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January 27, 2012

Echo Echoes

Jaume Plensa’s Echo included in Interior Design’s best of 2011 as a Madison Square Park Conservancy commission. “Jaume Plensa Echo, cast in polyester resin, fiberglass, and marble dust, commissioned by the Madison Square Park Conservancy in New York. Photography: Alex Stikhin”

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August 4, 2011

Family Art Workshop Part II with ECHO!

Back by popular demand, our second Family Art Workshop of the year will once again feature our beautiful summer sculpture, Echo.  If you haven’t heard about her, Echo came all the way from Barcelona, Spain to stay in our park, and we can’t help but admire her depth and character. We will be recreating Echo’s… Read more

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July 29, 2011

A Lovely Sketch of Echo

The blog What I Saw Today posted a lovely sketch of our fair maiden. Click the link for the full sketch.

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July 21, 2011

The Echo Catalogue is Here

We are delighted to announce the publication of the Mad. Sq. Art exhibition catalogue for Echo, the New York City public art debut of renowned Spanish artist Jaume Plensa. Beautifully designed by Pentagram, the catalogue features a fascinating original essay on Plensa’s work by Patricia Philips, the writer, curator and Dean of Graduate Studies at… Read more

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July 20, 2011

Exclusive Video Premiere: The Making of Echo

Back in May, we gave you a teaser of a short video about the making of Jaume Plensa’s Echo in Madison Square Park, by filmmakers Mary Bosakowski and Kristin Lovejoy. Now, for your viewing pleasure, we’re proud to present the high-definition version of their film. Enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at Echo‘s installation, featuring interviews with… Read more

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June 30, 2011

Family Art Workshop!

By now you’ve seen the larger-than-life 44’ statue of Echo in Madison Square Park. We hope you’re as ecstatic as we are to have our friend Echo join us for our first free Family Art Workshop of the year. Echo came all the way from Barcelona, Spain to stay in our park, and we can’t… Read more

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May 9, 2011

Time-Lapse Video of the Echo Installation

Check out this amazing time-lapse video of the installation of Jaume Plensa’s Echo: See more exciting clips on the  Mad. Sq. Park Video Page!

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April 19, 2011

Echo is coming…

Catch a sneak preview of Jaume Plensa’s Echo the next time you’re walking across 23rd Street or waiting for the bus in front of Eleven Madison Avenue.  See if you can spot the lamppost banners and bus shelter poster – reminders in the urban streetscape that the 44′ high sculpture from Spain will be coming to the… Read more