Historic fireboat gets marbled ‘dazzle’ design before it sets sail around the NY Harbor this summer

Jun 29, 2018 |

Photo by Nicholas Knight Marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, local artist Tauba Auerbach has transformed a historic fireboat into a modern “dazzle” ship. First invented by British painter Norman Wilkinson during WWI, dazzle camouflage patterns were painted onto ships to distort their forms and confuse enemy submarines. The Public […more]

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