Socrates Sculpture Park isn’t like any other arts institution in New York City. It has an ad-hoc, relaxed humanism that contrasts sharply with the crisp white galleries and grand museums across the river. It feels like a laboratory for art—a place where creation is as important, if not more important, than presentation.
Grand Forks native James Rosenquist was featured along with pop artists Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol in the short film "Poem Posters" in 1966.
From Jackson Pollock’s solo debut to Philip Guston’s recent retrospective, a look at the exhibitions that have shaped the city’s art scene and the culture at large.