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[title]If you live, work or travel through New York City, chances are you've at least heard about the coolest new art installation in town: the La Mer Wave Walk. The display brings together artists, celebrities and philanthropists all for an amazing, inspiring cause.
Here's everything you need to know about the new exhibit.
What is the La Mer Wave Walk?
The Wave Walk is a collection of 54 circular sculptures that have been installed in public spaces across all five boroughs of the city. It’s the product of a collaboration between nonprofit conservation organization Project 0 and luxury skincare brand La Mer, and centers around World Oceans Day on June 8. Each of the “waves” adheres to a circular template, but vary in design and style. Each sculpture was designed by renowned artists and household celebrity names, including figures such as Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, rock legend Slash, billionaire and mogul Richard Branson and actress Sienna Miller.
When can I see the sculptures?
The waves are available for purchase online now via Paddle 8 and the trail will culminate with a live auction at Sotheby's on June 21. No matter which neighborhood you live or work in, you’re sure to be within a quick schlep to at least one of the sculptures.
What does the exhibit support?
All of the proceeds made from auctioning off the sculptures will go towards the La Mer Blue Heart Oceans Fund, which works to protect marine protected areas across the world. Specifically, the money that is made off the “waves” will go towards creating a marine protected area in the Azores off the Portuguese coast; investing in research to help advocate for sustainability in the East China Sea; and protect and restore mangroves in the Caribbean Sea.
How can I check out the sculptures?
Right now, the Wave Walk is the most accessible public art installation in all of New York City. With sculptures in place in each of the five boroughs, they’re incredibly easy to check out. An interactive map of all the locations is linked below, but we’ve also taken the liberty of breaking down how to get to each sculpture via the subway below.
Explore the map below.
Two of the sculptures are set up in the Bronx outside of Yankee Stadium, and are easy to get to via the 4, B and D trains via the 161st Street-Yankee Stadium station.
Discover a Jacques Cousteau-inspired “wave” at 125th Street and Park Avenue by taking the 4, 5 or 6 trains to Harlem.
Take the A, C, B or D trains to Columbus Circle to check out a collection of six sculptures inside the Time Warner Center.
Rufus Wainwright designed a sculpture that’s sitting outside of the Manhattan New York Temple on Columbus Avenue between 65th and 66th Streets, and is easily accessible by the 1 and 2 trains.
Take the A, C or E to 42nd Street and walk over to the Intrepid Museum, where you’ll also find another sculpture.
If you’re ambitious, you can hit a collection of eight sculptures in a single stroll through midtown east by taking the 6 train to 51st Street, the E or M to either Lexington Avenue/53rd Street or Fifth Avenue/53rd Street. Each of those stations is just a quick stroll to sculptures on 55th Street between 5th and Madison Avenues, 5th Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, the corner of Madison Avenue and 49th Street, a trio of “waves” on Third Avenue from 47th to 49th Streets and another pair outside of the United Nations headquarters.
Take the 1 train to 28th Street to check out a sculpture at the corner of 27th Street and Seventh Avenue.
Another “wave” is directly outside of the Flatiron Building, and is accessible via the R or W trains at the 23rd Street station.
Take the A, C, E or L trains to 14th Street/8th Avenue to check out a trio of sculptures located at 10th Avenue and 15th Street, West 4th Street between Horatio and Gansevoort Streets and on Bank Street just east of the West Side Highway.
There are a pair of sculptures right off the Astor Place Station on the 6 train on either side of the square. From there, you can walk over to NYU and check out another one set up in the school’s Henry Kaufman Management Center.
Another “wave” is in place at La Plaza Cultural in Alphabet City, which is most easily accessible via the First Avenue L station.
Hop on the R or W to Prince Street; or the B, D, F or M to Broadway-Lafayette and check out Soho’s leg of the Wave Walk, which is in place on Broadway between the two stations. From there, walk over to the intersection of Grand Street and Sixth Avenue to check out three more of the sculptures.
Take the 1, 2, 3, J or Z to Chambers Street and have a stroll through Tribeca to check out a collection of five “waves” in the area: One at the intersection of Greenwich and Warren Streets; another pair at Greenwich and Fulton Streets, one in Battery Park City at 225 Liberty Street and one more just north of the J/Z station on Lafayette Street.
Get off the 4 or 5 train at Bowling Green and walk a block west to find a sculpture at the corner of State Street and Battery Place.
Take the Staten Island Ferry and walk over to the Richmond County Bank Ballpark to see the city’s most southern borough’s single “wave.”
A collection of four sculptures are in place in DUMBO and are just a short walk away from either the York Street F station or the High Street-Brooklyn Bridge A and C stations.
Take the 4 or 5 trains to Borough Hall to see a sculpture at Columbus Park. For more “waves” in downtown Brooklyn, take the 2 or 3 to Hoyt Street, the A, C or G to Hoyt Schmerhorn or the B, Q or R trains to DeKalb Avenue to check out another pair of sculptures along the Fulton Mall.
The Brooklyn Public Library is home to a “wave,” and is easily accessible via the 2 or 3 trains at Grand Army Plaza.
The Nassau G train stop and the Bedford L stop are both a short walk from a sculpture at the William Vale hotel.
The Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue stop on the 7 train is just a short walk away from Gentry Plaza State Park, where another sculpture is in place.
Roosevelt Island’s Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is home to two more sculptures—you can get to the island via the F train.