THE LARGEST OUTDOOR ART SHOW EVER CONCEIVED–A FREE NATIONWIDE CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN MASTERWORKS–TO BEGIN AUGUST 4, 2014. Five Major Museums and the Outdoor Advertising Association of America Come Together to Organize Art Everywhere US. Vote today to decide which great American art will pop up on billboards and signs across the country.
American artists have long found inspiration in iconic locations such as Times Square, Sunset Boulevard and Route 66. Starting on August 4, 2014 and continuing for four weeks, these places and more will be transformed into free open-air galleries for masterworks of American art through Art Everywhere US, the largest outdoor art show ever conceived. A nationwide celebration of America’s artistic legacy, Art Everywhere is organized through a collaboration among five major museums, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the National Gallery of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA), and artists’ estates, foundations, and rights agencies. Approximately 50 recognized masterworks of American art from the museums’ collections will pop up on as many as 50,000 displays nationwide, including static and digital billboards, subway platforms and trains, buses and bus shelters. The selection will be curated with the help of the American people through an online vote. Beginning April 7,and continuing for a month, everyone is invited to view 100 American artworks at www.ArtEverywhereUS.org, nominated by the participating museums, and vote for the ones he or she would most like to see reproduced outdoors. The final list of some 50 Art Everywhere US works will be announced to the public on June 20. Don’t forget to vote!!