Art X Freedom
What is Art X Freedom?
Art X Freedom is a new public art initiative from Four Freedoms Park Conservancy that invites artists to create site-specific installations that interrogate issues of social justice and freedom. Artists have paved the way in activism and advocacy throughout history. Art X Freedom amplifies this work by inviting contemporary artists to re-envision FDR’s freedoms for future generations by realizing major new public artworks
Public art is a mirror to our times. Art X Freedom speaks to the urgent need to protect freedom for all, including freedom of speech, expression, and the right to dissent—values that are the bedrock of democracy and justice.
Agnes Gund, Art X Freedom Co-Chair
Camouflage by Ai Weiwei
September 2025
Read press release here.
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Art X Freedom is made possible through the generosity of donors and sponsors who believe in the transformative power of art. Your support helps us amplify the voices of artists and foster civic dialogue.
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Meet Our Jury
Allison Binns
Co-Chair
Agnes Gund
Co-Chair
Michelle T. Boone
Alonzo Jones
Shaun Leonardo
Karen Wong
Leslie Wright
Meet our Nominating Committee
Lester Burg
Deputy Director, MTA Arts & Design (retired); Consultant – Art Advisory Services
Gonzalo Casals
Co-Founder & Co-Director, Culture & Arts Policy Institute;
Former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Claire Gilman
Acquavella Curator and Department Head, Modern and Contemporary Drawings, Morgan Library
Samir Goel
Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Esusu; Board Member, MoMA PS1
Michelle Kuo
Chief Curator at Large and Publisher, MoMA
Chioma Nwana
Documentary Photographer, Archivist, and Pulitzer Fellow
Smooth Nzewi
Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA
Eric Shiner
President, Powerhouse Arts
Sally Tallant
President and Executive Director, Queens Museum
Yolanda Wisher
Poet Laureate of Philadelphia for 2016 and 2017; Senior Curator, Monument Lab
Art X Freedom was supported with funding from the New York State Park and Trail Partnership Grants and New York’s Environmental Protection Fund. The Park and Trail Partnership Grants are administered by Parks & Trails New York, in partnership with the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.”
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