Words and Language Archives

Artist

Location

Decade

Explore exhibitions from Public Art Fund history that play with words, language, and text.

The Truth Is I See You

MetroTech Commons

August 4, 2015 - June 3, 2016

Messages to the Public: Untitled

Times Square

March 1 - March 31, 1982

How to Work Better

Houston and Mott Streets

February 5 - May 1, 2016

Speaking Willow

Planet Word

On Permanent View

In every language there is Land / En cada lengua hay una Tierra

Brooklyn Bridge Park

May 16, 2023 - March 10, 2024

The Language of Things

City Hall Park

June 29 - September 29, 2016

Untitled [bus shelter posters]

Bus Shelter Posters

February 1 - April 30, 1991

Understanding

Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park

May 4 - October 23, 2016

Traffic Signs for Hearing Impaired

New York School for the Deaf

July 1, 1990 - July 1, 1991