Sky Mirror

This is sculptor Anish Kapoor's monumental "Sky Mirror," which is currently being displayed in the channel gardens of Rockefeller Center in NYC. It's about three stories high, made of polished stainless steel (thus the mirror-like finish) and is convex on one side and concave on the other. I've seen it three times now; once under drizzly leaden gray skies; once with patches of blue framed by scudding white and gray clouds and once around midnight, the sky black as pitch. Each time I found it more impressive and I'm sure any time of day or night would be a different visual reward. Sky Mirror is some humdinger of a sculpture and all for the price of a subway ride, thanks to New York's Public Art Fund. It's on 5th Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets. It's worth the trip (through October 27th).