Christopher Columbus statue gets an art makeover

Tatsu Nishi's new Public Art Fund-commissioned work puts viewers in a room with Christopher Columbus. Nishi has placed a spacious, furnished living room 60 feet above NY's Columbus Circle, atop a pedestal of metal scaffolding. Visitors climb six flights of stairs to to reach the room, which measures 30 x 17 feet with a 16-foot ceiling height. In the centre of the room is the 13-foot-tall marble statue of Christopher Columbus, made by Gaetano Russo, that has stood over the plaza for 120 years.
Image: Tatsu Nishi's Discovering Columbus, Columbus Circle, New York