Picked up this interesting news about Art in Washington DC this weekend from David Corn’s blog, which I read from time to time.

“Welmoed Laanstra, is unveiling a new public art project this weekend. Readers in the Washington, DC, area, please pay attention. It’s called Art not Ads. She has placed blowups of painting and poems and video pieces (created by a variety of artists and writers) on mobile billboards, and these trucks are driving through the Washington metropolitan area this weekend. The idea is to present Washington tourist, residents and workers with unexpected art experiences. You’re stuck in traffic, walking down the street, or waiting for the bus and–shazaam!–there’s a poem or painting passing by you. (The poems have been curated by local poetry whiz E. Ethelbert Miller, who selected the work of contemporary poets.) Welmoed didn’t take my suggestion and put T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men” on one of the trucks and have it circle the White House. (“The eyes are not here/There are no eyes here/In this valley of dying stars.)”

I wonder if something like this would work in NYC?   Interesting idea as people are often more open when presented with information in unexpected ways – maybe there’s something in this idea of showing art while your commuting around town.