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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Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	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: 16.20 metres (53.1 ft)	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] retail magnates Frank Winfield Woolworth, Marshall Field and Aaron Montgomery Ward Julius Rosenwald and Robert Elkington Wood of Sears, Roebuck and Company fame advertiser John Wanamaker, merchandiser Edward Albert Filene, and A&P grocery chain founder George Huntington Hartford. All of the busts rest on white stone pedestals.

References

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

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