List of public art in Chicago

The city of Chicago, Illinois, is home to many notable works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space.

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes
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]

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Statue of Alexander Hamilton Lincoln Park 1952 (1952) John Angel Sculpture Bronze Chicago Park District

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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]

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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]
''Muddy Waters Mural'' 17 N. State St., Chicago, IL May, 2016 Eduardo Kobra Mural Paint on brick Height: 9 stories [9]

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Statue of Richard J. Oglesby Lincoln Park 1919 (1919) Leonard Crunelle Sculpture Bronze, Granite Chicago Park District

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Statue of William McKinley McKinley Park 1905 (1905) Charles Mulligan Sculpture Bronze, Granite Chicago Park District

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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


References[edit]

  1. ^ Modern sculpture of 106 headless 9-ft. cast iron figures by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz
  2. ^ "Chicago Public Art: The Bronze Cow". www.blogspot.com. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Cloud Gate in Millennium Park". www.cityofchicago.orgm. Archived from the original on February 17, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Jean Dubuffet's Monument with Standing Beast". www.cityofchicago.orgm. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  9. ^ "Tribute to Muddy Waters". www.loopchicago.com. Retrieved April 3, 2024.

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