"Opening March 16 at the New York Transit Museum's Grand Central Gallery & Store, "Inspired by MetroCard" explores how the humble fare card evolved into a creative canvas for artists, designers and institutions across the city. The free exhibition pulls from contemporary artworks and the museum's own collection to show how MetroCards have been transformed into fashion pieces, sculptures, paintings and collages, as well as limited-edition cards."
""The MetroCard was one of the most accessible design objects in New York history," said New York Transit Museum Acting Director Regina Shepherd in a statement. "This exhibition captures how artists transformed that shared experience into works that are personal, inventive, and unmistakably New York." Introduced in the mid-1990s to replace subway tokens, the MetroCard quickly reshaped daily transit life, eventually enabling features like free transfers and unlimited rides that changed how New Yorkers moved through the city."
The MetroCard served for decades as both transit fare and a symbol of New York life, now transitioning into the contactless OMNY era. The New York Transit Museum opens a free exhibition, Inspired by MetroCard, at its Grand Central Gallery & Store on March 16. The show uses contemporary artworks and museum holdings to display MetroCards transformed into fashion, sculptures, paintings, collages, and limited-edition designs. The MetroCard, introduced in the mid-1990s to replace tokens, changed daily transit with features like free transfers and unlimited rides and also became a cultural icon reflected in commemorative designs and art projects.
Read at Time Out New York
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