Famous Wisconsin artists appear in nation's largest outdoor art show 

Elena Montanye |

Georgia O’Keeffe’s (born in Sun Prairie, Wis.) “Summer Days” and “Sky Above Clouds IV”
Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Sky Above Clouds IV” ... coming to a billboard near you?

This summer, 50,000 donated billboards, screens, and other advertising spaces across the United States will feature classic works of American art in the largest outdoor art show ever created, entitled Art Everywhere US. The project, inspired by last year’s Art Everywhere UK, is the result of a collaboration between five American art museums: the Art Institute of Chicago, the Dallas Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Whitney Museum of Art. Each museum contributed pieces of remarkable American art to create a gallery of 100 and called on American citizens to vote for their favorites, narrowing those pieces down to 58 to be featured on 50,000 donated advertising spaces in airports, malls, transit centers, and movie theaters, as well as billboards and buses.

Our state will be well represented in the project, as three of the 50 chosen works were created by Wisconsin born artists. Georgia O’Keeffe’s (born in Sun Prairie, Wis.) “Summer Days” and “Sky Above Clouds IV” will be featured, as well as Frank Lloyd Wright’s (born in Richland Center, Wis.) “Avery Coonley Playhouse.”

Sound interesting? Check out the Art Everywhere US website (arteverywhereus.org), and keep your eyes peeled for some classic art around the country later this summer.