New York’s most historic fire boat has a dazzling new paint job

Jun 29, 2018 |

Artist Tauba Auerbach and the Public Art Fund wrapped the boat in an abstract, red-and-white marbleized pattern Believe it or not, one of WWI’s greatest innovations was … a can of paint. To camouflage warships, the British navy painted them with bold, abstract patterns inspired by artistic movements like Cubism and Futurism. The technique was […more]

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