Public Art

The Native American leader is commemorated by a sculpture by Peter Toth.

This giant sculpture recalls a famous passage from “Alice in Wonderland.”

This conceptual artwork might be the most disappointing attraction in Brussels.

Likely the world’s only place where you’re meant to skate on top of cars.

The harbour of this Cornish village is illuminated by thousands of lights every Christmas season.

A thin golden line commemorates the deadliest terrorist attack in recent German history.

This seemingly humble work of art—a block of limestone—conceals a daring story and an artistic tour de force.

Richly symbolic public artworks that have been reconfigured for the 21st century.

This work of folk art was produced by Gregory Warmack but the artifacts cemented in place are communal.

The world’s largest stone statue of Luther looms over a North Carolina campus.

A towering sculpture, likened to an adult toy, sparked local and national debate.

This artwork in a Pennsylvania forest will gradually be overtaken by nature.

This unfinished sculpture, once loathed by locals, ultimately earned their affection.

Part of Seattle’s Ravenna Creek Drop project, these capsules preserve seeds of plants that predated the city.

A seven-foot-tall cast concrete Native American Chief stands on the south railing of the historic Commerce Street Bridge, commissioned in 1914.

Lego blocks now patch Rouen's WWII scars.

A permanent open-air exhibition of stunning, and inherently American, public art.

Unusual carved mural of “barefoot diva” Cesária Évora, icon of Cape Verdean morna music.