List of public art in Chicago
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The city of Chicago, Illinois, is home to notable works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space.
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Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Agora | Grant Park, 1135 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605 41°52′05″N 87°37′24″W / 41.868068°N 87.623397°W / 41.868068; -87.623397 | 2004 (2004) | Magdalena Abakanowicz | Sculpture | Hollow, seamless pieces of iron that have been allowed to rust, creating a reddish appearance and a bark-like texture. | Height: 2.7 metres (8.9 ft) | Q4693570 | [1] | |||
More images | Statue of Alexander Hamilton | Lincoln Park | 1952 (1952) | John Angel | Sculpture | Bronze | Chicago Park District | ||||
More images | Statue of Alexander von Humboldt | Humboldt Park | 1892 (1892) | Felix Görling | Sculpture | Bronze | Chicago Park District | ||||
Bronze Cow Statue | Chicago Cultural Center | 2001 (2001) | Peter Hanig | Sculpture | Bronze | Height: 4.5 feet (1.4 m) Length: 8 feet (2.4 m) | [2] | ||||
Buckingham Fountain | Grant Park 41°52′33″N 87°37′08″W / 41.875792°N 87.618944°W / 41.875792; -87.618944 | July 21, 1993 (July 21, 1993) | Daniel Burnham | Fountain | Q158989 | ||||||
Statue of Ceres | Chicago Board of Trade Building 41°52′41″N 87°37′56″W / 41.878056°N 87.632222°W / 41.878056; -87.632222 | 1930 (1930) | John Storrs | Sculpture | |||||||
Chicago Picasso | Daley Plaza 41°53′01″N 87°37′48″W / 41.88361°N 87.62997°W / 41.88361; -87.62997 | 1967 (1967) | Pablo Picasso | Sculpture | Steel | Height: 15 metres (49 ft) | Q5095736 | [3] | |||
Cloud Gate | Millennium Park 41°52′58″N 87°37′24″W / 41.882697°N 87.623303°W / 41.882697; -87.623303 | 2004 (2004) | Anish Kapoor | Sculpture | Stainless steel | Height: 13.4 metres (44 ft) | Q589099 | [4] | |||
Crown Fountain | Millennium Park 41°53′01″N 87°37′48″W / 41.88361°N 87.62997°W / 41.88361; -87.62997 | 2004 (2004) | Jaume Plensa | Fountain | Granite and light-emitting diodes | Height: 15.2 metres (50 ft) | Q5095736 | ||||
Flamingo | Federal Plaza 41°52′44″N 87°37′47″W / 41.87881°N 87.62967°W / 41.87881; -87.62967 | 1973 (1973) | Alexander Calder | Sculpture | Steel | Height: 16.20 metres (53.1 ft) | General Services Administration | Q3073296 | [5] | ||
Fountain of the Great Lakes | Art Institute of Chicago 41°52′44″N 87°37′24″W / 41.878778°N 87.623361°W / 41.878778; -87.623361 | 1913 (1913) | Lorado Taft | Fountain | Bronze | Height: 670 centimetres (22.0 ft) | Q787883 | ||||
Fountain of Time | Washington Park | 1922 (1922) | Lorado Taft | Sculpture | Concrete | 7.3 m × 38.66 m × 7.16 m (24 ft × 126 ft 10 in × 23 ft 6 in) | Q2626263 | ||||
Four Seasons | Chase Tower 41°53′01″N 87°37′48″W / 41.88361°N 87.62997°W / 41.88361; -87.62997 | 1974 (1974) | Marc Chagall | Mosaic | Glass | Height: 14.3 metres (47 ft) Width: 3 metres (9.8 ft) | Q5095736 | ||||
Gentlemen | 330 North Wabash 41°53′19″N 87°37′39″W / 41.888611°N 87.627583°W / 41.888611; -87.627583 | 2015 (2015) | Ju Ming | Sculpture | Bronze | [6] | |||||
More images | Statue of Leif Erikson | Humboldt Park 41°54′24″N 87°42′06″W / 41.90675°N 87.70157°W / 41.90675; -87.70157 | 1901 (1901) | Sigvald Asbjørnsen | Sculpture | Bronze | Chicago Park District | ||||
Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame | Merchandise Mart Plaza 41°53′16″N 87°38′07″W / 41.887862°N 87.635315°W / 41.887862; -87.635315 | 1953 (1953) | Minna Harkavy, Milton Horn, Lewis Iselin, Henry Rox, Charles Umlauf | Sculpture | Bronze | [7] | |||||
Statue of Michael Jordan | United Center 41°52′51″N 87°40′23″W / 41.88083°N 87.67306°W / 41.88083; -87.67306 | 1994 (1994) | Omri Amrany, Julie Rotblatt-Amrany | Sculpture | Bronze, Granite | Height: 3.7 metres (12 ft) | |||||
Miró's Chicago | Brunswick Plaza 41°52′59″N 87°37′49″W / 41.883063°N 87.630350°W / 41.883063; -87.630350 | 1981 (1981) | Joan Miró | Sculpture | steel, wire mesh, concrete, bronze, and ceramic tile | Height: 12 metres (39 ft) | Q3054192 | ||||
Monument with Standing Beast | James R. Thompson Center 41°53′06″N 87°37′51″W / 41.8851112°N 87.6309716°W / 41.8851112; -87.6309716 | 1984 (1984) | Jean Dubuffet | Sculpture | Fiberglass | Height: 8.8 metres (29 ft) | Q6906917 | [8] | |||
More images | Muddy Waters Mural | 17 N. State St., Chicago, IL 41°52′58″N 87°37′48″W / 41.8827005°N 87.6299666°W / 41.8827005; -87.6299666 | May 2016 | Eduardo Kobra | Mural | Paint on brick | Height: 9 stories | [9] | |||
More images | Statue of Richard J. Oglesby | Lincoln Park | 1919 (1919) | Leonard Crunelle | Sculpture | Bronze, Granite | Chicago Park District | ||||
More images | Statue of William McKinley | McKinley Park | 1905 (1905) | Charles Mulligan | Sculpture | Bronze, Granite | Chicago Park District | ||||
Transit | CTA Headquarters 41°53′08″N 87°38′51″W / 41.8855448°N 87.6473907°W / 41.8855448; -87.6473907 | 2004 | John Bannon | Sculpture | Neon tubes | ||||||
More images | Ulysses S. Grant Monument | Lincoln Park | October 7, 1891 (1891-10-07) | Louis Rebisso | Sculpture | Bronze | Height: 60 feet 9 inches (18.52 m) | Chicago Park District | Q105212512 | [10]
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References
- ^ Modern sculpture of 106 headless 9-ft. cast iron figures by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz
- ^ "Chicago Public Art: The Bronze Cow". www.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Artner, Alan G. (December 19, 2007). "Chicago's Picasso sculpture". www.chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ^ "Cloud Gate in Millennium Park". www.cityofchicago.orgm. Archived from the original on February 17, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ^ "Search results for: flamingo calder, page 1 – Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". collections.si.edu. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ^ Srivastava, Jyoti (April 26, 2017). "Chicago River North Bank: The Gentlemen Statues – by Ju Ming". Public Art in Chicago. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ Jyoti (November 14, 2007). "Chicago Riverwalk: Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame – by Various Artists". Public Art in Chicago. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ "Jean Dubuffet's Monument with Standing Beast". www.cityofchicago.orgm. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ^ "Tribute to Muddy Waters". www.loopchicago.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "THE CHICAGO PUBLIC ART GUIDE" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
External links
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Public art in Chicago
- 8th Street Fountain
- Agora
- The Alarm
- Allow Me
- America's Courtyard
- Balbo Monument
- Batcolumn
- Big Beaver Totem Pole
- The Bowman and The Spearman
- Burnham Pavilions
- Chevron
- Chicago Picasso
- Chicago Rising from the Lake
- Chicago Stock Exchange Arch
- Children's Fountain
- Cloud Gate
- Constellation
- Crack the Whip
- Crossing
- Crown Fountain
- The Crusader
- Cubi VII
- Dream Lady
- Eli Bates Fountain
- Eternal Silence
- Flamingo
- Flying Dragon
- Fountain Girl
- Fountain of the Great Lakes
- Fountain of Time
- Goethe Monument
- Governor Horner State Memorial
- Green Lightning
- Horse and Rider
- Joseph Rosenberg Fountain
- Kwanusila
- Large Interior Form, 1953–54
- LGBT veterans monument
- Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument
- Lions
- Looking Into My Dreams, Awilda
- Magdalene
- Man Enters the Cosmos
- Man with Fish
- Miró's Chicago
- Monument with Standing Beast
- Moose (W-02-03)
- Mural of Robin Williams
- Nuclear Energy
- Olmec Head, Number 8
- San Marco II
- Siblings
- A Signal of Peace
- Spiral Galaxy
- Spirit of Music
- Statue of The Republic
- Untitled (Rückriem)
- Untitled (Wool)
- Victory Monument
- We Will
Portrait sculptures |
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- Art Institute of Chicago Building
- Boeing Galleries
- Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet
- Gold Star Families Memorial and Park
- Graffiti in Chicago
Key: † No longer extant or on public display