List of public art in Toronto
The following public artworks have been installed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
- 2015 Pan American Games cauldron
- 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Memorial
- Adam Beck Memorial
- Afghanistan Memorial
- The Arrival (Apprehensive Man, Jubilant Man, Orphan Boy, Pregnant Woman, and Woman on Ground), Rowan Gillespie
- The Audience, Michael Snow
- Bitter Memories of Childhood[1]
- Businessman on a Horse, William McElcheran[2]
- Bust of Alexander the Great[3]
- Community, Kirk Newman
- Complexes of a Young Lady
- Consolation, Joe Rosenthal
- Couch Monster, Brian Jungen[4][5]
- Courante
- Dr. William D. Young Memorial
- Dreaming, Jaume Plensa
- Dreamwork of the Whales, Ben Barclay[6]
- The Elevated Wetlands, Noel Harding[7]
- Endless Bench, Lea Vivot[8]
- Equal Before the Law
- Equestrian statue of Edward VII, Queen's Park[9][10]
- Flight Stop
- Frederick G. Gans QC Memorial
- Freedom of Expression
- Helix of Life, Ted Bieler
- Homeless Jesus
- Hours of the Day
- Immigrant Family, Tom Otterness[11]
- IT, Michael Christian
- Koilos, Michael Christian
- Large Two Forms, Henry Moore
- Last Alarm
- Let the Oppressed Go Free
- Little Glenn
- Lower Simcoe Street underpass murals
- Megaptera
- Michael, Anne Allardyce
- Monument to Multiculturalism
- Monument to the War of 1812
- Ned Hanlan Monument
- Neighbours, Joe Rosenthal
- Northwest Rebellion Monument
- Notre Place Monument
- Nurture Nature, Joe Fafard
- Ontario Firefighters Memorial
- Ontario Police Memorial
- Ontario Veterans' Memorial
- Our Game, Edie Parker
- The Pasture[12]
- Pillars of Justice, Edwina Sandys[13]
- Post One Monument
- Princes' Gates
- Princess Margaret Fountain
- Queen Elizabeth Way Monument
- Rhythm of Exotic Plants
- Rising, Zhang Huan
- Sentinelles, Jean-Pierre Morin
- Shrine Peace Memorial
- Sons of England War Memorial
- South African War Memorial
- Spirit of Discovery
- Statue of Al Purdy[14]
- Statue of Alexander the Great[3]
- Statue of Alexander Wood[15][16]
- Statue of Edward S. Rogers Jr.
- Statue of Egerton Ryerson
- Statue of Elizabeth II
- Statue of George Brown
- Statue of Glenn Gould
- Statue of Jack Layton
- Statue of James Whitney
- Statue of John A. Macdonald
- Statue of John Graves Simcoe
- Statue of John Sandfield Macdonald
- Statue of Johnny Lombardi
- Statue of Lesya Ukrainka[17]
- Statue of Norman Bethune
- Statue of Northrop Frye
- Statue of Oliver Mowat
- Statue of Queen Victoria[18]
- Statue of Robert Raikes[19]
- Statue of Sun Yat-sen, Chinatown
- Statue of Winston Churchill[20]
- Still Dancing, Dennis Oppenheim[21]
- Survivors Are Not Heroes, Sorel Etrog
- Symbolic Peace
- Tembo, Mother of Elephants
- Three Way Piece No.2: Archer, Henry Moore
- U.V. Ceti, Andrew Posa
- Untitled relief (1973), William McElcheran, John M. Kelly Library
- When I Was Naked
- When I Was Sick, Church of the Redeemer
- William Lyon Mackenzie Monument
- Woodpecker Column[22]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "What is that?: Colourful roller-coaster depicts Toronto's boozy history". CityNews. Archived from the original on 2018-06-10. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ "'Woodpecker Column'". Atlas Obscura. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-09-03.