Art Amidst The Ads

Amid the inescapable glut of billboards and oversized wall advertisements in New York City, a giant 1300-square-foot digital video screen is garnering attention. And it isn’t selling anything. “Operating on the notion that New York deserves art where it least expects it, SmartSign Media is presenting a month-long exhibition of images from Magnum Photos, the legendary photojournalism collective.” The images appear on the giant screen which wraps around Port Authority, the city’s main bus terminal.