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.

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignationOwner / administratorWikidata 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 SculptureHollow, 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 SculptureBronze Chicago Park District

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Statue of Alexander von Humboldt Humboldt Park 1892 (1892)Felix Görling SculptureBronze Chicago Park District
Bronze Cow Statue Chicago Cultural Center 2001 (2001)Peter Hanig SculptureBronzeHeight: 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 (1993-07-21)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 SculptureSteelHeight: 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 SculptureStainless steelHeight: 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 FountainGranite and light-emitting diodesHeight: 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 SculptureSteelHeight: 16.20 metres (53.1 ft) General Services AdministrationQ3073296 [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 FountainBronzeHeight: 670 centimetres (22.0 ft) Q787883
Fountain of Time Washington Park 1922 (1922)Lorado Taft SculptureConcrete7.3 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 MosaicGlassHeight: 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 SculptureBronze [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 SculptureBronze 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 SculptureBronze [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 SculptureBronze, GraniteHeight: 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 Sculpturesteel, wire mesh, concrete, bronze, and ceramic tileHeight: 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 SculptureFiberglassHeight: 8.8 metres (29 ft) Q6906917 [8]
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 2016Eduardo Kobra MuralPaint on brickHeight: 9 stories [9]

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

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Statue of William McKinley McKinley Park 1905 (1905)Charles Mulligan SculptureBronze, 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
2004John Bannon SculptureNeon tubes

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Ulysses S. Grant Monument Lincoln Park October 7, 1891 (1891-10-07)Louis Rebisso SculptureBronzeHeight: 60 feet 9 inches (18.52 m) Chicago Park DistrictQ105212512 [10]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Chicago) 41°53′13″N 87°37′38″W / 41.88706°N 87.62714°W / 41.88706; -87.62714 November 11, 2005 (2005-11-11)Gary Tillery SculptureBronzeWidth: 16 Feet Chicago Park District

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