post.
She’s the co-author, along with Cheryl Hageman, of the new book “Contemporary Art Underground: MTA Arts & Design New York” (Monacelli, out now).
It highlights more than 100 of the MTA’s newest commissions — mostly constructed with mosaics or larger pieces of metal or glass — added to the transit system from 2015 to 2023.
Wanna check a few out?
Grab your Metrocard and take one of these (mostly) subterranean sight-seeing tours mapped out by The Post with the aid of the new book.
Start at the Astoria Boulevard N, W station to see Jeffrey’s Gibson’s “I AM A RAINBOW TOO” (2020), which features 102 multicolored geometric designs rendered in glass.