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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 		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]

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]


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]


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 Sculpture Bronze Width: 16 Feet Chicago Park District


References

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  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. Archived from the original on April 4, 2024. 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. Archived from the original on April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  10. ^ "THE CHICAGO PUBLIC ART GUIDE" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2024.

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  1. ^ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=134950
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