List of public art in Chicago

This is a list of public art in Chicago, in the United States. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums.

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes
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 [1]
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: 1,620 centimetres (640 in) General Services Administration Q3073296 [2]
Cloud Gate Millennium Park 2004 (2004) Anish Kapoor Sculpture Stainless steel Height: 13.4 metres (44 ft) Q589099 [3]
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 [4]
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) Sculpture Bronze "To immortalize outstanding American merchants", Joseph Kennedy commissioned these eight busts, four times life size:[5]

All of the busts rest on white stone pedestals.


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  1. ↑ Artner, Alan G. "Chicago's Picasso sculpture". www.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=flamingo+calder
  3. ↑ "Cloud Gate in Millennium Park". www.cityofchicago.orgm. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jean Dubuffet's Monument with Standing Beast". www.cityofchicago.orgm. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  5. ↑ Kennedy, Christopher G. (1999-10-22). "A lot of Merchandise". Chicago Sun-Times.
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