like John Fleming’s 39-foot High Desert Spiral (2005), the city’s tallest sculpture, and Frank Boyden’s Phoenix Rising (2002), which residents have lovingly dubbed the “flaming chicken.” ...

Image Courtesy of Mujassam Wattan Cities are vibrant environments where architecture, public spaces, and art intertwine to shape the human experience. Sculptures and landmarks are essential ...

Many residents of Bend love the illicit adornments, which they say are sparking joy and driving engagement with public art Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Someone has been sticking googly eyes onto ...

Art installations in the central Oregon city of Bend have been sprouting large bulbous eyeballs, delighting some residents but sparking concern from city officials who say that the googly eyes ...

Bend’s googly eye roundabout-sculpture conundrum has made its way to the late-night circuit. Stephen Colbert, host of “The Late Show,” joked about the “lighthearted vandalism” in central ...

A city council in the US has asked people to stop sticking plastic eyes onto sculptures around the city, saying it costs a lot to remove them. The googly eyes appeared on a number of artworks ...

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and have the feeling that you’re being watched, it’s not a stroke of paranoia: Googly eyes were affixed to eight public art sculptures ... I went past the flaming chicken today and shared ...

There has been a tendency in the belated rediscovery of Camille Claudel for the artist’s biography to overshadow the art. True indeed, she suffered: first from 19th-century sexism; second ...

The workshop was founded in 1794 to create casts of sculptures for the Louvre ... “We have to adapt to new techniques,” said Mr. Briand, who in 2015 was named a Meilleur Ouvrier de France ...

Talk about a sight for sore eyes. A city in Oregon is pleading with locals to stop taping googly eyes onto roadside sculptures as the goofy gag is costing a pretty penny. Officials in Bend noticed ...