Selected Press
Fort Worth Report, Oct. 31, 2023 – Fort Worth students prep bottles for art project with world-renowned artist
Architectural Digest, Oct. 4, 2023 – Inside Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad’s 19th-Century Brooklyn Town House
National Academy of Design, Sept. 21, 2023 – 2023 National Academicians Elected
Time Out, Jul. 11, 2023 – Chandeliers made of plastic water bottles decorate the UES in this new art project
NY1 news, Jul. 6, 2023 – Chandeliers made from recycled water bottles are on display on Park Avenue
Startland News, June 28, 2023 – After his eye-catching KCI installation took flight, Willie Cole had 100+ horns leftover; He kept building
NJArts.net, June 20, 2023 – ‘Seeing America’ galleries at Newark Museum of Art represent a reckoning with the past
Hyperallergic, May 3, 2023 – Artist Says Met Gala “Ripped Off” His Plastic Bottle Chandeliers
ARTnews, May 2, 2023 – Artist Willie Cole Says Met Gala Chandelier Was a ‘Blatant Ripoff’ of His Work
Ebony, Apr. 6, 2023 – MOMA’S Black Arts Council Establishes Million Dollar Endowment for Future Works from Black Artists
The New York Times, Feb. 23, 2023 – Willie Cole’s Ecological Interventions Turn Trash Into Art
Pérez Art Museum Miami, Feb. 14, 2023 – Pérez Art Museum Miami Announces Tenth Anniversary of Art + Soul Celebration
Rutgers, Feb. 1, 2023 – Artist Willie Cole to Unveil Chandelier Sculptures Made of 6,000 Water Bottles at Express Newark
KC Studio, Jan. 3, 2023 – At KCI, Jazz Meets Visual Art in Willie Cole’s ‘Ornithology’
MIKCexpore, Jan. 3, 2023 – Jazz Birds Take Flight at New Airport Terminal
Armando Cabral, Jan. 3, 2023 – Artist Spotlight: Willie Cole
The Platte County Citizen, Dec. 14, 2022 – An homage to the old KCI
FOX4 news, Nov. 10, 2022 – Jazz tribute to Charlie ‘Yardbird’ Parker graces new KCI terminal
ABC news, Oct. 21, 2022 – KCI Airport's new terminal to feature Charlie 'Bird' Parker-inspired artwork
CBS news, Oct. 21, 2022 – ‘Jazz Birds’: Artist’s sax sculptures ready to soar over new KCI terminal
The Art Biz, Aug. 10, 2022 – The Art Biz ep. 126: Play Tops Work, Connection Tops Solitude, and Confidence Tops Fear with Willie Cole
Hyperallergic, May 23, 2022 – Willie Cole Recycles Musical Instruments Into Outstanding Sculptures
Interior Design, Feb. 8, 2022 – 10 Questions With… Willie Cole
Cerebral Women, Feb. 8, 2022 – Episode 93: Conversation with Willie Cole
Vogue, Nov. 29, 2021 – Tod’s Celebrated its Collaboration With Artist Willie Cole With a Dinner in Miami
Luxury Daily, Sept. 10, 2021 – Tod’s commissions artist for unique artcycling initiative
Women’s Wear Daily, Sept. 7, 2021 – Highlights from a Special Edition of Milan Design Week
Art Review City, June 7, 2021 – The Future of Art: Willie Cole, a contemporary artist creating unique work and positive change.
Colossal, May 5, 2021 – Assembled Sculptures by Artist Willie Cole Cluster High Heels into Expressive Masks
Chrysler Museum of Art, Feb. 18, 2021 – Evolution of an Artist: In Conversation with Willie Cole
10 Magazine, Jan. 27, 2021 – Comme des Garçons Homme Plus: Menswear AW21
Vogue, Jan. 27, 2021 – Comme des Garçons Homme Plus Fall 2021 Menswear
V Magazine, Jan. 27, 2021 – Comme des Garçons Unveils Bold Fall/Winter 2021 Collection
L’Officiel Italia, Jan. 26 2021 – La dottrina dell’oscurità di Comme des Garçons Homme Plus
Amsterdam News, Jan. 23, 2020 – Artists, museum exhibition to commemorate 1st documented Africans in America
Hyperallergic, Dec. 30, 2019 – The Many Afterlives and Expressions of the African Diaspora
BOMB Magazine, Dec 12, 2019 – Oral History Project: Willie Cole by Nancy Princenthal
Office Magazine, June 21, 2019 – If the Shoe Fits
Hyperallergic, May 6, 2019 – Willie Cole, Shinique Smith, and Abigail DeVille Discuss Found Material in African-American Art
The Harvard Gazette, Apr. 2, 2019 – Seeing beauty in the mundane
Columbia College, Mar. 8, 2017 – Students work with world-renowned artist on Columbia visit
Boston University Today, Nov. 10, 2015 – Transforming Everyday Objects into Works of Art
The Boston Globe, Oct. 20, 2015 – Cole’s cheeky recycled-materials art prompts contemplation
Hyperallergic, Oct. 22, 2013 – Willie Cole’s High Heel Fantasias
ARTnews, Oct. 15, 2013 – Finding Soul in High Heel Shoes
Hyperallergic, May 1, 2013 – Upcycled: A Conversation With Willie Cole
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 5, 2012 – Willie Cole: Deep Impressions' emphasizes artist's ties to Newark, N.J
Art in America, June 4, 2010 – Willie Cole
Artforum, May 1, 2010 – Willie Cole
Palo Alto Online, Oct. 27, 2007 – Art in the everyday: Willie Cole finds wit and depth in consumer items
Art in America, May 1, 2006 – Willie Cole: the Energy of Objects
Sculpture Magazine, Mar. 1, 2006 – Willie Cole: the Other Side