MTA Arts & Design

MTA Arts & Design is pleased to announce the installation of a new permanent artwork by artist Christopher Myers at New York City Transit (NYCT) Church Av station in Brooklyn on the Brighton line (B,Q).

Installed across four walls within the station’s newly constructed, ADA-accessible mezzanine, the large‑scale mosaic artwork brings together the storied theatrical histories of Flatbush and the vibrant Caribbean diaspora that continues to define the neighborhood’s cultural life. The commission is Myers’ first completed permanent public artwork and his first work in mosaic.

Titled “If you don’t want your children to know the truth about life don’t send ’em to the theater” (for Kaze and Kaneza), the artwork draws from Myers’ practice of weaving historical research, archival excavation, and mythic narrative into visually rich tableaux. The mosaics, fabricated in glass tesserae by Mosaicos Venecianos de México, unfold as a celebration of spectacle, performance, and the many stages on which Brooklyn communities have expressed themselves for more than a century.

🔗 Learn more about this special commission via the link in bio.

📸: “If you don’t want your children to know the truth about life don’t send ‘em to the theater” (for Kaze and Kaneza) (2026) © Christopher Myers, NYCT Church Av Station. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. Photo: Dan Bradica.

NYC

Now on view at Grand Central Madison: “Beach Umbrellas/Shore Front Parkway” (2025) by Roe Ethridge. Presented in ten large-scale illuminated displays, this Photography program exhibition features vivid, surreal images taken at Rockaway Beach, where the artist lives and works. ’s “Beach Umbrella” series captures the joyful remnants of summer 2020—broken umbrellas, flip-flops, and sunflowers—while “Shore Front Parkway” traces the shift into autumn with glowing light and dreamlike still lifes. Blending editorial polish with poetic abstraction, these works explore the beauty of everyday rituals and the passage of time.

The exhibition was generously sponsored by Griffin Editions , Berger Textiles , and Underground Visuals , with installation support by OUTFRONT Media .

📍 Grand Central Madison Concourse
🖼️ On view through March 2026
📸 Jason Mandella

Introducing a limited-edition merch collab from and celebrating 40 years of art in transit—and one of the most iconic subway artworks in NYC.

Inspired by For Want of a Nail at the 81 St–Museum of Natural History station, this capsule collection builds on a collaboration between MTA Arts & Design and the Museum in 2000 to create designs that reflect natural history collections and exhibits. The result: a vibrant journey through space, sea, and prehistoric life that welcomes riders into a world of science and imagination.

You can bring these beloved designs above ground and out into the world today! Stop by the Museum Shop this holiday season or check out the collection with the link in bio.

Photos: Alvaro Keding / © AMNH