List of public art in Detroit
This is a list of public art in Detroit.
This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.
Additional works can be found at:
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog - database for Detroit
- The Detroit Museum of Public Art - An catalog of Detroit sculptures and murals.
Selected artworks
[edit]Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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![]() | Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac | Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′43″N 83°2′37″W / 42.32861°N 83.04361°W | 2001 | William Kieffer and Ann Feely | sculpture | bronze | City of Detroit | |||
Atom Gazelle | Belle Isle Park 42°21′2″N 82°58′10″W / 42.35056°N 82.96944°W | 1991 | Richard Bennett | sculpture | stainless steel | City of Detroit | ||||
Balancing Act | One Campus Martius 42°20′0″N 83°2′47″W / 42.33333°N 83.04639°W | 2016 | HOW and NOSM | mural | 184 x 60 feet (56.1 x 18.2 m) | Library Street Collective[3] | ||||
![]() | Bagley Memorial Fountain | Cadillac Square 42°19′53″N 83°2′42″W / 42.33139°N 83.04500°W | May 30, 1887 (relocated July 3, 1926) | Henry Hobson Richardson | fountain | white Worcester granite | Michigan State Historic Site | City of Detroit | ||
Curved Form with Rectangle and Space | Scarab Club 42°21′34″N 83°3′47″W / 42.35944°N 83.06306°W | 2000 | Lois Teicher | sculpture | stainless steel | University Cultural Center Association | ||||
Detroit Chimera Graffiti Mural | Russell Industrial Center, Building Number 2 42°22′39.71″N 83°3′39.89″W / 42.3776972°N 83.0610806°W | between 2010 and 2012 | Kobie Solomon | mural | 8,750 square feet (813 square meters) | Russell Industrial Center | ||||
Le fleuve la garonne | Detroit Institute of Arts 42°21′32″N 83°3′54″W / 42.35889°N 83.06500°W | early 20th century | after Antoine Coysevox | sculpture | bronze | 53 x 99 1/4 x 44 3/4 inches (134.6 x 252.1 x 113.7 cm) | Detroit Institute of Arts | |||
![]() | Johann Friedrich Schiller | Belle Isle Park 42°20′29″N 82°58′48″W / 42.34139°N 82.98000°W | designed 1906, dedicated May 11, 1908 | Herman Matzen | sculpture | stainless steel | approx. 6 x 4 x 8 feet (1.8 x 1.2 x 2.4 m ) | City of Detroit | ||
Gateway to Freedom International Memorial to the Underground Railroad | Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′35″N 83°2′38″W / 42.32639°N 83.04389°W | dedicated October 20, 2001 | Edward Dwight | sculpture | City of Detroit | |||||
![]() | General Alexander Macomb | Washington Boulevard at Michigan Avenue 42°19′55″N 83°3′3″W / 42.33194°N 83.05083°W | dedicated September 11, 1908 | Adolph Alexander Weinman | sculpture | bronze | 9 feet x 44 inches x 42 inches (2.7 m x 1.1 m x 1 m) | City of Detroit | ||
Gracehoper | Detroit Institute of Arts 42°21′36″N 83°3′55″W / 42.36000°N 83.06528°W | 1961 | Tony Smith | sculpture | steel and paint | 23 × 22 × 46 feet (7 m 1 cm × 6 m 70.6 cm × 14 m 2.1 cm) | Detroit Institute of Arts | |||
![]() | Hamtramck Disneyland | Hamtramck 42°24′26.2″N 83°3′31″W / 42.407278°N 83.05861°W | created 1992, finished 1999 | Dmytro Szylak | installation | Hatch Art | ||||
![]() | Hazen Stuart Pingree | southwest of Woodward Avenue and East Adams Avenue 42°20′12″N 83°3′3″W / 42.33667°N 83.05083°W | 1903, dedicated May 30, 1904 | Rudolf Schwartz | bronze | stainless steel | 10 1/2 x 6 x 6 feet (3.2 x 1.8 x 1.8 m) | City of Detroit | ||
![]() | Heidelberg Project | McDougall-Hunt neighborhood, east Detroit[16] 42°21′31.23″N 83°1′16.88″W / 42.3586750°N 83.0213556°W | created 1986, ongoing | Tyree Guyton | installation | Tyree Guyton | ||||
![]() | Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain | Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′37″N 83°2′38″W / 42.32694°N 83.04389°W | 1972-1979, dedicated October 14, 1981 | Isamu Noguchi | fountain | stainless steel and black granite | 30 feet (9.1 m) | City of Detroit | ||
![]() | James Scott Memorial Fountain | Belle Isle Park 42°20′6.22″N 82°59′57.52″W / 42.3350611°N 82.9993111°W | 1923, dedicated May 31, 1925 | Cass Gilbert and Herbert Adams | fountain | marble, cement, bronze | 18 feet x 75 feet (5.5 m x 22.9 m) | City of Detroit | ||
Jeune fille et sa suite (Young Woman and Her Suitors) | Detroit Institute of Arts 42°21′32″N 83°3′47″W / 42.35889°N 83.06306°W | 1970 | Alexander Calder | sculpture | painted steel | 35 feet × 27 feet 6 inches × 19 feet (10 m 66.8 cm × 8 m 38.2 cm × 5 m 79.1 cm) | Detroit Institute of Arts | |||
Monica | 500 Woodward | 2016 | Swoon | mural | 17 feet | Library Street Collective | ||||
![]() | Monument to Joe Louis | Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′43.3″N 83°2′40.36″W / 42.328694°N 83.0445444°W | dedicated October 16, 1986 | Robert Graham | sculpture | bronze | 25 feet 6 inches × 24 feet 6 inches (7 m 77.2 cm × 7 m 46.8 cm) | Detroit Institute of Arts | ||
Nymph and Eros | Detroit Institute of Arts 42°21′33″N 83°3′55″W / 42.35917°N 83.06528°W | early 20th century | after Philippe Magnier | sculpture | bronze | 51 x 99 x 45 inches (129.5 x 251.5 x 114.3 cm) | Detroit Institute of Arts | |||
![]() | Passo di danza (Step of the Dance) | One Woodward Avenue, Jefferson Avenue entrance 42°19′43″N 83°2′43″W / 42.32861°N 83.04528°W | 1963 | Giacomo Manzù | sculpture | bronze | 11 feet (3.4 m) | One Woodward Avenue | ||
Phoenix | Scarab Club, west facade 42°21′34″N 83°3′46″W / 42.35944°N 83.06278°W | 1976 | Stephen Veresh | sculpture | copper | Scarab Club | ||||
Pylon | Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′41.4″N 83°02′39.0″W / 42.328167°N 83.044167°W | 1972-1979 | Isamu Noguchi | sculpture | stainless steel | 20 x 7 x 7 feet (6 x 2.1 x 2.1 m) | City of Detroit | |||
![]() | Russell Alger Memorial Fountain | Grand Circus Park 42°20′12″N 83°2′59″W / 42.33667°N 83.04972°W | 1920, dedicated July 27, 1921 | Daniel Chester French | fountain | bronze | 7 feet 6 inches x 56 inches x 58 inches (2.3 x 1.4 x 1.5 m) | City of Detroit | ||
Sentry | Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History 42°21′31″N 83°3′39″W / 42.35861°N 83.06083°W | 1996-1997 | Richard Bennett | sculpture | aluminum and gold | Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History | ||||
The Spirit of Detroit | Coleman A. Young Municipal Center 42°19′45.47″N 83°2′40.66″W / 42.3292972°N 83.0446278°W | 1958 | Marshall Fredericks | sculpture | bronze | 312 inches (200.7 × 130.2 × 140.3 cm, 907.2 kg) | Coleman A. Young Municipal Center | |||
Stevens T. Mason | Capitol Park 42°19′59″N 83°2′58″W / 42.33306°N 83.04944°W | dedicated May 30, 1908 | Adolph Alexander Weinman | sculpture | bronze | 8 feet x 30 inches x 30 inches (2.4 m x 0.76 m x 0.76 m) | City of Detroit | |||
![]() | The Thinker | Detroit Institute of Arts, southeast lawn 42°21′32″N 83°3′55″W / 42.35889°N 83.06528°W | 1904 | Auguste Rodin | sculpture | bronze | 79 × 51 1/4 × 55 1/4 inches, 2000 pounds (200.7 × 130.2 × 140.3 cm, 907.2 kg) | Detroit Institute of Arts | ||
Transcending | Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′40″N 83°2′41″W / 42.32778°N 83.04472°W | dedicated August 30, 2003 | David Barr and Sergio de Guisti | sculpture | steel | 63 feet (19.2 m) | City of Detroit | |||
United We Stand | Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Farnsworth entrance 42°21′32″N 83°3′42″W / 42.35889°N 83.06167°W | 2016 | Charles McGee | sculpture | Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History | |||||
Unity | 28 West Grand River Avenue 42°20′2″N 83°2′58″W / 42.33389°N 83.04944°W | 2017 | Charles McGee | mural | 118 x 50 feet | Library Street Collective | ||||
untitled mural | The Belt 42°20′5″N 83°2′49″W / 42.33472°N 83.04694°W | 2016 | Nina Chanel Abney | mural | Library Street Collective | |||||
untitled mural | 25 East Grand River Avenue 42°20′4″N 83°2′53″W / 42.33444°N 83.04806°W | 2015 | Aryz | mural | Library Street Collective | |||||
untitled mural | One Campus Martius 42°20′0″N 83°2′48″W / 42.33333°N 83.04667°W | 2015 | Shepard Fairey | mural | 184 feet (56.1 m) | Library Street Collective | ||||
untitled mural | Madison Building 42°20′9″N 83°2′57″W / 42.33583°N 83.04917°W | 2014 | HENSE | mural | 10,000 square feet (929 square meters) | Library Street Collective | ||||
untitled mural | 14635 East Jefferson 42°22′27″N 82°56′30″W / 42.37417°N 82.94167°W | 2016 | Swoon and Baba Wayne | mural | Library Street Collective | |||||
Wayfinding: An Art Installation and Skate Park | Monroe Blocks 100 Monroe Avenue 42°19′58″N 83°2′42″W / 42.33278°N 83.04500°W | from August 2017 through January 2018 | Ryan McGinness and Tony Hawk | installation | 4600 square feet (1402.1 square meters) | Library Street Collective and Cranbrook Art Museum | ||||
Weather Permitting | 35 East Grand River Avenue 42°20′4″N 83°2′52″W / 42.33444°N 83.04778°W | 2017 | Willie Wayne Smith | mural | Library Street Collective | |||||
![]() | William Cotter Maybury | east of Woodward Avenue and East Adams Avenue 42°20′13″N 83°3′2″W / 42.33694°N 83.05056°W | dedicated November 24, 1912 | Adolph Alexander Weinman | sculpture | bronze | 5 x 3 x 4 feet (1.5 x .91 x 1.2 m) | City of Detroit |
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Further reading
[edit]- Herron, Jerry et al. Connecting the Dots: Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project. Wayne State University Press, 2007.
- Nawrocki, Dennis Alan. Art in Detroit Public Places. Wayne State University Press, 2008.
References
[edit]- ^ "City Guide 2009 - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac". Hour Detroit. Hour Media, Inc. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Gazelle, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "PUBLIC ART". Library Street Collective. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
- ^ "Bagley Fountain, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Bagley Memorial Fountain". Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Archived from the original on May 17, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ Nawrocki, Dennis Alan (2008). Art in Detroit Public Places. Wayne State University Press. p. 70.
- ^ "Best Bizarre Statues Or Public Art In The Detroit Area". CBS Detroit. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Le Fleuve la Garonne, early 20th Century". The Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "Schiller, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "International Underground Railroad Memorial, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "General Alexander Macomb, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
- ^ "Gracehoper, 1961". The Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "Hamtramck Disneyland sold to local art collective". The Detroit News. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Hazen Pingree, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "The Heidelberg Project — History". Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Heidelberg Project, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Philip A. Hart Plaza: Horace E. Dodge Fountain, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "James Scott Memorial Fountain, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ "Young Woman and Her Suitors, 1970". The Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "Monument to Joe Louis, 1986". The Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Detroit sculpture of Joe Louis' fist getting overhaul". The Detroit News. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Nymph and Eros, early 20th Century". The Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "Passo di Danza, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
- ^ "Phoenix". Scarab Club. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Philip A. Hart Plaza: Pylon, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Russell Alger Memorial, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ Nawrocki, Dennis Alan (2008). Art in Detroit Public Places. Wayne State University Press. p. 65.
- ^ "Spirit of Detroit". The Detroit Historical Society. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Stevens T. Mason, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "The Thinker, 1904". The Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Michigan Labor Legacy Landmark (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Charles McGee @ Charles H. Wright Museum". Detroit Art Review. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "Wayfinding: An Art Installation + Skate Park by Ryan McGinness and Tony Hawk". Cranbrook Art Museum. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
- ^ "William Cotter Maybury Memorial, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 21, 2017.