Elizabeth Murray takes quotidian objects and transforms them into phantasmagoric quasi-abstractions in this massive glass mosaic for the 59th St subway station. The title comes from the Bloomingdale's at ground level, itself a sort of wonderland of everyday objects. An MTA Arts for Transit project.

Inventor of the Morse code, Samuel Morse established electromagnetic telegraphy by sending the famous message, “What hath God wrought” to Baltimore in 1884. He was the last person to be honored with a statue during his lifetime. After his death, Central Park commissioners enacted a rule that candidates must be deceased for five years prior to being honored with a monument.

Saurien is on permanent or long-term public display in New York City. Born in Philadelphia in 1898, Alexander Calder was the second child of artist parents. His father, sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder, received a number of public commissions and so, throughout Calder’s childhood, the family traveled often. Calder studied to become an engineer, but in his early twenties decided to pursue a career as an artist. He began by developing a new method of sculpting: by bending and twisting wire, he essentially "drew" three-dimensional figures in space. He lived in Paris from 1926 to 1933, where he created his famous Cirque Calder and had his first solo gallery shows. In 1933, Calder and his wife, Louisa, moved to Roxbury, Connecticut, where he continued to live and work for the rest of his life. His shift toward abstraction, inspired by a visit to Piet Mondrian’s studio in 1930, resulted in his invention of mobiles and stabiles, two bodies of work that he continued to develop in scale. Calder’s many permanent public sculptures – in Chicago, Paris, Mexico City, Montreal, Jerusalem, and other cities all over the world – are some of the most beloved and important works of the 20th century.

This giant, abstract sculpture falls into the Minimalist genre. The Minimalists sought to boil down iconographic essentials in their work, while simultaneously writing about their sculptures. Like many of Smith's sculptures, Tau's geometric shape creates drama because of its scale.

Cast concrete sculptures, inspired by 18th century french furnishings, invite passersby into an open air ballroom at the entrance to Central Park. The Louis XIV sofas, chairs and footstools mimic the lavish interiors of ballrooms frequented by NYC elite in the early 20th century.