Thinking big at 9-11 landmark

More than a dozen artworks have been selected or commissioned for the skyscraper. The Associated Press reports in New York.

The new One World Trade Center opened to great fanfare last month as the first tenants moved into the 541-meter tower through a vast lobby dominated by a monumental abstract mural. The color-splashed, 27.5-by-4.5-meter painting is among more than a dozen works selected or commissioned for the skyscraper.

Asher Edelman, whose New York gallery curated the works, said the only criteria were that they be abstract, thought-provoking and exciting enough to get people "to look up from their handheld devices and actually look around them".