Biophilic Public Art Transforms New York's Parks, Courtyards, and Waterfront in 2026

Key facts

• Precious Okoyomon's "Among the Flowers I Learned to Love: A Garden of Decreation" opened July 31, 2026 at MoMA PS1 and is planned to remain through 2028
• The installation is Okoyomon's largest outdoor project to date and inaugurates MoMA PS1's Courtyard Commission series
• A sound composition by Oliver Leith accompanies the MoMA PS1 garden
• "Green Between" runs August 15 through November 1, 2026 at Clyde Romero Memorial Garden in Manhattan's East Village, organized by the Lower East Side Ecology Center and Make Meadows
• "Green Between" participants include Abby Kamagate, Ana Ratner, Anahit Pogosian, Kalen Kaminski, Kathleen McCarthy, Kevin Woon, Qian Liao, True Bend Studio, and V Walton
• The 2026 "In Plain Sight" program at Brooklyn Army Terminal commissions sixteen works, including Avani Patel's "Movement in Nature," Jean Shin's "Tidal Crossing," Z Behl's "Ancient Spat," and Nathan Kensinger's "Post Industrial Progression"
• NYC Parks' "Art in the Parks" program has presented more than 3,000 public artworks by 1,500 artists in more than 200 parks since 1967, according to the Lower East Side Ecology Center
• Public Art Fund's 2026 programming includes works in Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Rockaway Beach, with its "Re-Route for Art" program