7. Five Fences at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtPhoto by Jason Wyche, courtesy of the Public Art Fund.

Several sites on the Lower East Side, an area with a rich history of immigration, will feature “subtle interventions” by Ai Weiwei. Five Fences at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art uses five fences to fill the arches on the facade of the Foundation Building, known as a mecca for democracy and education. According to Public Art Fund“Five Fences suggests that the logic of social division is often opportunistic and incremental, emerging from and adapting itself to existing conditions.”