Discover the Public Art of Rockefeller Center
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Jun 25, 2023
June 25, 2023, 11 AM
120 minutes
Discover the stunning works of art at Rockefeller Center, some of which you did not know were there! How do the artworks support John D. Rockefeller, Jr.’s vision for the complex? Which cultural institution was meant to move to the site? How does Mussolini figure into the story? Who was the only woman who contributed exterior artwork to the project? Why is each artwork positioned where it is? Come with us as we survey 50+ sculptures; mosaic and canvas murals; high, low and intaglio reliefs that are scattered around the 12-acre site.
This tour will be led by Phil Desiere, founder of the walking tour service Walk About New York. A licensed New York City tour guide and member of the Guides Association of New York, Phil regularly leads tours for the Municipal Art Society and the United Federation of Teachers. He has lived in the Big Apple 43 years, and has been a tour guide for nine years, after his 35-year career as an art director and graphic artist.
