15 Minute Intro: Agnes Denes

Use MAPS in a new way. Instead of taking in everything at once you can dive into The Story of Public Art bit by bit – one project at a time. 

Every day at 12:15, we offer a short introduction of one of the 90 art projects featured in the exhibition. Hear the ideas behind a groundbreaking – and often temporary – public art project from the 1950s to today. Many of these projects no longer exist out in the world and can only be experienced here at MAPS. Each week, a new project is in focus. 

Sunday April 12 2026, we will focus on the artist Agnes Denes and the art work Wheatfield – A Confrontation, Battery Park, Landfill, Downtown Manhattan, 1982.

Duration: 15 minutes.

Price: Free with paid admission. 

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Credit: Agnes Denes, Wheatfield – A Confrontation, Battery Park, Landfill, Downtown Manhattan, 1982.