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Multi-use & Public Spaces

Artworks by Edward Walton Wilcox

Mixed-use developments, cultural institutions, and public spaces where art builds community identity and transforms shared environments into places people genuinely want to be.

Built for Multi-use & Public Spaces

Product Features for Monumental and Public Environments

Monumental Scale, No Limits

Our tension fabric system scales for floor-to-ceiling lobby walls, multi-story atriums, and high-ceiling gallery settings that make an immediate visual impact.

Fire-Retardant Certified

All fabric is fire-retardant certified, meeting the compliance requirements of public buildings, cultural institutions, and mixed-use developments without additional treatment.

Acoustic Integration

Acoustic absorption panels mount directly behind the art fabric — improving the sound environment in large, reverberant public spaces without adding separate acoustic fixtures.

Sustainability Documentation

Recyclable materials, water-based inks, and responsible sourcing — fully documented for LEED certification, public procurement compliance, and institutional ESG reporting.

Single Partner from Curation to Delivery

We manage every element — artist licensing, high-resolution file preparation, large-format production, framing, and flat-pack delivery — so developers and architects have one point of contact.

Artwork Refresh Without Structural Change

Fabric panels are individually replaceable — update a single work or refresh an entire program without touching the frame infrastructure or disrupting public access.

Community Identity

Art programs that reflect the character of a neighborhood or community — drawing on local history, culture, and the people who will inhabit the space.

Developer & Architect Partnerships

We work directly with developers and architects from the design phase, ensuring art is integrated into the architecture rather than added as an afterthought.

Featured Project

Thomas Cole National Historic Site

Cole Center — Museum Visitor Center, Catskill, New York

Cultural Institution · Museum

The Thomas Cole National Historic Site commissioned ARTEQUE to produce full-scale reproductions of nine of Thomas Cole's most significant masterworks for the new Cole Center visitor facility. The works were reproduced at their original dimensions and hung salon-style on walls exceeding twenty feet.

The project was led by Stephen Shadley — designer and trustee of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.

Cole Center interior — Thomas Cole masterworks reproduced at original dimensions by ARTEQUE

Cole Center interior — Thomas Cole, "The Course of Empire" & "The Voyage of Life", reproduced at original dimensions by ARTEQUE

"An interesting aspect of our new Cole Center at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site is that we have these lofty interior walls. The ceilings are over 20' high allowing us to showcase Cole's 'Course of Empire' and 'The Voyage of Life'; a total of nine masterworks by the artist. Hung high on those walls, salon style, I feel they convey to our visitors the very essence of Thomas Cole. Gert Meijer through his new business in Catskill, ARTEQUE, provided the stunning, full scale reproductions of Cole's massive paintings!"
Stephen Shadley — designer and trustee of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site

Stephen Shadley

Designer & Trustee — Thomas Cole National Historic Site

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Cole Center — Course of Empire series hung salon-style

Nine Masterworks

Full-scale reproductions of Cole's "Course of Empire" (five paintings, 1833–1836) and "The Voyage of Life" (four paintings, 1842) — each at its original dimensions.

Original Dimensions

Reproduced at the exact scale of the originals — some exceeding six feet in height — to preserve the monumental presence Cole intended.

Salon-Style Hang

Mounted high on walls exceeding twenty feet — commanding and immersive, as Cole's contemporaries would have encountered them.

Working on a Mixed-use or Public Space Project?

Tell us about your development and we will put together a curatorial direction and production plan at no cost.

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